SAULT STE. MARIE - Lake Superior State set the bar high during its Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball home opener by making 22 three-point attempts, including a school-record nine threes by senior guard Mark Morse, en route to a 102-74 victory over Saginaw Valley State on Saturday.

Morse was on a national-record pace for awhile, making 6-of-8 three-pointers in the first half. He canned all three attempts in the second half, going 9-of-11 from behind the arc for the game, and finished the game with 29 points, tying his career high.

Morse didn't attempt another three-pointer after making his ninth with 12:14 remaining in the game. He broke the previous single-game school record of eight three-pointers shared by Chris Wooley in 1989, Eric VanderEyk in 1996, Nick Wolfe in 1997 and Ben Dewar in 2002. The Division II national record is 16, while the GLIAC record is 13.

Garrett Konuszewski, Micah Hudson and Kyle Hunt added three three-pointers each as the Lakers finished 22-of-33 from behind the arc. Whether LSSU set a team school record for single-game three-pointers has not yet been determined, but it appears the Lakers broke the GLIAC single-game team record of 20 set by Hillsdale on Dec. 19, 1992.

LSSU (7-4 overall, 4-2 GLIAC) shot 72.2 percent (13-of-18) from three-point range in the first half and 66.7 percent for the game. Overall, the Lakers shot 57.9 percent from the field.

Six players scored in double figures for the Lakers, who led 54-30 at halftime and went on to record their fifth straight win. Tim VanOudheusden and Ryan Kuhl scored 13 points each, followed by Hudson and Hunt with 12 each, and Konuszewski with 11.

Konuszewski, VanOudheusden and Mike Rader contributed five assists each, while Morse had four. Scott Perkins and Hudson had six rebounds each, followed by Rader with five. Hunt added five steals.

LSSU out-rebounded SVSU, 35-33, and made 14-of-19 free throws.

Avery Stephenson scored 21 points to lead the Cardinals (1-9 overall, 1-5 GLIAC). SVSU shot 42.9 percent from the field, including 8-of-20 from three-point range and 12-of-21 at the free-throw line.

LSSU continues a five-game homestand at 7:30 p.m. Thursday against Ferris State. The Lakers currently hold a half-game lead in the GLIAC North Division standings.

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