The Missouri Southern Lions opened the 2009-10 season in grand offensive style with their biggest scoring output since 2003 in a 110-66 rout of the Missouri S&T Miners Friday evening at the Pittsburg State Classic.
The points are the most the Lions have scored overall since defeating Messenger College 114-48 in 2003 and the most against a Division-II opponent since a 125-82 win over Emporia State back in 2002.
The Lions wasted little time in jumping on the Miners by racing out to a 13-4 lead in the first five minutes of the first half.
After the Miners scored to make it 13-6, the Lions took total control as Mariun Price scored eight of the Lions' next 10 points to fuel a 10-2 spurt for a 23-8 lead with 13:11 left in the first half.
Price and Skyler Bowlin combined for 29 points in the first half as the Lions built the lead as high as 20 before settling for a 51-35 advantage at the half.
The Lions (1-0) then blitzed the Miners at the outset of the second half by scoring the first 11 points of the half to lead 62-35 at the 17:32 mark.
