BALTIMORE – Five Eagles scored in double figures, including Malik Shackleford and Daveyon Lydner with 16 points apiece as the Coppin State men's basketball team defeated Cheyney, 90-53, on Monday afternoon at PEC Arena. The Eagles improved to 1-2 on the year while the Wolves fell to 0-3 in front of nearly 3,000 elementary schools kids at Coppin's annual Education Day game.
 
Led by Shackleford and Lydner, Coppin shot 54.8% while holding Cheyney to just 25.4% from the field. Shackleford hit 5-of-8 from the floor with three 3-pointers to go with four rebounds an assist and a steal.  Lydner was also efficient, going 6-of-8 from the floor to go with three assists and a steal.
 
The Eagles held a 47-35 advantage on the glass, scored 46 points in the paint and 21 second-chance points.
 
Baasil Saunders tallied a career-high 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting to go with eight rebounds, two assists and three steals, followed by Jamari Piercy with 12 points with a pair of threes.
 
Hussain Williams was the fifth CSU player in double figures with 11 points while pulling down a career-high 12 rebounds for a double-double.  He also blocked three shots and matched Piercy in 3-pointers.
 
Coppin's starters played limited minutes with each scoring at least a field goal.  Camaren Sparrow led them with six points, three rebounds and two steals while Tafara Gapare and Brendan Johnson added four apiece.  Favour Aire hit his lone shot attempt and blocked another while sixth man Josiah Brown tallied four points and seven rebounds.
 
Cheyney scored the first point of the game on a free throw before Sparrow gave the Eagles the lead. After the Wolves made their first jumper shortly after, Piercy made a three to give Coppin a 5-3 advantage at the 18:25 mark and the Eagles never looked back.
 
Coppin led by as many as 47-23 in the first half, following a dunk by Saunders in the closing seconds before heading to the locker room. Cheyney played virtually even with the Eagles in the opening minutes of the second before Saunders was fouled on a dunk and he added another layup seconds later.
 
After a layup by the Wolves, Williams started another CSU run with a three and Coppin's largest lead came at 1:48 left as Williams hit a pair of free throws to go up 89-50.
 
The Eagles will head to the Sunshine State for a pair of games, starting with Bradley in the Showdown in St. Pete at 6 pm on Thursday, November 12 at Eckerd's McArthur Center.