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Dashawn McDowell
84
Central Okla. CentOK 7-13,4-7 Mid-America Intercollegiate
92
Winner Emporia St. ESU 10-8,4-5 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Central Okla. CentOK
7-13,4-7 Mid-America Intercollegiate
84
Final
92
Emporia St. ESU
10-8,4-5 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Central Okla. CentOK 36 48 84
Emporia St. ESU 41 51 92

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Chris Brannick

Bronchos Bested At Emporia State

EMPORIA, Kan. – The University of Central Oklahoma men's basketball team went blow-for-blow with Emporia State Sunday afternoon but couldn't deal the final shot and lost 92-84 in Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association play.
 
Central Oklahoma is now 7-13 overall and 4-7 in the MIAA.
 
UCO took a 73-69 lead with 4:27 to play in the game, but after Emporia went ahead 75-73, and then broke a 75-75 tie following the day's final media timeout with 3:57 to play, the Bronchos couldn't recover down the stretch.
 
Camryn Givens led UCO with 17 points. The sophomore scored nine in a row to bring the Bronchos from down six, 63-57, to ahead by one, 66-65. Givens earned a layup plus the foul, then hit back-to-back 3-pointers to put the Bronchos ahead. Givens finished 4-for-8 from the floor, 3-for-4 from behind the arc, and 6-for-7 from the free-throw line.
 
Dashawn McDowell added 16 points. The junior was 7-for-14 from the floor, hit one 3-pointer, and added two steals and two rebounds.
 
Central went back and forth with Emporia in the first half as well Sunday afternoon. McDowell made the game's first shot, a 3-pointer from the corner, to give the Bronchos a 3-0 lead. ESU then went up 9-5 a couple of minutes later, but the Bronchos responded to that to take a 12-11 lead out of the first media timeout of the game with 11:38 to play.
 
UCO led by as many five, 23-18 before the second media timout. Colt Savage, Cooper Clark, and Carson Calavan each made 3-pointers on three straight possessions. Emporia rallied again to take a lead, 28-27, with five minutes to play. And after Central went back ahead 35-32 on a pair of free-throws by D.J. Basey with 1:17 to play, ESU made a late rally, knocking down a pair of 3-pointers to take a 41-36 halftime lead.
 
UCO battled back in the second half, taking a 50-49 lead on another Calavan three with just under 15 minutes to play. After ESU rallied to take a lead midway through the half, Givens took over to give Central its last lead of the game.
 
All but one Broncho scored on Sunday. Dashon Bell added nine points, five steals and five rebounds. Clark scored eight off the bench, Calavan seven, D.J. Basey scored six, Justin Nimmer and Savage each had five. Seth Hurd scored four and Alex Ogunseye two.
 
Central finished the game 30 of 57 from the floor, 11 of 24 from behind the arc, and 13 of 19 from the free-throw line.
 
UCO will return home next week. The Bronchos host Missouri Western Thursday night at Hamilton Field House, and Northwest Missouri on Saturday afternoon.
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