MIAMI--Eastern Men's Basketball utilized a well-rounded offensive game on Monday en route to an 83-76 win over the Goucher College Gophers.

The Eagles improved to 5-4 this season with Monday's win in the first game of the Adidas Holiday Slam tournament.

The Eagles had seven players with eight or more points. Freshman Shaquan Turk scored 17 points to lead Eastern in scoring for the second time this season. Forwards Jimmie Willis and Caleb Knudsen contributed 13 points and 11 points, respectively. Anthony Parenti and Malcolm Garrison each added nine, and Austin Carroll and Keith Crowell both finished with eight points.

The Eagles entered halftime with a momentum-shifting buzzer-beating shot by Jimmie Willis that brought Eastern within two points, 34-32. The Eagles capitalized on their 63.3 percent field goal shooting in the second half to build a substantial second-half lead, but Goucher continued to gnaw at that lead, eventually cutting Eastern's lead to three points with 90 seconds to go.

After an Eastern timeout, Knudsen attacked the rim from the right side and finished the layup to put Eastern up 78-73.

Goucher responded with a quick 3-pointer by Kevin Miles, making it a two-point game with under a minute to play. But back on the other end, Knudsen came up big again, driving hard to the basket and finishing at the left block, drawing a lot of contact but no foul. Knudsen's layup put Eastern up 80-76 with 31.8 seconds left.

The Gophers took a timeout and rushed a 3-pointer that missed and was rebounded by Carroll. Carroll drew the foul and sunk both free throws to put the game just about out of reach with 25 seconds to go. The Eagles kept the Gophers from scoring again on the next possession and Turk brought the game to its final score with a free throw, 83-76.

The Eagles will be able to take in Miami on Tuesday and then will challenge Hood College on Wednesday at 3 p.m.

The forecasted temperature in Miami on Tuesday is 77 degrees.

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