Led by the highest-scoring game by a Governor since 2019, the Austin Peay State University (APSU) basketball team earned its seventh-straight Atlantic Sun Conference victory in a 95-87 win against Queens, Wednesday, at Curry Arena.
Parker's 39 points are the most by a Gov since Terry Taylor scored 42 against Morehead State, Feb. 16, 2019, and tied the graduate forward's career-high, set last season against Bellevue when he played at NAIA Columbia College. It also marked the Montgomery City, Missouri native's fifth-straight game scoring at least 20 points, as he became the first Gov since, again, Terry Taylor, in 2020.
Parker was followed in scoring by Rashaud Marshall, who went 9-for-10 from the floor - the most efficient night from the field by a Gov this season - in a 21-point, eight-rebound, three-block, three-assist outing.
After Queens (14-12, 9-4 ASUN) scored the first points of the game on a layup 26 seconds in, Parker's first three-pointer of the day on the ensuing possession sparked a 12-1 run for Austin Peay (18-6, 12-1 ASUN), who built a double-digit lead just 3:17 into Wednesday's contest. Following a 2-for-6 start from the field for the Royals, they made five of...
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