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                        <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2020/2/1581689613432.jpeg" alt="Perry Carroll / Allie Schweizer photo" />
                        <figcaption>Perry Carroll / Allie Schweizer photo</figcaption>
                    </figure><p>WARRENSBURG, Mo. – Fort Hays State used balanced scoring and
some timely three-point shooting in the second half to beat Central Missouri
65-50 Thursday at the Multipurpose Building. The Tigers (12-11, 5-9 MIAA) won
their fifth straight and move into ninth-place in the conference standings.&nbsp;The top 10 teams advance to next month’s MIAA Tournament in Kansas City.</p><p>It's the Tigers first road win in conference play and their first win on the road since November 17th when they knocked of UC-Colorado Springs.</p><div><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/760363462&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe>


<iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/760362955&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe></div><p>The Tigers used a 10-0 run to turn a seven-point first half
deficit into a three-point lead at 22-19. A 14-4 run helped them extend their
two-point halftime lead to 12.</p><p>After the Mules closed the gap to five, Perry Carroll hit
back-to-back threes to push the lead back to double-figures with 8:53 to play.
UCM (9-14, 4-10 MIAA) would never get closer than eight the rest of the way.</p><p>The Tigers shot 56-percent in the second half and 46-percent
for the game. They hit seven of their 10 three-pointers after halftime and
finished 10-fo-22 from beyond the arc.</p><p>The Tigers were led in scoring by Jared Vitztum, Calvin
Harrington, Perry Carroll and Jake Hutchings who all scored 11 points. Devin
Davis added eight and pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds.</p>

Tigers defeat Central Missouri for fifth straight win