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Men's Basketball

Men’s Basketball On the Road for Five of Next Six Games

Freshman Camron Talley
ADA – The East Central University men's basketball team will return to Great American Conference action after the holiday break.  The Tigers will head to Arkansas to battle with Harding, Thursday, Jan. 5 at 7:30 p.m. and then Arkansas Tech, Saturday, Jan. 7 at 3 p.m.

Game Notes

Thursday: Live Radio I Live Stats I Live Video
Saturday: Live Radio I Live Stats I Live Video

Tiger Quick Hits
    • Senior Braxton Reeves became the 18th member of the 1,000 Point Club 11/19/2016 at UAM
        • Ranked No. 17 on Career Points List (1,084)
        • Also ranked in career lists: No. 3 in 3PT FG (232), No. 4 3PT FGA (558), No. 5 3PT% (.419),
            No. 3 Minutes (2,390)
        • Ranked No. 3 in the NCAA in FT% .966 and No. 4 in 3PT Field Goals/Gm (4.10)
    • Reeves set the school record for points in a game with 45 against Cameron
        • Became the first Tiger to record over 40+ points in two-straight games (12/15-19/16)
        • Named GAC Player of the Week and D2 National Player of the Week for Dec. 20
            • First ECU player to earn National Player of the Week honors
    • Senior Ishmael Donzo ranked in career lists: No. 10 RPG (7.9) and No. 6 Blocks (50)
    • Tigers have two players with double-digit point totals
        • Braxton Reeves: 22.2 P, 3.9 R, .431 (62-144) FG%, .451 (41-91) 3PT%, 32 A, 5 B, 22 S
        • Ishmael Donzo: 12.4 P, 8.4 R, .563 (45-80) FG%, 10 B, 5 S
    • Tigers have won sixth-straight games and two-straight in the GAC
        • ECU fell by just four (75-79) in an exhibition game at UTSA (12/31)
    • ECU will play five of the next six games on the road

Bisons Quick Hits
    • Harding is 6-2 overall and 3-1 in the GAC after winning its last two games
    • Bisons are 4-0 at home this season
    • Last outing was Dec. 8, 2016 with a 73-65 win over LeMoyne Owen College
    • Harding has a +9.3 scoring margin and +0.5 rebounding margin
    • Bisons out-shooting opponents .472 to .411 and has a .397 to .271 lead in three-point shooting
    • Harding has three players in double digits
        • Tim Wagner: 19.4 P, 3.5 R, .486 (53-109) FG%, .313 (15-48) 3PT%, 22 A, 3 B, 2 S
        • Stefan Andelkovic: 15.4 P, 5.1 R, .500 (42-84) FG%, .512 (21-41) 3PT%, 6 A, 4 B, 4 S
        • Will Francis: 12.6 P, 4.8 R, .508 (33-65) FG%, .533 (24-45) 3PT %, 35 A, 5 S

Wonder Boys Quick Hits
    • Arkansas Tech is 6-2 overall and 2-2 in the GAC after winning last three games
    • Wonder Boys are 5-0 at home this season
    • Last outing was a 91-88 win over Missouri S&T Dec. 31 at home
    • Play Southeastern Thursday, Jan. 5 before hosting ECU
    • ATU has a +5.5 scoring margin and a +0.7 rebounding margin for the year
    • Wonder Boys are being out-shot .436 to .451 overall and .359 to .430 from three-point range
    • ATU has four players in double digits and two more at 9.0 or better
        • Montrell Williams: 13.4 P, 3.9 R, .391 (36-92) FG%, .410 (16-39) 3PT%, 7 A, 6 S, 7 B
        • Alex Brown: 12.7 P, 4.3 R, .494 (38-77) FG%, .361 3PT% (13-36), 5 A, 5 S, 1 B
        • Bennie Lufile: 12.3 P, 8.9 R, .593 (32-54) FG%, 3 A, 9 S, 8 B
        • Grant Prusator: 10.7 P, 2.1 R, .431 (23-58) FG%, .434 (23-53) 3PT%, 5 A, 5 S     
    


 
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Players Mentioned

Ishmael Donzo

#5 Ishmael Donzo

6' 7"
Senior
Braxton Reeves

#4 Braxton Reeves

6' 4"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Ishmael Donzo

#5 Ishmael Donzo

6' 7"
Senior
Braxton Reeves

#4 Braxton Reeves

6' 4"
Senior
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