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[Men's Basketball] Sluggish start dooms Foresters

Mount Vernon, Ohio – A sluggish start for the HU men's basketball team coupled with a fast start for Mount Vernon was a recipe for disaster for the Foresters Saturday afternoon at Ariel Arena. Staring at a 15-2 deficit less than four minutes in, Alford and crew never really recovered to suffer a 102-85 loss to the Cougars.While the visitors' response of seven straight points was promising to make for a 15-9 game, MVNU fired right back with another spurt to put build a 15-point buffer of 26-11 by the 12-minute mark. The rest of the frame was evenly played for a 53-27 Cougar lead heading into the break.