Campbell, Kincaid Lead Eagles Men Past Cardinals
December 5, 2002

Complete Box Score

The Saginaw Valley State Cardinals saw a different version of “Hoosiers” Thursday night (Dec. 5) at Kates Gymnasium. This one didn’t have much drama.

Indianapolis natives and Pike High School grads Mike Campbell and Isaac Kincaid led the Ashland University basketball team to a win in its Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener. The Eagles took control of the game early and cruised to a 104-76 triumph over Saginaw Valley State. The Eagles are 6-0. SVSU is 4-3 and 2-1 in league play. This is the first time the Eagles have started 6-0 since the 1999-2000 opened the season with seven consecutive victories.

Campbell, a sophomore center, had 17 points, 10 rebounds and blocked three shots. He hit six of eight shots from the field.

Kincaid, AU’s leading scorer at 21.5 ppg., had 24 points. He connected on seven of eight attempts from the floor.

The Eagles took a 9-6 lead with 16:25 left in the first half on a three-point field goal by freshman guard Chris Steens. That broke a 6-6 tie and AU never trailed after that. At halftime, the Eagles (6-0) were in front, 52-30.

Ashland had a 48-38 advantage on the glass. The Eagles shot 52.2 percent (36-69) from the field. Defensively, AU coaxed the visitors into 17 turnovers and held the Cardinals to 37.3 percent from the field (28-75). In points off of turnovers, the Eagles led, 21-10. Ashland had a huge, 18-4 edge in fastbreak points.

In addition to Campbell and Kincaid, two other Eagles scored in double digits. Senior point guard Angelo Edwards had 12 points and Steens scored 11 points.

Maurice Brown had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead Saginaw Valley State.

The Eagles are back in action Saturday (Dec. 7, 3 p.m.) when they host Northwood in another GLIAC encounter.