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Camryn Givens
51
Fort Hays St. FHSU 21-9,15-7 Mid-America Intercollegiate
55
Winner Central Okla. CentOK 26-4,18-4 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Fort Hays St. FHSU
21-9,15-7 Mid-America Intercollegiate
51
Final
55
Central Okla. CentOK
26-4,18-4 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Fort Hays St. FHSU 30 21 51
Central Okla. CentOK 22 33 55

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Chris Brannick

Bronchos Heading To MIAA Championship

KANSAS CITY – Central Oklahoma is returning the MIAA Basketball Championship game for the first time since 2014 after a 55-51 come-from-behind victory against Fort Hays State Saturday afternoon at Municipal Auditorium.
 
UCO is now 26-4 on the season and will face off with Northwest Missouri Sunday in the championship game at 1 p.m.
 
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No. 2 Central Oklahoma and No. 1 seed Northwest Missouri played twice this season, with the home team winning each game.
 
Saturday, Central Oklahoma trailed 8-0 and never led in the first half. The Bronchos got it down to one point, 23-22, but trailed 30-22 at the break.
 
UCO still trailed for the first five minutes of the second half, before a big run that swung the game. Then Central spent nearly four minutes on an 11-2 run and took a 40-39 lead. Even when Fort Hays State added two more, the Bronchos hit them with five in a row and led 45-41 with eight and half minutes to play.
 
UCO never trailed again.
 
The Bronchos kept it 10-10 from that point and picked up the 55-51 win.
 
Jaden Wells had a game-high 21 points on four 3-pointers, and also grabbed five rebounds three steals. Camryn Givens added a monster 16-point, 15-rebound game.
 
Curtis Haywood, Danquez Dawsey, Luke Haasl, Preston Aymond and Tre'Veon Ellis picked up the other 18 points.
 
UCO shot 39.2 percent, including 35.7 percent (5-for-14) from behind the arc. The Bronchos were 10 of 14 from the free-throw line.
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