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Isaiah Wade
80
Central Okla. CentOK 10-10,10-10 Mid-America Intercollegiate
87
Winner Rogers St. RS 11-10,11-10 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Central Okla. CentOK
10-10,10-10 Mid-America Intercollegiate
80
Final
87
Rogers St. RS
11-10,11-10 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Central Okla. CentOK 38 42 80
Rogers St. RS 32 55 87

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Chris Brannick

Bronchos Stumble At Rogers State

CLAREMORE, Okla. – The University of Central Oklahoma men's basketball team dropped its third straight game Wednesday afternoon with the Bronchos falling 87-80 at Rogers State.
 
Central Oklahoma is now 10-10 on the season with just two games left in the regular season. The Bronchos will face Central Missouri Thursday and Missouri Southern Saturday in a pair of road games.
 
"They hit some big shots down the stretch and found a way," UCO head coach Bob Hoffman said. "We played well but not well enough. We need to move on from this and try to break out of this little slump so we can focus on the last two games here."
 
Central Oklahoma led for 32 minutes and eight seconds Wednesday afternoon. Rogers State led for just six.
 
UCO took an early lead in the first half and held that till the five-minute mark of the second half. Central tied it on a couple of occasions down the stretch but couldn't finish off Rogers State.
 
Callen Haydon led Central with a season-high 32 points. He went 10-for-17 from the field, 4-for-6 from behind the arc, and 8-for-9 from the free-throw line. Haydon added three assists and two steals.
 
Two more Bronchos had double-doubles Wednesday. Isaiah Wade scored 16 points to go with 13 rebounds and Camryn Givens added 12 points and 14 rebounds.
 
Central Oklahoma jumped out to an early lead Wednesday afternoon. After Rogers State scored the game's first basket, the Bronchos tied it with a Haydon jumper and took a 4-2 lead with an Wade layup. Haydon and Wade both scored again to give Central an 8-4 lead, and Givens knocked down a 3-pointer to make it 11-4, UCO, with just under 15 minutes to play in the first half.
 
The Bronchos soon led by nine, 17-8, as Shemar Smith knocked down a 3-pointer of his own. The lead stayed between six and nine points for the Bronchos for a good part of the first half. Haydon also hit a 3-pointer with just over nine minutes to play that gave UCO a 22-13 lead.
 
Rogers State cut the lead to five, and then four, late in the first half, but Smith and Wade made back-to-back baskets to give the Bronchos a 29-21 lead with six minutes to play.
 
RSU cut it to four again in the final minute of the first half but Central went into halftime with a 38-32 lead thanks to a Haydon buzzer beater. Haydon scored 15 first-half points. Wade had 10 points and eight rebounds in the first 20 minutes.
 
After the break, Central held firm to its lead, not allowing Rogers State to get any closer than two possessions for the first 15 minutes of the second half. But when RSU finally cracked the seal, UCO couldn't counter.
 
Smith added eight points off the bench. Davon Richardson scored seven points to go with four rebounds. Jalyn Turner added three points and Jaden Wells scored two in what was just the fourth game all season the freshman from Texas did not hit a 3-pointer.
 
Central Oklahoma finished the day 29-for-60 overall (48.3 percent), 9-for-22 from behind the arc (40.9 percent), and 13-for-20 from the free-throw line.
 
UCO will travel to Warrensburg, Missouri for the Central Missouri game Thursday at 7:30 p.m. before closing out the regular season in Joplin, Missouri against Missouri Southern Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
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