The Tiffin University men's basketball team picked up win number one of the 2014-15 campaign on Saturday night by the score of 76-75. The Dragons defeated Central State, who beat Wayne State on Friday night in the opening game of the G-MAC vs GLIAC Challenge.

Central State started hot, then gave their lead up to the Dragons. Tiffin led at the half 40-36. The second half saw Central State push the basketball and score on the fast break. The Marauders were able to regain the lead, and led the Dragons by as much as 9. With 6:11 left in the game Central State led 70-61, their largest margin of the night. The Dragons fought back and finished the game on a 15-5 run to win by a single point on an Alex Brown free throw with three tenths of a second left.

Central State falls to 1-1 overall. They were led by Masceo Harmon with 20 points and 6 rebounds. Raheem Lemons contributed 18 for his team on 8-13 shooting from the field. Central State shot 45.3% from the field, 28.6% from three, and 71.9% from the free throw line. Central State was out rebounded by the Dragons by a margin of 40-32.

The Dragons were led in scoring by Alex Brown. Brown came off the bench to give the Dragons 16 points on 5-7 shooting from the field, 3-5 shooting from deep, and was 3-4 from the charity stripe. Another Dragon that came off the bench hot was Darlington Osazuwa. Osazuwa contributed 13 points and 4 rebounds. Andy Bachman and Chrisean Marsden were both contributors on the glass for the Dragons as each grabbed 6 rebounds. The Dragons finished the game shooting 43.1% from the field, 43.5% from three, and 72.7% from the free throw line.

The Dragons improve their record to 1-1, and will now travel to take on Cleveland State on Monday night in an exhibition contest. That game is slated to start at 7:00 pm. The game can be heard on tudragonradio.com.