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Mahlon Jones
74
Southwestern Christi SCU 3-4
113
Winner Central Oklahoma UCO 4-1
Southwestern Christi SCU
3-4
74
Final
113
Central Oklahoma UCO
4-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Southwestern Christi SCU 40 34 74
Central Oklahoma UCO 52 61 113

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Runaway

Box Score

EDMOND (Nov. 24) – Seven players scored in double figures as Central Oklahoma throttled Southwestern Christian 113-74 in a Monday night mismatch at Hamilton Field House.
 
UCO overpowered the Eagles inside with a variety of layups and dunks, riding a big 46-8 scoring advantage in the paint to register its highest-scoring game since the 2009 season opener (a 116-114 win over Emporia State).
 
The Bronchos shot a sizzling 59.4 percent (38-of-64) from the field while hitting 12-of-25 3-pointers (48.0 percent) and also came up with 16 steals in scoring 44 points off turnovers.
 
"We did a good job creating offense off our defense with turnovers," head coach Terry Evans said.  "We shot the ball well and did a lot of nice things in bouncing back from a tough loss Saturday."
 
UCO, which dropped its first game of the season Saturday to Oklahoma City, improved to 4-1 heading into Tuesday's game at Southwestern Oklahoma.
 
Corbin Byford led another balanced attack with 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting with three 3-pointers, while Philip Brown made 6-of-8 shots in a 17-point outing.
 
Garen Wright,  Mahlon Jones and Jacob Richardson ended up with 15 points apiece, Cal Andrews was 4-of-5 from long range in adding 13 and Trai Jordan had 10.  Leading scorer Seth Heckart managed just three points, but he had game highs in both assists (six) and steals (five).
 
SCU tried to stay in the game with a barrage of 3-pointers and the Eagles ended up hitting 18-of-40 long-range attempts (45.0 percent).
 
Twelve of SCU's treys came in the first half that ended with the Bronchos on top 52-40 and another 3-pointer had the Eagles within 54-43 early in the second half.
 
Jordan had five points in a 10-1 spurt that pushed the lead to 20 (64-44) at the 16:46 mark to end what little suspense remained and UCO continued to pull away from there.
 
The lead grew to 30 at 92-62 on two Brown free throws at 7:41 and it reached 41 (111-70) with 2:27 remaining when Logan Thelen scored the first points of his UCO career with a 12-foot jumper.
 
The Bronchos never trailed after Andrews' opening 3-pointer 49 seconds in, though SCU answered with a trey to tie it.
 
Wright responded with nine straight points at the start of a 12-0 run that put UCO on top 15-3 and the outcome was never in doubt the rest of the way.
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