NORFOLK, Va. – Kyle O'Quinn tallied his 14th double-double of the year with 18 points and 12 rebounds, and the Norfolk State defense held Morgan State to 31 percent shooting in a 76-59 Spartans' win on Saturday night at Echols Hall.

One game after having their eight-game winning streak snapped by Morehead State's 54 percent shooting, NSU (16-6 overall, 8-0 MEAC) responded with one of its better nights of the season to remain perfect in MEAC play and beat the Bears (5-13, 3-4) for the fourth straight time. The Spartans led by as many as 23 points, 36-13, late in the first half and held the Bears to 23 percent shooting in the opening period.

NSU kept Morgan State without a field goal for a stretch of 9:35 of the first half. The Spartans used their pressure defense to ignite a 23-4 run, which O'Quinn capped with two free throws to make it 36-13 with 3:46 left in the first half. Seven different Spartans scored in the run.

O'Quinn had 10 points, while Pendarvis Williams and Brandon Wheeless scored nine apiece in the first half.

The Bears, who trailed 41-22 at the intermission, outscored NSU 14-6 in the first five minutes of the second half to pull within 11, 47-36, after an Ameer Ali free throw with 15:15 left. But NSU's defense forced the Bears into another long field goal drought, this one lasting four and a half minutes, as NSU slowly pulled away. O'Quinn hit two free throws, Chris McEachin made a long jumper, and O'Quinn added a short jumper in the lane in a 6-0 NSU spurt that pushed the lead back to 18, 55-37, with 12:36 remaining.

O'Quinn picked up his fourth foul immediately following that bucket, sending the senior to the bench. But MSU couldn't rally against the deep NSU bench. O'Quinn's replacement, #A.J. Rogers#, scored six second-half points, including a jump hook in the lane that again extended the lead over 20 at 66-45 with 6:42 left. NSU led by at least 17 the rest of the way.

Williams was the only other Spartan in double figures. He scored 14 points. Wheeless finished with nine points and Marcos Tamares posted seven points and six rebounds. Rogers, McEachin and Rob Johnson netted six points apiece as seven Spartans scored at least that many. All 16 Spartans played and 11 scored.

Kevin Thompson led the Bears with 13 points and 12 rebounds, but was the only MSU player in double figures. DeWayne Jackson, who lit up NSU for 33 points and six 3-pointers in NSU's double-overtime win two weeks ago, was held to six points on 2-of-12 shooting Saturday. He was 0-of-9 from behind the arc.

NSU also hit its first 13 free throws on Saturday, one game after hitting just 11-of-23 (48 percent) against Morehead. The Spartans made 71 percent (17-of-24) against MSU.

NSU hosts Coppin State at 8 p.m. on Monday night.