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Jacob Strassle
Jacob Strassle
71
Winner Central Oklahoma UCO 13-13, 9-11 MIAA
60
Washburn WU 14-11,10-10 MIAA
Winner
Central Oklahoma UCO
13-13, 9-11 MIAA
71
Final
60
Washburn WU
14-11,10-10 MIAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Central Oklahoma UCO 40 31 71
Washburn WU 29 31 60

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Heckart, Strassle Lead UCO Over Ichabods

TOPEKA, Kan. (Feb. 20) – Seth Heckart joined an exclusive club and Jacob Strassle was big off the bench in guiding Central Oklahoma past Washburn 71-60 Thursday night at Lee Arena.
 
Heckart scored a game-high 19 points in becoming the 42nd player in school history to go over the 1,000 mark in career points, while Strassle had a season-high 12 points as the Bronchos snapped a three-game losing streak in the key Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association contest.
 
UCO evened its record at 13-13 and moved to ninth in the league standings at 9-11 while dropping the Ichabods to 14-11 and 10-10.  The top 12 teams make the MIAA Post-season Tournament, with the top four earning first-round byes while teams 5-8 host teams 9-12.
 
"Our guys came out ready to go and that was a big, big win for us on the road," first-year head coach Tom Hankins said.  "We got a good lead and just kept being aggressive and I was really proud of the way we finished the game tonight."
 
Heckart hit 7-of-10 shots with five 3-pointers in his 19-point outing while adding three steals and two assists.  Strassle made 5-of-8 field goal attempts with a pair of treys in addition to pulling down five rebounds and Jarred Bairstow chipped in nine points and a team-high eight boards.

Heckart is now 41st in career scoring with 1,011 points and he's second on UCO's all-time list for 3-pointers with 220.
 
UCO led 40-29 at halftime and stayed comfortably in front the final 20 minutes to close out their fifth road win of the season.
 
Back-to-back 3-pointers by Bairstow and Josh Holliday pushed the lead to 16 at 50-34 and it was an 18-point cushion (56-38) followed two Bairstow free throws .
 
Washburn rallied to within eight down the stretch to arrange some anxious moments, but Trai Jordan, Cornell Neal and Jordan Londan made two free throws apiece in the final 1:10 to keep the Ichabods at bay.
 
The Bronchos never trailed after Heckart nailed a 3-pointer barely a minute into the game to put UCO up 3-2.
 
It was a double-digit lead at 20-10 on a Neal trey at the 13:59 mark before WU went on a 10-2 run to pull within 22-20.
 
Strassle took over from there, scoring eight straight points in a 12-0 spurt that pushed the lead to 34-20 and the Bronchos went on to a 40-29 halftime advantage.
 
UCO finishes the regular season with two home games next week, hosting Nebraska-Kearney Thursday and Fort Hays State Saturday for Senior Day.
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