ESPN Men's Basketball

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee Tech rolled past Morehead State 63-40 on Thursday night, with Derek Stribling scoring 18 points and Tech's defense holding the Eagles scoreless for more than 10 minutes.

Morehead State (7-7, 1-2 Ohio Valley Conference) scored its first basket of the second half with 10:05 left on a Chad McKnight free throw.

Tennessee Tech (8-6, 3-0) started the second half on a 13-0 run. Willie Jenkins capped the run with a field goal at the 11:13 mark.

The Golden Eagles ended the first half on an Anthony Fisher 3-pointer with six seconds left to take a 33-23 lead at the half.

Tennessee Tech held Morehead State to 31 percent shooting and gave up only 17 second-half points.

Keyon Boyd scored 18 points for the Golden Eagles and Jenkins added nine points and nine rebounds.

Josh Reed scored a team-high 10 points for Morehead State. McKnight added nine points and grabbed seven rebounds.