CANTON, Mo. – Missouri Baptist University men's basketball picked up its first win of the season, defeating Culver-Stockton College 90-70 behind Austin Lewis's 26 points.

The Spartans improved to 1-4 on the season, putting a stamp on the first victory for head coach Taylor Jarvis at MBU.

"Great team win," Jarvis said. "We had great assist numbers, low turnovers. This group is only going to continue to get better. We still made a lot of silly mistakes that we'll grow from, but this group showed their hand in what we can do on a daily basis moving forward. I'm excited to keep growing with this team and to get my first win as a head coach with a group and staff that mean so much to me."

Four Spartans scored in double figures, led by Lewis with 26 points. He was red-hot from beyond the arc, shooting 6-for-9 on three-pointers, 8-for-13 from the field overall, and adding six rebounds.

Thai Elder contributed 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting, while also grabbing three rebounds and recording five assists.

Taiden Conner scored 13 points on 5-for-7 shooting, adding three assists and six rebounds.

Breven McMullen rounded out the double-figure scorers, shooting 4-of-5 from the floor to record 11 points, with one rebound and one assist.

As a team, MBU shot 45.5 percent from the field, with their three-point shooting making the difference as the Spartans hit 17 of 36 attempts, a 47.2 percent clip.

After trailing by nine in the first half, the Spartans rallied to secure their first victory of the season, leading 41-39 at halftime before dominating the second half with a 49-31 margin.

MBU will play its home opener next Saturday, Nov. 23, at 3:30 p.m. against Hannibal-LaGrange University at the Carl & Deloris Petty SRC.