Edward Waters officially opened their 2022-23 season on Tuesday evening in a road SIAC contest against the Dragons of Lane College. Four Tigers in double figures aided them in a dominant 82-69 road victory at J. F. Lane Gymnasium. For EWU, it was an historic victory as it notches their first official SIAC men's basketball win since rejoining the conference last season. Additionally, it was the first career men's basketball victory for interim head coach Howard White, Jr. after spending several years as an assistant and a women's head basketball coach.
Edward Waters (1-0, 1-0 SIAC) faced an early four-point deficit in the first half, before taking the lead and seeing it grow to as many as seven points in the late stages. A late Dragons run cut the Edward Waters lead to three at 37-34 at the end of the half.
The second half was owned wholly by the visitors, thanks to hot shooting from the three-point arc. The Tigers shot 66.67% from three-point range in the half and took a lead by as many as 17 points in the half. The Purple & Orange were able to cruise to a convincing 13-point road victory to go to 1-0 on the season and 1-0 in the SIAC.
EWU outshot Lane 48.2% to 31.5%, including a 62.5% to 5.0% edge in three-point shooting. EWU put four players in double-figures on the night, led by senior guard Felix Hayes who turned in a double-double performance with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Junior transfer guard Adnan Hussein also had 17 points and was 5-of-9 from three point range. Senior transfer center Larry Kuimi finished with 12 points and four rebounds, and sophomore point guard Cahlib Edwards chipped in with 11 points and four rebounds.
The Tigers will return to the floor on Saturday, November 26th in another SIAC road contest against Central State at 3:00pm.
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