MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (Nov. 11, 2016) â€" The Milligan College men's basketball team faced one of its biggest challenges of the season on Friday night when it traveled to Middle Tennessee State, a NCAA Division I opponent, for an exhibition game. The young Buffalo squad experienced high level competition first hand and fell 102-64.
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Milligan (2-2, 0-0 AAC) trailed 4-10 early and never got within six points of the Blue Raiders again. The Buffs trailed 51-29 at the half.
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The second set told more of the same story and the Buffs surrendered 51 more points and scored 35.
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Sophomore
Will Buckner led Milligan with 10 points and was the only Buffalo to reach double digits.
Bo Pless scored eight points including two three-pointers.
Tyler Nichols and
Aaron Levarity followed with seven points each.
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The Buffaloes return to action with their Appalachian Athletic Conference opener next Wednesday. Milligan hosts Tennessee Wesleyan with tipoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m. after the women's game.
