Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) basketball team earned a 109-65 victory in its season and home opener against Lane, Monday, on Gary Mathews Court at F&M Bank Arena.
No Governor scored more than 18 points in Austin Peay State University’s 109-point barrage, while six – Zyree Collins (18 points), Rashaud Marshall (16), Cam Ryans (15), Talon Todd (13), Shamarrie Hugie (12), and Bradley Floyd (11) – scored in double figures. The six Governors to score in double figures marked the first time the APSU Govs have accomplished such since its February 14th game against Bellarmine last season.
Collins and Chuck Love III led Austin Peay State University with eight rebounds. The eight-board night was a career-high for both, with the mark surpassing Collins’ seven-rebound game at Stetson last year (1/10/26) and Love’s surpassing a seven-rebound game against North Texas (11/9/25) when he was at Loyola last season.
Austin Peay (1-0) held Lane without a point for the first 4:22 and built an 11-point lead in the game’s opening four minutes. After a Collins’ three-pointer on APSU’s second trip down the court, Marshall scored a pair from the free-throw line while Floyd had a dunk and layup in back-to-back possessions for his first-career points.
The Governors answered the Dragon’s first points of the night with back-to-back baskets by Todd, with the San Antonio, Texas native scoring his first-career points on a corner three. Lane cut the Govs’ lead to as few as eight points early in the opening period; however, APSU responded with a game-best 14-0 run over three next three minutes, with a pair of Ryan’s layups sparking the run and a PJ Singleton three-pointer giving the APSU Govs a 30-8 lead with 10:20 to play.
A pair of back-to-back LC three-pointers cut the Dragons’ deficit to 42-19 with 5:17 to play. The APSU Govs then went on to outscore the Dragons 20-6 in the final 4:17 of the opening half while forcing four turnovers.
Collins led all scorers with 12 points in the first half, as the Governors shot 55.8% (24 for 43) from the field, while holding Lane to just 33.3% (10 of 30). The APSU Govs scored 17 points off 12 LC first-half turnovers, while turning the ball over just twice.
The APSU Govs opened the second half just 2-for-13 from the field in the opening 6:27 of the second half, but still maintained a 31-point lead. Following its cold stretch, APSU went 8-for-10 from the field to extend its lead to 93-58 with under eight minutes to play.
Austin Peay State University went on a 7-0 run prior to the under-four media timeout to lead 100-60 – the fifth 100-point game in F&M Bank Arena and the APSU Govs’ first since a 102-83 win against North Florida last season (1/1/26).
A Ryans’ jumper and Hugie dunk in the final minute of the contest capped off the 44-point win for the Governors.
The Difference
Depth. Austin Peay State University had six score in double figures, with Love adding nine points. Lane had just one score 10, with its top scorer being Randy Emerson’s 18 points.
Box Score Bullets
- Austin Peay State University improved to 58-38 all-time in season openers, and 4-0 under head coach Corey Gipson, and now have won eight of their last nine.
- The Governors improved to 70-26 all-time in home openers with their 11-straight home-opening win. The APSU Govs have outscored opponents by an average of 41.0 points per game in home openers in F&M Bank Arena.
- Austin Peay State University’s six in double figures are its most since a February 14th game against Bellarmine last season.
- The Governors’ 11-straight home-opening victories are the second-longest stretch in program history, trailing only a 17-year stretch from 1969-85.
- Austin Peay State University’s 64 points in the paint are its most since scoring 66 points in the paint against North Florida in the ASUN Tournament Quarterfinals (3/5/24).
- With his 16-point performance, Rashaud Marshall notched his ninth-straight game scoring in double figures and his 17th in his last 18 games dating back to a Jan. 8 game at Florida Gulf Coast.
- Bradley Floyd, Chuck Love III and Felipe Minzer made their first starts as a Gov. Floyd and Minzer’s starts also were the first of their career.
- Floyd, Minzer, Talon Todd, Cam Ryans, and PJ Singleton all made their collegiate debuts.
- Austin Peay State University improved to 35-9 all-time at F&M Bank Arena.
- The Governors improved to 41-10 under Gipson when leading at the half.
- The APSU Govs won their 10th wire-to-wire game of the Gipson Era.
- The Govs improved to 33-11 under Gipson when outrebounding the opponent and 42-25 when tallying more steals.
- The Govs now are 5-0 when scoring at least 100 points in a game over the last four seasons and 29-13 when holding the opponent to less than 70 points.
- Austin Peay State University’s 62 first-half points are its most in a half since scoring 69 points in the opening half of last season’s opener against Bryan.
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