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Havens, Ja 100th Career Victory
ECU men's baksetball head coach hold up the cut down net after the Tigers GAC Tournament Championship victory.
71
Bacone College BAC 2-5, 0-1 SAC
109
Winner East Central ECU 2-1, 0-0 GAC
Bacone College BAC
2-5, 0-1 SAC
71
Final
109
East Central ECU
2-1, 0-0 GAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Bacone College BAC 31 40 71
East Central ECU 49 60 109

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Havens Earns 100th Career Victory

ADA – With the East Central University men's basketball teams 109-71 victory over Bacone, sixth-year head coach Ja Havens recorded his 100th career victory, earning the mark faster than the other three coaches that reached the mark for the Tigers (2-1).

Scoring
  • First Half: 49-31
    • ECU took the lead at the start and never gave it up
    • The Tigers pushed the lead out to as many 18
  • Second Half: 60-40
    • The lead over the Warriors (2-5, 0-1 SAC) reached 21 in the first two minutes of the half
    • The Tigers increased the lead to 30 (99-69), with 3:23 left to play
    • Largest ECU lead was 38
Tiger Quick Shots
  • Ja Havens's 100th win is the quickest in school history
    • He is the fourth coach to reach the milestone for the Tigers
      • Mickey McBride – 7th Season
      • Jerry Anderson – 8th Season
      • Wayne Cobb – 7th
  • Jr. Jalan Brown recorded his first career double-double
    • 27 pts., 10 reb., 2 assists, 2 blocks, .800 (12-of-15) FG%
  • Brown was one of three players to tally over 20 points and one of four over 10
    • Jr. Camron Talley: 24 pts., 1 reb., 3 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, .563 (9-of-16) FG%
    • Sr. Da'Rion King: 21 pts., 5 reb., 1 assists, two steals, one block, .909 (10-of-11) FG%
    • Fr. Matt Garriga: 11 pts., 1 reb., 3 assists, 2 steals, .571 (4-of7) FG%
  • Talley and King both had double-digit point totals in the first half
    • Talley: 14 pts.
    • King: 13 pts.
  • ECU shot .625 (43-of-66) from the field and .480 (12-of-25) from three-point range
  • The Tigers had an assist of 55.8% of their total shots
  • ECU scored 56 of their 109 points in the paint and 30 off turnovers
  • 2018-19 home opener for the Tigers
  • Talley now has 832 career points
    • 168 points away from the 1,000-Point Club
    • Would be the 19th member at ECU
Up Next
  • Friday, Nov. 23 at Pittsburg State (3:30 p.m.)
  • Thursday, Nov. 29 vs. Southwestern Oklahoma State (7:30 p.m.)
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