NEWPORT NEWS, VA. -- An 18-0 run over six minute span of the first half broke a close game open for the Apprentice School as they knocked off Robert Morris-Springfield 95-62 in the final game of the 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Classic at Apprentice Gym.

The Builders raced out to a 16-6 lead at the 14:48 mark on a dunk from Darrell Fenton, but Robert Morris climbed back into the contest on the strength of a 13-4 run cutting the deficit to 20-19 on a Tim Tarver layup with 11:11 left.

Apprentice School (10-7) then cranked up on the 18-0 run with Tevin Andrews scoring the first 10 points of that spurt and 12 of the first 14 with a jumper at the 7:35 mark giving the Builders a 34-19 lead.  Fenton's tip-in with 5:06 left gave Apprentice School a 38-19 lead.

In the second half, the Builders opened with an 18-6 run over the first 5:52 as an Isaih Harrison free throw putting the Builders ahead 64-35.  The lead grew to as much as 37 points in the final three minutes as the Builders defeated the Eagles who were ranked fifth in the latest U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association poll.  Apprentice School entered the game ranked seventh in the poll.

Andrews was the leading scorer in the game with 22 points, nine rebounds and five assists, while Harrison recorded another double-double with 18 points, 15 rebounds and six assists.  Andre Henderson chippped in 16 points and five assists and Fenton added 11 points and five rebounds.  Apprentice School shot 39-of-71 (54.9%) from the floor and out-rebounded the Eagles 50-30.

Robert Morris Springfield was paced by Tarver with 20 points and Brady Smith with 11 points and nine rebounds.  Anthony Patton also scored 10 points and had eight rebounds for the Eagles who shot 22-of-63 (34.9%) from the floor.

Apprentice School now travels to Lexington, Va. for a key USCAA matchup on Saturday when they face in-state rival Southern Virginia University at 2 pm.