BALTIMORE-- Senior Brandon Horvath (West River, Md./Southern) recorded his third double-double of the year with 18 points and 14 rebounds as UMBC men's basketball won their fourth-straight, 66-49 at Coppin State on Sunday. The Retrievers held the Eagles to just 26 percent shooting in the second half. 

UMBC wins their fourth in a row to move to 4-1 while the Eagles fall to 1-5. 

Horvath led all scorers with 18 points on 7-13 shooting with 14 rebounds. Keondre Kennedy (Atlanta, Ga.) and L.J. Owens (Annapolis, Md./Severn School/William & Mary) added 12 points each in the win. Kennedy tied a career-high with nine rebounds, and UMBC held the Eagles to under 50 points. It was the first time the Retrievers held an opponent under 50 points since last November when they held Georgian Court to 48 points. 

Koby Thomas led Coppin State with 14 points with Kyle Cardaci adding 13 in the loss. 

The Eagles got out to an early start, putting together a 5-0 run to take a 7-2 lead. That would extend to a 10-2 run over 5:29 to give them a 12-4 lead. The Retrievers would go scoreless for just over six minutes before Dimitrije Spasojevic (Vrsac, Serbia) ended the drought with a bucket. 

His shot would spark the Retriever offense who trailed by as many as 13 in the first half. A quick 6-0 spurt capped with a Brandon Horvath block and bucket on the other end. The Retrievers would push out a 14-0 run over a four-minute stretch that gave UMBC their first lead of the game after a Horvath tip-in. 

However, the Eagles would take a 24-22 lead into the locker room after a late three. R.J. Eytle-Rock (London, England) led the way with six first-half points. There were six lead changes with the Retrievers shooting just 27 percent from the floor with 13 turnovers. UMBC did outrebound the Eagles 26-18 in the first 20 minutes. 

Daniel Akin (London, England) got the Retrievers off to a fast start in the second half with four quick points to force a Coppin State timeout. That would extend to a 9-0 run off a Darnell Rogers (Baltimore, Md./Indian Land (SC)/New Mexico JC) triple and Akin bucket to give UMBC a seven-point lead that they never relinquished. 

The Retriever defense stepped up in the second half, holding the Eagles under 30 percent from the floor including a four-minute scoreless drought to extend their lead to double digits. Coppin State would fight back getting the lead down to seven, but UMBC held the Eagles scoreless again for the last 3:15 of the game, going on a 9-0 run to end the game with a 66-49 win. 

UMBC ended up shooting 39 percent from the floor, outrebounding the Eagles 53-32 including 14 offensive boards that led to 14 second-chance points. The Retrievers had just six turnovers in the second half, forcing 18 Eagle turnovers and holding them to 30.5 percent from the floor. 

The Retrievers will open America East play at UAlbany on Saturday and Sunday, December 19-20. Tip-off with the Great Danes will be at 3 p.m. and 1 p.m. on ESPN 3.