DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Austin Peay State University was outscored 50-32 in the second half of Tuesday's 79-65 loss to Bucknell in the Ocean Bracket Championship of the Greenlight Sunshine Slam, presented by Discount Tire, inside the Ocean Center. The Governors' three-game win streak was snapped.

Cameron Copeland scored 15 points to lead five Austin Peay (3-3) players in double figures. Five Governors reached double digits for a second-consecutive day. Jalen Ware and Carlos Paez each scored 12. Ware's career-high in points came on 5-of-7 shooting and a 2-of-3 clip from beyond the arc. Paez was 6-of-7 from the free throw line. Caleb Stone-Carrawell and Sean Durugordon each pumped in 11 points. Stone-Carrawell was 4-of-8 from the floor.

Durugordon grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds for his first-career double-double. Ware pulled down seven boards. Paez dished out three assists.

The Governors used a 16-2 spurt in a five-minute spurt, including 13-0 run in three-minute span, of the first half to turn a six-point deficit into a 26-18 advantage with 4:54 on the clock. Austin Peay shot 4-of-6 from distance in the stretch. Copeland canned two of the four treys.

The Governors twice led by nine points in the final 2:50 before halftime and took a 33-29 upper hand into the break on the strength of 50 percent (7-14) shooting from beyond the arc. The Bison were held scoreless for a 6:04 stretch of the first period.

Bucknell (4-2) put together a 17-6 spurt midway through the second half to pull away and led by double digits for the final 8:55.

Alex Timmerman finished with 23 points on 9-of-15 shooting and a 5-of-7 clip from the free throw line to go along with seven rebounds for the Bison. Xander Rice added 20 points on 7-of-9 shooting and 3-of-4 marks from 3 and the stripe. 

Bucknell shot 57.4 percent (27-of-47) overall, 41.2 percent (7-of-17) from behind the arc, and 81.8 percent (18-of-22) from the line.

Austin Peay finished 33.8 percent (22-of-65) from the field, 32.1 percent (9-of-28) from deep, and 70.6 percent (12-of-17) from the stripe. The Governors held edges in offensive rebounds (18-11), second chance points (13-12), bench points (26-20), and steals (7-6).

Austin Peay returns to the Winfield Dunn Center for its next five games, starting Saturday when the Governors welcome Howard for a 3 p.m. CT tip-off.