IRSC Tops Palm Beach State, 87-65

Fort Pierce, Florida – The Pioneers increase their win total to 19 with a 22-point victory over Palm Beach State College on Wednesday, 87-65.  Indian River State College (IRSC) came out focused and gained a 10-0 advantage and held a double-digit lead going into the half, 35-23.

Palm Beach State scored the first basket of the second half cutting the lead back to 10 points, 35-25, but Miles Coleman hit back to back three-point shots and the lead ballooned to 16 points, 41-25.  Palm Beach cut the deficit to 10 points again, 52-42, but that was as close as the score would get for the remainder of the game.  Coleman grabbed a defensive rebound and hit Tadre Morse sprinting for the jam, increasing the Pioneer lead to 20 points, 74-54.  IRSC cruised on to an 87-65 win.  The win moved their Southern Conference record to 8-1 and 19-7 overall.

Coleman had another strong performance for the Pioneers by scoring 25 points, pulling in 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.  Drew LaMont had the hot hand early in the game and totaled 18 points, followed by Morse with 12, and DeJuan Lockett added 10.  Antrell Charlton dished out a team high 6 assist and Lockett led the team in rebounding with 7.  IRSC will be in action on Saturday, February 15^th when they travel to Hialeah, Florida, to take on ASA College (Miami) at the Bucky Dent Recreational Center.  The game will begin at 4 p.m.