Peru State College Athletics

(Peru, Neb.)- The Peru State College men's basketball team took down Non-Conference Union Adventist on Wednesday night in the Al Wheeler Activity Center, the Bobcats took care of the Warriors 92-50.
 
The Victory rises Peru State to 2-0 overall while Union Adventist falls to 0-2 on the season.
 
The Bobcats took control of the game early with a 13-3 run in the first 3:22 of play which saw Kai'Ree Murray (Fort Bend, Texas Fort Bend Bush High School) score seven and Ashton Hermann (Huxley, Iowa / Ballard High School) score six, the pace would slow down as a 7-6 Warrior run over the following four minutes would see the lead drop to nine (19-10). Until an 8-2 run by Peru State extended the advantage to 15 points (27-12) and a 12-2 run to follow would stretch the lead to 25 (39-14) with six minutes in the half. A 9-8 push from Union Adventist to end the first half would see the Bobcats entering the second half leading 47-23.
 
Peru State started the second half going on an efficient 13-4 spurt to lead 60-27, and would extend the advantage to as much as 44 points as the Bobcats would win the game 92-50.
 
Five players from Peru State would reach double-digit scoring marks as Damont Hanton (Philadelphia, Pa. / Upper Darby High School) would pace the team with a game-high 21 points and going nine-for-11 from the field while grabbing nine rebounds. Aaron Murphy (Greenville, N.C. / Greenfield High School) would total 15 points on seven-for-13 shooting and totaled five rebounds, Quentin Wright (Flower Mound, Texas / iSchool of Lewisville) would notch 13 points from six-for-10 shooting while Murray provided 12 points and four rebounds on the night. Hermann would round out the double-digit scoring with 10 points, but he led the team with eight assists and four steals while also totaling six rebounds and Jackson Twombly (Frankfort, Ky. / Woodford County High School) led the game with 11 rebounds.
 
The Bobcats dominated on the boards, grabbing 57 to the opposing 28 while holding a slight edge on the turnover battle, totaling 18 to their 20. Peru State also held the advantage in free throw percentage, shooting 72 percent compared to the Warriors 53 percent.
 
The Bobcats are set to hit the road for the first time in the season as they travel to face off against Non-Conference Doane on Wednesday, November 4^th at 7:00 PM.