ADA – The East Central University men's basketball team kept its home-winning streak to four, with an 81-72 victory over McKendree at the Kerr Activities Center.

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Scoring

• First Half: 38-26
  • The Tigers (4-4, 1-1 GAC) saw the Bearcats (4-4, 1-1 GLVC) open with a 7-0 run
  • ECU then took control with a 20-0 through the first six minutes
  • The Tigers increased their lead to 15 (24-9) over the next two minutes
  • McKendree cut the deficit to nine, with a 6-0 run
  • The advantage was kept between 11-13 until seven minutes were left
  • The Bearcats used a 7-2 run to get within eight (32-24)
  • ECU finished the stanza with a 6-2 run
• Second Half: 43-46
  • McKendree started the second half with a 14-4 run in the first five minutes
    • Cut the deficit to two (42-40)
  • The Tigers regrouped and had the lead back to double-digits, with 12 minutes left
  • The teams traded shots and small runs the rest of the stanza
    • Largest ECU lead – 13 / Smallest McKendree deficit – 6

Tigers Quick Shots

• This was the first meeting in school history with McKendree
  • The Tigers have played three opponents for the first time in school history this season
• Today's game was the final non-conference game of the 2018-19 regular-season
• Sr. Da'Rion King tallied a career-high 23 points
  • 23 pts., 8 reb., 2 assists, 1 block, 2 steals, .818 (9-of-11) FG%
• King was one of three players to score in double-digits
  • Jr. Camron Talley: 26 pts., 3 reb., 1 assist, .538 (7-13) FG%, 8-of-8 FT
  • Jr. Jalan Brown: 10 pts., 3 reb., .667 (4-of-6) FG%
• The Tigers shot .563 (27-of-48) FG% / Allowed a .364 (24-of-66) by the Bearcats
• Free throws gave ECU a scoring advantage
  • The Tigers: 22-of-26
  • McKendree: 17-of-19
• ECU's four-game home-winning streak started during the 2017-18 season
  • Feb. 24, 2018 – vs. Oklahoma Baptist: W, 81-73
  • Nov. 7, 2018 – vs. Bacone: W, 109-71
  • Nov. 29, 2018 – vs. Southwestern: W, 101-74
  • Dec. 8, 2018 – vs. McKendreee: W, 81-72

Up Next

• The Tigers will now have over a week off for finals
• Next game: Monday, Dec. 17 vs. Northwestern
  • Final game of the 2018 portion of the season