PITTSBURG, KAN. – After holding the lead for half of the game, a late drought handed the East Central University men's basketball team a 92-84 loss at Pittsburg State in non-conference action.

Scoring

• First Half: 47-41
  • The teams traded the lead several times in the first half
  • Largest lead by either team was five
    • PSU, 22-17 (11:05)
  • With 11 minutes left, the Gorillas (4-1) held on to the lead
  • The Tigers (2-2) keeping it close, but could only cut the deficit to one
    • ECU took a brief (29-28) lead, with seven minutes left
  • ECU kept fighting and tied the game at 34, with just under five minutes left
  • The Tigers used a 9-4 run (5:17-2:16) to take a 42-37 lead
  • PSU cut the deficit to three (44-41), with 51 seconds left
  • ECU ended the remaining time with a 3-0 run
• Second Half: 37-51
  • ECU kept the pressure on at the start of the second half
    • 4-0 run in the first minute (51-41)
  • The Gorillas fought back over the next four minutes to cut the lead to three (55-52)
  • The Tigers then took control, with a 10- 5 run over the next two minutes
  • PSU fought back, but could not get closer than four until 7:33 remained
    • Cut the deficit to one (72-71)
    • Used a 5-0 run over 1:30 minutes
  • The Gorillas kept pushing and tied the game a 78, with 5:08 left
  • PSU then took the lead for the first time since 3:38 remained in the first half
    • 79-78 (4:24)
  • The Gorillas then used a 9-1 run to take the lead for good (87-80)

Tiger Quick Shots

• At the end of the game the key difference was in made shots
  • PSU led 34-29
  • The Gorillas shot 59.6 (34-of-57) to 47.5 (29-of-61) by the Tigers
• Jr. Camron Talley led the team with 27 points
  • 27 pts., 2 reb., 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 block
  • 10-of-17 (58.8) from the floor and 6-of-12 (50.0) from three-point range
  • At the half Talley had 16 points and 2 assists
• RFr. Tylor Arnold tallied a career-best 11 points
  • 11 pts., 2 reb., 3 assists, 4-of-6 (66.7) FG, 3-of-3 (1.000) 3PT FG
• Jr. Josh Hill was the only other Tiger with a double-digit point total
  • 11 pts., 8 reb., 6 assists
• Talley started the season with 763 points
  • Currently has 790 points, just 210 away for 1,000
  • Would be the 19^th member of the 1,000-Point Club

Up Next

• The Tigers will play their first Great American Conference games of the season
  • Thursday, Nov. 29 vs. Southwestern (7:30 p.m.)
  • Saturday, Dec. 1 at Southern Nazarene (3 p.m.)
  • Tuesday, Dec. 4 at Oklahoma Baptist (7:30 p.m.)
• ECU will then play two more games in December before the break for the holidays
  • Saturday, Dec. 8 vs. McKendree (1 p.m.)
  • Monday, Dec. 17 vs. Northwestern (7:30 p.m.) – GAC game