Box Score MEMPHIS-The Christian Brothers University Bucs used a 30-9 run over 10 minutes of the second half as they pulled away to an 84-69 win over Shorter Saturday afternoon on Homecoming.

The Hawks (14-9, 8-7) led for the entire first half, leading by as many as eight points, but the Bucs (15-7, 10-4) scored the final five points of the first half and the first seven points of the second half to open a 39-33 lead on a Michael Drake (Little Rock, Ark./Catholic HS) jumper with 18:31 remaining. Shorter answered with an 8-0 burst to regain a 41-39 lead on a Kenny Leverette triple with 17:11 remaining.

Drake sparked the decisive run with his passing.  First, he found Trey Casey (Cincinnati, Ohio/La Salle HS) for back-to-back threes to give CBU the lead for good.  He assisted on a Drew Hildreth (Memphis, Tenn./Bolton HS) trey to extend the Bucs' lead to 48-43 with 15:13 remaining.  By the time Drake capped the 30-9 run with a three-point play that gave the Bucs a 69-50 lead with 7:04 remaining, he had scored seven points with six assists during the run.

Drake finished the game with 25 points, matching his career-high, and a career-high nine assists to go with six rebounds and two steals.  The nine assists matched the Bucs' season high, set by Cory McArthy (St. Louis, Mo./Christian Brothers College HS) against West Alabama last month.  Drake was 9-of-15 from the floor overall and a perfect 7-of-7 from the free throw line.  Casey scored a career-high 26 points on 8-of-11 shooting, including 5-of-7 from three-point range, and 5-of-6 at the charity stripe.  Hildreth tacked on 12 points.

Dedric Ware led the Hawks with 22 points.  Marquise King scored 14.  Leverette had 12, and Anthony Banks added 10.

The Bucs shot 52 percent (30-of-57) for the game to the Hawks' 45.0 percent (27-of-60).  The Bucs out-rebounded Shorter 32-29, with each team grabbing 10 offensive rebounds, and they forced 15 Hawk turnovers while committing 14.

The Bucs hit the road next week, visiting West Georgia Thursday night and West Alabama Saturday afternoon.  Their next home game is set for Thursday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. against Valdosta State.