ROLLA, Mo. – A red-hot first half propelled Missouri S&T men's basketball team to its second win of the season Saturday afternoon, as the Miners ran to a 30-point lead by halftime and went on to defeat William Woods 86-58 at Billy Key Court.

The Miners (2-6) connected on 21 of their 29 field goal attempts (72.4 percent) in the opening half and went nine-of-14 from three-point range to build a 52-22 lead by halftime and cruised to the win, as they finished the afternoon at a season-best 56.1 percent from the field.

Sophomore guard Dulan Scott (Chicago, IL/Farragut Academy) was the big gun for the Miners in the first half, as he made all seven of his attempts from the floor – including three from three-point range – and had 17 of his career-high 24 points in the first 20 minutes of play.

Scott's three-pointer at the 16:40 mark moved the Miners into the lead for good at 8-7, shortly before S&T went on a 9-0 run to extend a five-point lead to 14 by the eight-minute mark of the first half.

S&T led 22-17 after a basket by William Woods' DaShaun Stark with 11:05 remaining in the half, but the Miners outscored the Owls 30-5 over the balance of the first half and scored the final 10 points of the period, which ended with a lay-in by Ervin Sarajlic (St. Louis, MO/Oakville) off an assist from Allante Pickens (Chicago, IL/Curie).

William Woods got no closer than 24 in the second half as the Miners had an advantage of as many as 33 points at one point and ended a four-game losing streak in the process.

Besides Scott, Missouri S&T had four others in double figures in the scoring column, as Chris Harris (Antioch, IL/Lake Forest Academy) finished with 12 points, Sebastian Ferenc (Zgierz, Poland/) and Pickens had 11 apiece and Sarajlic finished with 10.  The Miners hit 12 three-pointers in the game and outrebounded the Owls 35-32.

Jason Walker led William Woods, who was playing Saturday's game as an exhibition contest, with 10 points.  The Owls made only 37.1 percent of their first goal attempts in the contest.

Missouri S&T will return to action on Monday, Dec. 18, when it hosts Harris-Stowe at 11 a.m. at Billy Key Court.