Nov. 28, 2014
Final Stats 
| Season Stats | Great Alaska Shootout Central | Lusk Postgame
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Missouri State (3-2) collected 30 points from its newcomers, including 14 points and 9 rebounds from junior Camyn Boone, to secure a 55-51 comeback win over tournament host Alaska-Anchorage in the Great Alaska Shootout consolation semifinals.
The Bears also got 19 points from fourth-year junior Dorrian Williams, including 4 in the final two minutes, to help complete the comeback. Williams also tacked on 5 steals and made 7-of-13 shots in his second standout performance in as many games at The Shootout.
The Seawolves used a 10-1 run at the beginning of the second half to build a six-point advantage that it didn't relinquish until Williams drove to the basket and scored off the glass with 8 minutes to go. The lead changed hands three more times before a Boone dunk with 2:40 remaining turned the tides.
Missouri State used the Boone jam to energize a 6-0 run in the clutch and build a 53-49 advantage for the visitors. The Bears' defense rallied with four straight stops in crunch time until an offensive carom found its way to Christian Leckband who scored for the Seawolves and was fouled by Shawn Roundtree, Jr.
Leckband missed the ensuing free throw with just 2.2 ticks showing, and Williams snagged his fourth rebound of the game to seal the win. After being fouled quickly by UAA, Williams sank both charity shots to give MSU a four-point victory.
MSU's top scorer Marcus Marshall, who also missed Thursday's first-round game against Colorado State, was in uniform for the UAA game, but did not play nursing a strained quadricep.
Travis Thompson led three Seawolves in double figures with 14 points, while Brian McGill added 12, and Kalidou Diouf added 11 points and 8 rebounds. UAA finished with eight 3-pointers, including four by Thompson, to stay in the game and keep the Bears at arm's length for a majority of the second period.
In the first half, Missouri State kept UAA off the scoreboard for nearly seven minutes before a 3-pointer by McGill opened up the scoring for the home side and broke a 12-0 run by the Bears to start the game.
Boone had his way down low in the early going, scoring the game's first bucket on a close-range layup before a tip-in and a dunk in the first nine minutes to ignite the Bears' attack. Moments later, a transition 3-pointer by Williams gave MSU its biggest lead, 21-7, at the midway point of the first period.
Missouri State, however, managed just 2 field goals the remainder of the half and missed all four free throws it took in that span to open the doors for a Seawolves counter-attack. UAA closed out the half on a 13-2 run over the final 6:11 of the period to make it a 25-22 game at the break.
Alaska continued that momentum into the second stanza to cap a 23-3 swing over a nine-minute span.
The Bears also got 8 points from freshman Chris Kendrix, while fellow newcomer Loomis Gerring snagged 7 boards and scored 4 off the bench. MSU was 19-of-53 (.358) overall and just 2-of-16 (.125) beyond the arc while out-rebounding the Seawolves by a 40-36 margin.
MSU will close out the Great Alaska Shootout on Saturday at 5 p.m. (Central) in the 4th/6th place game against Washington State (2-3). If Missouri State wins that game, it would finish the tournament 2-1 and in fourth place. The loser of the MSU-WSU game will finish sixth. The game will not be televised as part of CBS Sports Network's Tournament coverage.
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