{"id":263508,"date":"2025-11-05T04:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T04:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/263508\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T04:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T04:30:10","slug":"mens-basketball-falls-in-season-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/263508\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s Basketball Falls In Season Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/stl_pharmacy.png\" alt=\"University of Health Sciences &amp; Pharmacy in St. Louis\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> University of Health Sciences &amp; Pharmacy in St. Louis<\/p>\n<p>11\/6\/2025 | 6:00 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Nov. 06 (Thu) \/ 6:00 p.m. &#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/stl_pharmacy.png\" alt=\"University of Health Sciences &amp; Pharmacy in St. Louis\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0University of Health Sciences &amp; Pharmacy in St. Louis&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/lindenwoodlions.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/opponent-history\/university-of-health-sciences-pharmacy-in-st-louis\/69\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    LUBBOCK, Tx. &#8211; Lindenwood Men&#8217;s Basketball fell in their season opener on Tuesday night at #10 Texas Tech by a final score of 98-60. <a href=\"https:\/\/lindenwoodlions.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/robert-lewis\/28768\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"28768\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Lewis<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lindenwoodlions.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/milos-nenadic\/28769\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"28769\" target=\"_blank\">Milos Nenadic<\/a> each had double-doubles in the contest, while <a href=\"https:\/\/lindenwoodlions.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/mekhi-cooper\/28765\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"28765\" target=\"_blank\">Mekhi Cooper<\/a> led the Lions with 15 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the first half, both teams struggled to hit shots early on, going a combined 0-8 in the first 1:30 of the opening half. The Lions made their next three shots on layups coming from Lewis, Nenadic, and Cooper to take an 8-5 lead over the Red Raiders at the under 16 media timeout. Out of the timeout, Cooper knocked down a three to extend the lead to 12-7 with 15:11 left, but Texas Tech followed the three with a 14-2 run over the next four minutes to take the lead at 21-14. Texas Tech knocked down 12 threes in the first half, including eight\u00a0following their run to take a 58-30 lead into the locker room. All 15 of <a href=\"https:\/\/lindenwoodlions.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/mekhi-cooper\/28765\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"28765\" target=\"_blank\">Mekhi Cooper&#8217;s<\/a> points came in the first half as the Junior Guard shot 5-9 from the field, including a pair of three pointers to lead Lindenwood in the first 20 minutes of play.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lindenwoodlions.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/jeremiah-talton\/28762\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"28762\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremiah Talton<\/a> led the Lions in the second half with nine points, followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/lindenwoodlions.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/milos-nenadic\/28769\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"28769\" target=\"_blank\">Milos Nenadic<\/a> who scored seven. Nenadic\u00a0picked up his fifth foul of the game with 6:48 to go,\u00a0ending the game with his second career double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds. <a href=\"https:\/\/lindenwoodlions.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/robert-lewis\/28768\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"28768\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Lewis<\/a> also had a solid second half for the Lions, scoring six points on 3-5 shooting and grabbing six rebounds to pick up his fifth double-double of his career and first with the black and gold. Lewis finished the game scoring 10 points on 5-8 shooting, and tied his career high with 12 rebounds. Meanwhile, Talton knocked down two threes in the second half and made three of his four free throw attempts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a team, the Lions struggled from the field as they shot 31.1% from the floor and knocked\u00a0down 23.8% of their three point attempts. The Red Raiders shot 37% from beyond the arc, knocking down 17 threes and shot 40.2% from the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lindenwood\u00a0will return home on Thursday for their home opener when they will host UHSP. 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