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JV Seat
84
Winner Central Okla. CentOK 9-8,3-5 Mid-America Intercollegiate
78
Pittsburg St. PittSt 9-8,5-3 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Winner
Central Okla. CentOK
9-8,3-5 Mid-America Intercollegiate
84
Final
78
Pittsburg St. PittSt
9-8,5-3 Mid-America Intercollegiate
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Central Okla. CentOK 38 46 84
Pittsburg St. PittSt 33 45 78

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Chris Brannick

UCO Snaps Slide With Win At Pitt State

Bronchos Beat Pittsburg State 84-78 In MIAA Road Game

PITTSBURG, Kan. – Central Oklahoma earned its first road win Saturday afternoon with the Bronchos beating Pittsburg State 84-78 in MIAA play.
 
The win moved UCO to 9-8 on the season and 3-5 in league play. Pitt State is 9-8 and 5-3 on the season. The teams split the season series with the road team winning each game.
 
"This was good for us," UCO head men's coach Bob Hoffman said. "To have a lead and hold on to it is big. We've given up some leads and to be able to get out of here with a win, this is a hard place to win, today was good for us."
 
Central Oklahoma snapped a three-game losing streak with Saturday's win. The Bronchos were 0-3 on a four-game road trip and 0-4 on the road this season before Saturday's win.
 
Pitt State started out with an early lead. UCO gained its first lead of the game, 18-17, when Matthew Willenborg scored with 8:18 to play in the first half. Pitt State immediately went back on top with a 3-pointer. But when the Bronchos took a 24-23 lead with 5:17 to play thanks to a Jacobi Sebock turnaround jumper, Central never trailed again.
 
UCO outscored PSU down the stretch 14-10 and took a 38-33 lead into halftime. The Bronchos controlled the rest of the game, never trailing again.
 
Pitt got the game down to one point early in the second half, but the Bronchos led by 12 points, 62-50, midway through the half. In the end, PSU got within two before the Bronchos finished off the six-point win.
 
Central Oklahoma shot 50.8 percent from the floor Saturday, making 32 of 63 shots. The Bronchos were 6-for-13 from behind the 3-point line and 14-for-19 at the free-throw line. Pitt State was 29-for-61 overall, 10-for-25 behind the arc, and 10-for-14 at the stripe.
 
Israel Hart led UCO with 19 points on 7 of 15 shooting. He was 5-for-7 at the free-throw line. Hart added five rebounds, five assists, and one steal. Jordan Thompson scored 15 points on 6 of 15 shooting. He hit one 3-pointer and was 2-for-2 at the line. Thompson added four steals, three assists, and three rebounds.
 
Sebock finished with 13 points and six rebounds. JV Seat scored 11 points to go with three boards. And Luke Haasl chipped in 10 points to go with five rebounds, two blocks, two steals, and one assist.
 
Willenborg led the efforts of the bench, scoring eight points to go with seven rebounds and two blocked shots. Parker Hannah scored six and Ben Averitt added two points.
 
UCO will return home next week after a two-week, four-game road swing. The Bronchos host Nebraska Kearney Thursday night in Edmond and will host Fort Hays State for Alumni Day Saturday afternoon.
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