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Cornell Neal
60
Central Oklahoma UCO 5-8, 1-6 MIAA
77
Winner Mo. Western St. MWSU 5-9, 3-5 MIAA
Central Oklahoma UCO
5-8, 1-6 MIAA
60
Final
77
Mo. Western St. MWSU
5-9, 3-5 MIAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Central Oklahoma UCO 28 32 60
Mo. Western St. MWSU 33 44 77

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Missouri Western Tops Bronchos

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (Jan. 4) – Central Oklahoma fell behind late in the first half and never recovered en route to a 77-60 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association loss to Missouri Western here Monday night.
 
The Bronchos led 20-14 after the first 13 minutes, but the Griffons ended the half with a 19-8 run in taking a 33-28 lead and then scored the first 10 points of the second half to take control.
 
It was the seventh loss in eight outings for UCO, which fell to 5-8 on the season and 1-6 in the league.  MWSU improved to 5-9 overall and 3-5 in the conference.
 
"We played well early, but then started missing shots and couldn't recover," head coach Tom Hankins said.  "It's been a tough stretch and we just need to stick together and keep playing hard."
 
It was the seventh straight league road game for the Bronchos, who make their home MIAA debut Thursday when they host Emporia State at 7:30 p.m.
 
Cornell Neal scored 21 points to lead UCO, hitting 6-of-10 shots with two 3-pointers and 7-of-9 free throws.  Garen Wright added 15 points and six rebounds for the Bronchos, who shot just 38.9 percent (21-of-54) from the field and 27.3 percent (6-of-22) from 3-point range.
 
UCO jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the game on a short jumper and 3-pointer by Jordan London, but the Griffons came back to go ahead 11-9.
 
The Bronchos answered with nine unanswered points to regain the lead 18-11 on two Neal foul shots with 9:30 left in the half.  It was still a six-point lead at 20-14 after a Trai Jordan layup at the 7:34 mark, but MWSU ended the half with its 19-8 run go move in front 33-28 by intermission.
 
The Griffons then opened the second half with a 10-0 run to go ahead by 15 (43-28) and UCO got no closer than 12 the rest of the way.
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