The Muskingum men's basketball team defeated Earlham 82-72 inside the Steele Center on Tuesday night. The Muskies are now 6-0, which is the best start to a season since the 1968-69 season. Sophomore Phil Towns led the way for Muskingum with a career-high 21 points.

The Basics

• Records: Muskingum (6-0), Earlham (0-5)
• Location: Steele Center - New Concord, Ohio

Noteables

• With this win, the Muskies move to 6-0 on the year, their best start since the 1968-69 season.

Inside the Numbers

• Sophomore Phil Towns led the Muskies with a career-high 21 points on 7 of 10 shooting. Towns added 3 assists and 3 steals.
• Freshman Roman Crosby added his career-high 14 points on 6 of 11 shooting. Crosby also tallied 6 rebounds and 1 block. 
• Junior Owen Emig also added 14 points along with 2 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1 steal.
• Senior Duane Davis had 13 points, 5 assists, 2 rebounds, and 2 steals for Muskingum.
• Junior Nathan Walker tallied 8 points and 9 rebounds.
• Sophomore Terrell Darden added 6 points off the bench for the Muskies on 3 of 6 shooting.
• As a team, Muskingum shot 29-70 from the field, 8-25 from three-point range, and 16-21 at the free-throw line. Muskingum logged 34 total rebounds, 16 offensive, dished out 13 assists, had 13 steals, and 2 blocks.
• Bud Davis led the way for Earlham with 20 points.
• Noah Gathings added 13 points for the Quakers.

Up Next

• The Muskies will be back in action for conference play on Wednesday, December 3, when they will travel to Capital. Tip-off is set for 7:00 pm in Columbus.