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Callen Haydon
89
Central Okla. CentOK 10-9,10-9 Mid-America Intercollegiate
96
Winner Northeastern St. NE 4-15,4-15 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Central Okla. CentOK
10-9,10-9 Mid-America Intercollegiate
89
Final
96
Northeastern St. NE
4-15,4-15 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Central Okla. CentOK 39 50 89
Northeastern St. NE 39 57 96

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Chris Brannick

Central Falls Short In Tahlequah

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The University of Central Oklahoma men's basketball team lost to Northeastern State for the second time in as many days Sunday, falling 96-89 in the road game of the weekend home-and-home between the longtime rivals.
 
Central Oklahoma is now 10-9 on the season. The Bronchos have three games left in the 2020-21 regular season this week. UCO will play Missouri Western, Central Missouri and Missouri Southern.
 
"It's been a tough weekend and we just need to put it behind us," UCO head coach Bob Hoffman said. "There were times we didn't play great and they made us pay for it. We need to focus on the next one."
 
Central Oklahoma held a big second half lead Sunday, part of 11 lead changes in a game that was also tied eight times. UCO led by as many as 12 following a big run to start the second half. Central outscored NSU 15-3 in the first 3:15 of the half.
 
Isaiah Wade made a layup to start things off before Camryn Givens and Jaden Wells both hit 3-pointers. Davon Richardson made a layup before Wells struck again. A pair of free throws by Wells after that turned a 39-39 halftime score into a 54-42 lead for the Bronchos with 16:45 to go in the second half.
 
Central still led by 11 when Shemar Smith made a fastbreak layup with 12:16 to go and still led by nine with 9:40 to go after Givens made a jumper and a free-throw. Northeastern kept chipping away at the lead and eventually cracked it.
 
NSU tied it 76-76 with 5:21 to play but Central took the lead right back with a pair of Davon Richardson free throws. Another tie and another Richardson basket gave UCO the lead again. The teams alternated leads again once more, but when NSU went up 83-82 with 3:08 to play, the Bronchos never led again.
 
Central Oklahoma shot 51.7 percent from the field Sunday. The Bronchos made 31 of 60 shots, went 10-for-20 from behind the arc, and also made 17 of 24 free-throws.
 
Callen Haydon led UCO with 21 points and 10 assists. The junior from El Reno also had 10 turnovers but was 9-for-16 from the field, 1-for-3 from outside and 2-for-3 from the free-throw line and also had one steal.
 
Givens posted a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds. The junior went 6-for-9 from the floor, hit two 3-pointers and went 3-for-3 from the free-throw line. Givens also had three assists.
 
Richardson scored 14 points and had four rebounds. Wells had 13 points and four rebounds. He hit three 3-pointers four the fourth straight game and the 10th time this season.
 
Wade scored nine points to go with seven rebounds and Smith scored 12 off the bench.
 
Central Oklahoma led by as many as five in the first half, which had six ties and six lead changes.
 
 
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