Graduate guard Shaq Athie and junior Bradlee Lewis combined for 36 points, but the Kentucky State University men's basketball team fell to Spring Hill Monday, 78-61, in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action at the William Exum Center.
 
Kentucky State (8-14 overall, 5-10 SIAC) hosts LeMoyne-Owen College 3 p.m. Saturday.
 
TURNING POINT
Moments after a 15-3 run that pulled Kentucky State to within five points early in the second half, the Thorobreds committed five straight turnovers as Spring Hill rebuilt its double-figure lead.

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Athie finished with 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting with five rebounds, a team-high three assists and one steal. Lewis also scored 18 points on 6-of-12 shooting.
 
Senior Jordan Little (Jersey City, N.J.) pulled down a team-high eight rebounds and had a team-high two blocks.

COACH SPEAK
"The guys that played hard and got us back into the game, they got tired," said Kentucky State University head coach Jamaal Jackson. "We had to bring a couple guys off the bench, and there is a reason they come off the bench, they don't give the same effort that the starters give."

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
 

• Nine of the 10 Kentucky State players tallied at least a point.
• Bradlee Lewis connected on three of the team's five three pointers.
• After going to the free throw line 15 times in the first half, Kentucky State only attempted four free throws in the second half.
• Spring Hill shot 53.3 percent (16-of-30) in the first half to open up a 14-point halftime lead.