Jacksonville, Florida-Days after a tough one point home loss to Clark Atlanta on Saturday, Edward Waters had a near carbon copy of that contest in their Monday night SIAC East home affair with Morehouse. This time, the Purple & Orange would come out on top, knocking off the division's top team, 79-78 at the Adams-Jenkins Community Sports & Music Complex.

Edward Waters (8-9, 7-4 SIAC) and Morehouse (11-6, 9-2 SIAC) had a back & forth affair throughout the contest with each squad trading shots. The contest featured 13 lead changes and 10 ties with each team trading opportunities with the lead. The Maroon Tigers had a lead of as many as five points near the halfway point of the first half before EWU would come back to tie the contest at 31-31 with 3:49 remaining. Morehouse would ultimately take a one point lead at 41-40 into the locker room at the half.

A 5-0 Tigers run to start the second half would give the good guys a 45-41 lead. Later, a 9-4 Edward Waters run would give them their largest lead of the contest at 60-53 with 11:42 left. Morehouse would methodically chop the deficit down and ultimately retake the lead at 71-70 with 4:05 left in the half. The Maroon Tigers added to their advantage and take a four point lead at 78-74 with 2:23 left, but a Kristian Ford three pointer would cut the MHC lead down to one at 78-77 with 1:41 left. With :22 remaining in regulation, a Morehouse foul would put Edward Waters in the double bonus with an opportunity to retake the lead. Freshman forward Amari Floyd knocked down both free throws to give the Tigers a 79-78 lead. A Morehouse three-point attempt with one second left would clang off the iron and give the homestanding Tigers a thrilling one point victory in front of the home faithful.

For the game, Edward Waters shot 40% from the floor on 24-of-59 shooting, including going 5-of-22 (22%) from three point range. The visitors from the AUC finished 43% from the floor and shot 26% from the bonus sphere. The key difference in the contest would be at the free throw line, as Edward Waters went an impressive 26-of-30 (86%) from the charity stripe, while Morehouse finished 21-of-32 (65%).

Goliath Mitchell led a trio of Tigers in double figure scoring with a game high 21 points on 7-of-13 shooting, while also adding five rebounds, three, assists, and three steals to his stat line. Kristian Ford added a near double-double effort with 19 points and eight rebounds, while Jeremiah Kwarteng finished with 15 points and six boards for the Tigers.

Edward Waters will return to the home floor on Saturday, January 27th for a rivalry matchup with Savannah State at 5:00pm at the Adams-Jenkins Complex.

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