MORRIS — Former Marshall Tiger and current University of Minnesota Morris basketball junior guard CD Douglas became the seventh Cougar in men’s program history to surpass 1,000 career points Friday night as Minnesota Morris topped Bethany Lutheran 96-78 in UMAC men’s basketball action at Jim Gremmels Court.

Coming into the contest, Douglas was 18 points shy of reaching the 1,000-point plateau. By halftime, he was six points away after scoring 12 first half points. He scored five quick points early in the second half to pull within one of the mark. With 15:06 left in the game, a made jumper in the lane gave the Cougars a 20-point lead at 66-46 and pushed Douglas over 1,000 career points. He scored 23 on the night to make his career total at 1,005 points.

This was a game pitting the top two scoring teams in the UMAC with the Cougars averaging 88 points a game and the Vikings scoring 84 points per contest. The Cougars held true to that stat in the first half shooting at an astounding 67.7 percent clip (21 for 31) and 62.5 percent (5 for 8) from 3-point range on their way to a 50-32 lead at halftime. The Cougars put the pressure on the defensive end holding the Vikings to 29.6 percent shooting from the floor in the first half (8 for 27).

On the coldest night of the fall season outside, the Cougars continued to stay hot inside in the second half shooting 55.6 percent from the floor on their way to 60.9 for the entire game.

Noah Grove was behind Douglas with 19 points on 4 for 6 shooting from beyond the arc. John Haseman scored 17 points on 8 for 12 shooting from the floor. Anthony Fisher totaled 16 points while Tyler Ukkelberg added 10 to go along with nine rebounds.

Minnesota Morris (5-3, 1-1 in UMAC) hosts Martin Luther Saturday at 5 p.m.

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