BOX SCORE

DOVER, Del. – The Cairn University men's basketball team lost, 80-41, on the road at NCAA Division I foe Delaware State University in an exhibition contest for the Highlanders in their second game of a back-to-back road swing on Tuesday evening.
 
Delaware State (1-0) playing out of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), jetted out to an 8-0 lead before Cairn (1-0) broke its dry spell with a basket from junior Wes Murray (Reading, PA / Exter) just less than three minutes into the game. The Hornets went on a 17-0 run from there and took a 25-2 lead by the midway point of the half. Cairn battled back and fought to a 37-15 deficit at intermission.
 
In the second half, the Highlanders got the deficit within 20 when junior Dashuan Cain (Wilmington, DE / Red Lion Christian Academy) converted a layup at the 11:56 mark of the half to make it 52-32. However, the Hornets settled into their half-court offense and ran down the clock to seal the victory.
 
Murray led the Highlanders with a team-high 11 points to go along with six rebounds. Senior Kameron Clark (Ewing, NJ / Ewing) followed with nine points and grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds, including a game-high six offensive boards.
 
Cairn will be back on the court this weekend when they take a trip to Pottersville, New York for a doubleheader at Word of Life Bible Institute on Friday, November 12 at 7 p.m. and Saturday November 13 at 4 p.m.