February 20, 2008 – ATLANTA – Kenney Boyd and Daniel Brown put up career bests and Morehouse reached a four-year high, on the way to a, 100-81, victory over the Lemoyne Owen Magicians.

Avenging a January 14 defeat by the Magicians, the Maroon Tigers bettered the visitors in every statistical category and achieved season highs in points (100), field-goal (69.2) and three-point shooting percentage (87.5).

Ironically, the last time Morehouse reached the century mark was February 24, 2004, when the Maroon Tigers downed the Magicians 104-77, at Forbes.

Morehouse improved to 12-13 (8-13 SIAC). Lemoyne Owen, the number two team in the conference, dropped to 13-11 (13-6 SIAC), after also losing to Clark Atlanta, in overtime, on Monday.

Morehouse seemed to have benefited from the extra free-throw shooting mandated by Coach Grady Brewer at Tuesday’s practice. The Maroon Tigers hit 19-of-26 free throws for the highest shooting percent in more than a month.

Lately, it had been the Maroon Tigers who shot poorly from the free-throw line. This time, there was a reversal of fortune. The Magicians missed 22-of-36 shots from the charity stripe and dug themselves a hole too deep to climb from.

But the game’s biggest surprise was freshman Daniel Brown who came off the bench for a season best 21 points. The 6’-3” guard from College Park hit 8-of-10 shots, including 3-of-3 from beyond the arc.

Brown, who averages nine minutes per game, played 30 minutes and scored from all over the court, while also pulling down six rebounds.

To put his game into perspective, Brown had played in 13 previous games and scored a grand total of 17 points.

Center Kenney Boyd tallied his season high of 30 points, on 13-of-19 shooting from the field and 4-of-6 from the line. His total was the best by a Maroon Tigers since William Belton (’07) put up 39 points in December 2005. Boyd, a 6’-8” junior from Meridian, MS grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds and registered his thirteenth double-double of the season.

Morehouse hit 7-of-8 three pointers. The 87.5 percent accuracy more than doubled the previous season-high of 43 percent.

Jason Reese sank 10-of-13 free throws and four shots from the field for 18 points, to go with eight rebounds, five assists and a game-high six steals.

Travis Floyd threw in 4-of-5 shots and finished with 11 points and four assists. Paul Williams contributed nine points and three assists.

Freshman Roderick Williams, who played along side Daniel Brown, last year at Mundy’s Mill High School, shared a solid game with his prep school teammate. The 6’-5” forward hit the only three shots he took, for six points. He also snagged six rebounds, handed out seven assists and blocked three shots.

Regular starters J.P. Felder and Brenden Stoner did not play, due to injury. Both are listed as day-to-day.

Three Magicians scored in double figures, led by Chris McFadgon with 19 points.

The Maroon Tigers will face the conference-leading Benedict Tigers, Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Forbes, in the last game of the regular season. Morehouse will honor the six Maroon Tigers who will be playing in their final game at home.

The SIAC tournament kicks off March 5 in Birmingham. For more information, log onto to www.siacbasketballtournament.com.