BILLINGS, Mont. - The No. 24 Carroll College Men's Basketball team snapped a five-game skid, picking up a road win at Rocky Mountain College, 78-52 in Billings on Saturday.
The Fighting Saints (8-7, 2-2) got the monkey off of their back and picked up their first win in nearly a month, beating Rocky (10-6, 2-2) to even their Frontier Conference record at 2-2, and keep within a game of the conference lead.
Rocky would put the first four points of the game on the board, but the rest of the first half we be all about Carroll. The two teams felt each other out in the first nine minutes, with Carroll holding a one-point advantage with 10:57 remaining in the half. The Saints proceeded go on a 21-4 run over the back end of the first half to take a commanding 33-15 lead into the halftime break.
A pair of Freshmen,
Isaiah Moore (Fairfield, Calif. / FR) and
Brayden Koch (Helena, Mont. / FR) led the Saints in scoring in the opening half, scoring nine and seven points, respectively. Carroll finished the half 46 percent from the field as a team, while Rocky struggled, shooting only 23 percent from the floor.
Andrew Cook (Huntington Beach, Calif. / SO) scored 10 second half points, and
Gui Pedra (Sao Paulo, Brazil / JR) scored eight off of the bench to pace the Saints in the second half. Rocky would double their scoring output in half number two, but Carroll, playing with the lead, managed to outscore the Bears by eight to cap off the lopsided 78-52 victory.
Four Saints finished with double-digits scoring on the night, led by Cook's game-high 16 points.
Brendan Temple (Castle Rock, Colo. / SR) scored 12 points and pulled down seven boards.
Isaiah Moore matched Temple's 12, while
Gui Pedra finished with 10 points.
No Rocky player was able to hit double-digits on the night, they were led by Nick Hart and Kace Kitchell's eight point performances.
Carroll, back to .500 in Frontier play, will look to keep the momentum rolling into Thursday's matchup with Providence at 7 p.m. in Helena.
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