WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. – The IU Southeast men's basketball team fell to No. 16 University of the Cumberlands 101-72 on Thursday.
 
Cumberlands jumped up out to a 16-3 lead early in the first half. IU Southeast cut the lead to single digits at 18-10, but Cumberlands extended their advantage back to 13 at 23-10.
 
Cumberlands maintained a double-digit lead, extending their advantage to 20 at 42-22. IU Southeast cut the lead to 14 at 43-29, but Cumberlands used a 7-1 run to take a 50-30 lead into halftime.
 
IU Southeast opened the second half on a 7-1 run to cut their deficit to 14 at 51-37. Cumberlands extended their lead back to 18 at 57-39, but the Grenadiers kept fighting, bringing the Patriot lead to 13 at 61-48.
 
Cumberlands once again took an 18-point lead at 70-52. The lead swelled to 21 at 75-54 with 9:32 left. A layup with 7:00 left gave the Patriots an 83-58 lead.
 
Cumberlands led by as many as 31 in the second half and would go on to win 101-72.
 
"We got exactly what we deserve tonight." IU Southeast head coach Wiley Brown said. "Good old fashioned butt kicking. We can't win or compete with 15 turnovers at halftime. Straight line drivers with no resistance and bad rotation. Zero attention to details. Not knowing who and where a shooter was and closing out on non-shooters. That's my fault. It will be cleaned up!"
 
Lane Lauderbaugh scored a career-high 35 points, going 15-25 from the field, 2-4 from three, and 3-3 from the free throw line. Ashton Myles-Devore had 11 points, and Ethan Haddaway added nine. Eli Meyer had a team-high seven rebounds off the bench.

IU Southeast returns to action on Friday against Campbellsville in a neutral site game at the University of the Cumberlands.