MEMPHIS-The Christian Brothers University Bucs shot a season-low 26 percent from the floor, their coldest shooting night in five seasons, as they dropped a 69-39 decision to Delta State Saturday afternoon at Canale Arena.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
• The Statesmen (14-7, 9-6 GSC) scored the game's first 10 points, holding the Bucs (10-11, 8-7) scoreless for nearly eight minutes to start the game. CBU started the game 0-for-10 with three turnovers before Jordan Miller (Fulton, Ky./Fulton City HS) scored to put the Bucs on the board with 12:34 remaining in the first half.
• Miller scored three baskets in quick succession to bring the Bucs within five points at 11-6, but the Statesmen answered with a 5-0 burst and CBU never cme closer than eight points again.
• DSU closed the game on a 19-2 run as they stretched out the final margin over the final eight minutes.

KEY STATS:
• Miller paced the Bucs with 14 points, shooting 6-of-9 from the floor and making his only three-point attempt.
• Cody Garbuzinski (Memphis, Tenn./Christian Brothers HS) scored nine with three assists before fouling out in 25 minutes.
• The Bucs shot 30 percent (9-of-30) in the first half and just 22.2 percent (6-of-27) for the game, finishing 26.3 percent (15-of-57) overall. CBU was just 16 percent (4-of-15) fro beyond the arc and 35.7 percent (5-of-14) at the free throw line.
• The Statesmen shot 48.9 percent (23-of-47) for the game, including 63.2 percent (12-of-19) in the second half and 38.1 percent (8-of-21) from three-point range.
• DSU out-rebounded the Bucs 47-24, including a 14-12 edge in offensive boards. The Bucs forced 18 turnovers while committing 11.

COACH MIKE NIENABER'S THOUGHTS:
"There's really not much you can say. You read the stats, it says it all. It was just brutal. The thing is, we hung in there, it was just as bad the first half as it was the second half and we were only down eight. I thought something's gotta warm up a little bit. They do a great job defensively, but you got good looks and somebody's gotta step up and make a shot. They weren't guarding us on free throws and we were 5-for-14."

"A lot of the game was played at about 8 to 10 to 12 points. Defensively I thought for the most part we hung in there. I thought we ran out of gas at the end."

"They're doubling the low post, somebody's got to get the ball and make an open shot."

"Jordan Miller did a great job. He was able to maneuver in there a little bit. We've seen that a few games this year where Jordan got a little more room to operate than they're giving Adam."

"I think we battled for 25, 30 minutes and we just couldn't make any headway. We just couldn't get anything going offensively."

WHAT'S NEXT:
The Bucs return to action Thursday night at 7 p.m. as they host West Alabama.