NEW ALBANY, Ind. – Every Grenadier scored and IU Southeast set the men's basketball program record with 24 made three-point field goals in a 132-68 win over IU Columbus on Tuesday.
"Another great team win,' head coach
Wiley Brown said. "It's fun to watch when they are locked in on defense and sharing the ball on offense. We are at a critical time of the year. Hopefully the tough schedule we have played will have us locked in on both sides of the court, playing with confidence. Back to the lab."
Bailey Temming had 23 points and nine rebounds to lead the Grenadiers.
Cole Thomas had 15 points,
Keaton Baird,
Kaylen Alexander and
Jaden Johnson each 14 points and
Nathaniel Hoffman added 12.
The Grenadiers led 19-9 with 13:21 to play in the first half. Then the floodgates opened as IU Southeast outscored the Crimson Pride 48-26 in the final 13 minutes of the period.
IU Southeast pulled away from the IU Columbus with a 15-2 run midway through the half.
Kaylen Alexander hit four of the team's 13 first-half three-pointers.
Cole Thomas and
Nathaniel Hoffman each added a pair.
During a stretch of the first half, the Grenadiers hit three-pointers on six of eight possessions in a row.
IU Southeast led 67-35 at halftime. The Grenadiers shot 61 percent from the field in the half and were 13-of-27 from three-point range.
In the second half the Grenadiers shot a remarkable 71 percent from the field and hit 11 more three-pointers. IU Southeast finished shooting 24-of-43 from behind-the-arc, five made three-pointers shy of tying the NAIA single-game record.
The Crimson Pride shot 45 percent from the field but could not keep up from the perimeter, only mustering 5-for-16 from three-point range.
IU Southeast forced 19 turnovers which led to 29 points.
The Grenadiers host Shawnee State Saturday at 3 p.m.