BOLIVAR, MO. – The East Central University men's basketball team picked up its first win of the 2018-19 season, with an 88-68 victory over Southwest Baptist in the final game of the Great American Conference/Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association Crossover.

Scoring

• First Half: 42-46
  • The Bearcats (1-1) took an early 4-0 lead
  • The Tigers (1-1) countered with an 8-0 run for an 8-4 lead (14:48)
  • Tied at eight a minute later
  • ECU quickly regain the lead and built it out to as many as 8 (20-12), with 10 minutes left in the stanza
  • SBU would fight back within one basket, but the Tigers would not let them take a lead and pushed the lead back to as many as eight
  • With four minutes left ECU led 32-26
  • The Bearcats fought back to tie the game at 36, with 2:24 left
  • Teams were tied at 39, with 1:16 left
  • SBU then used a 7-3 run to earn a 46-42 lead at the half
• Second Half: 46-22
  • The Tigers came out swinging, taking a 57-50 lead, with a 15-4 run in the first five minutes
  • ECU pushed the lead out to double-digits (67-54), with 11:36 left to play
  • Lead reached 20 (78-58) with 6:44 left to play

Tiger Quick Shots

• This was the first meeting in school history with Southwest Baptist
• The Tigers shot 53.4 (31-of-58) percent from the floor, 45.0 (9-of-20) from three-point range
• The Bearcats committed 28 turnovers to 17 by ECU
  • The Tigers scored 30 points off turnovers
• Jr. Camron Talley: 32 points, 3 reb., 3 assists, 1 steal, .550 (11-of-20) FG%, .500 (5-of-10) 3PT FG%, 1,000 (5-of-5) FT%
  • 14 pts., 2 reb., 3 assists at the half
  • Second career game with 30-or-more points
    • 44 points, Jan. 16, 2018
• Talley was one of four ECU players to score 10-or-more points
  • RFr., Gerren Jackson: 16 pts., 6 reb., 2 assists, 9 steals, .625 (5-of-8) FG%, 1.000 (1-of-1) 3PT FG%
  • Sr. Da'Rion King: 15 pts., 2, reb., 2 assists, 1 steal, .700 (7-of-10) FG%
  • Sr. Jamey Woods: 10 pts., 1 reb., 2 assists, 1 steal, .600 (3-of-5) FG%, .600 (3-of-5) 3PT FG%
  • All four shot 60 percent-or-better from the floor
  • Three of four, that attempted triples, shot 50 percent-or-better
• Talley is now 192 points away from the 1,000 mark for his career (45 this weekend)

Up Next

• Saturday, Nov. 17 vs. Bacone College -3 p.m.
  • First game at the Kerr Activities Center
• Friday, Nov. 23 at Pittsburg State – 3:30 p.m.