[Men's Basketball] Bears edged by RedStorm, 64-61
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Ahead by 11 points at halftime (39-28) and up by 15 points (44-29) with 17:17 remaining, the Shawnee State men's basketball program couldn't hold its early double-digit advantages as the Rio Grande men's basketball program edged SSU, 64-61, in a nonconference rivalry matchup at Waller Gymnasium Wednesday afternoon.
Shawnee State (4-1), who shot a solid 14-of-30 in the opening half, got a massive performance from 6-11 big EJ Onu, who scored 20 of his 39 tallies in the opening half by going an outstanding 8-of-10 from the field over the first 20 minutes of action, allowing SSU to take its largest lead of the game to that point heading into the break. SSU also held a 20-11 first-half rebounding advantage en route to a 39-27 edge on the glass.