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Josh Holliday
74
Central Missouri UCM 14-15
94
Winner Central Oklahoma UCO 16-13
Central Missouri UCM
14-15
74
Final
94
Central Oklahoma UCO
16-13
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Central Missouri UCM 28 46 74
Central Oklahoma UCO 54 40 94

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Raining Treys

EDMOND (March 1) – Seth Heckart set the tone 30 seconds into the game and it didn't take long for Jarred Bairstow and Josh Holliday to join Central Oklahoma's 3-point party Tuesday night at Hamilton Field House.
 
The Bronchos broke out of the gate quickly behind a torrid long-distance shooting display and went on to throttle Central Missouri 94-74 in the first round of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Post-season Tournament.
 
Heckart's game-opening trey from the wing gave UCO a lead it never relinquished and the Bronchos didn't let up until the final minutes en route to their season-high fourth straight win as Bairstow, Holliday and Heckart combined for 13 3-pointers and 61 points.
 
UCO improved to 16-13 – having won 11 of their last 15 games – and moved into Friday's 8:30 p.m. quarterfinals against Fort Hays State in Kansas City, Mo.
 
"Our guys were really ready to go tonight and we got off to a great start," first-year head coach Tom Hankins said.  "We did a nice job moving the ball to find the open man and were making shots.  It was a good win for us and we're looking forward to Kansas City."
 
The Bronchos finished with a season-high 16 treys, shooting 55.2 percent (16-of-29) from beyond the arc and 58.5 percent (31-of-53) overall. 
 
Bairstow led the way with a career-high 24 points, making 8-of-14 shots with four 3-pointers and all four free throw tries while adding six rebounds and two assists.
 
Holliday was deadly off the bench, hitting his first eight shots – including five treys – and tying a season high with 21 points.  Heckart was 5-of-5 from the field with four 3-pointers and 2-of-2 from the line in a 16-point outing.
 
Jordan London added 13 points, four assists and two steals and Corey Alpough pitched in eight points and five boards.
 
Heckart and Bairstow had two 3-pointers apiece in the first five minutes as UCO bolted to an 18-9 lead and Holliday hit one from the corner seconds after entering the game to make it 21-9.
 
London then scored six points in a 38-second span, converting a conventional three-point play before following a UCM miss with a rainbow from the corner off a Holliday feed to push the margin to 18 (27-9) at the 12:36 mark.
 
Another Holliday trey had the lead at 21 (32-11) with 11:11 left in the half and it peaked at 29 (54-25) on a Holliday steal and fast-break layup in the final seconds before the Mules made a 3-pointer at the buzzer to get within 26 at 54-28.
 
There would be no suspense in the second half as UCO kept adding to its lead and the cushion reached 34 (72-38) with 13:30 remaining on a London bomb.
 
The Bronchos cruised in from there to complete the rout.
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