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WASHINGTON -- Sa'eed Nelson had 22 points and nine rebounds, Mark Gasperini added 14 points and seven boards, and American beat Youngstown State 77-62 on Saturday for its second win of the season.
American scored the final 14 points of the first half after holding YSU scoreless for nearly six minutes. The Eagles led by nine at the break and Youngstown State didn't hit the 30-point mark until 16:06 remaining.
Delante Jones scored 12 points and grabbed eight rebounds for American (2-7), which has won twice in four games. The Eagles outrebounded the Penguins 46-34.
Cameron Morse led Youngstown State (5-6) with 21 points and six rebounds for his 22nd 20-plus game of his career. Braun Hartfield added 12 points and Devin Haygood 10.
The Penguins were just 2 of 15 from 3-point range and made just 36.5 percent overall.
Kent State 87, NJIT 71: KENT -- Jaylin Walker hit six 3-pointers and finished with 29 points, both career highs, Jimmy Hall had a double-double and Kent State cruised. Walker made 10 of 16 from the field, while Hall had 26 points on 9-of-14 shooting, 10 rebounds and four assists.
Desmond Ridenour hit a 3-pointer to cap a 12-2 run that made it 22-10 and Kent State (7-3) led by double figures the rest of the way.
The Golden Flashes committed a season-high 22 turnovers, but shot 50 percent from the field, hit 10 3-pointers and made all of the 13 free-throw attempts.
Osa Izevbuwa scored a career-high 21 on 7-of-11 shooting for the Highlanders (5-6). The other NJIT starters combined to shoot 27.5 percent from the field -- including Damon Lynn, who scored 23 but hit just 3 of 15 from behind the arc.
Hall moved into 17th on Kent State's career scoring list with 1,194 career points.