WEATHERFORD, OKLA. – The East Central University men's basketball team earned a 99-74 victory at Southwestern Oklahoma State, marking the fourth-straight road victory at the Pioneer Cellular Events Center.

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Scoring

• First Half: 52-38
  • The Bulldogs (4-17, 1-14 GAC) went on a 7-2 run in the first 1:45 of the game
  • The Tigers (13-7, 10-5 GAC) followed with a 14-0 run over the next five minutes (16-7)
  • ECU pushed the lead at 12 (22-10), with 12:41 left on the clock
  • SOWSU followed with a 5-0 run over the next 2:30 minutes (22-15)
  • The Tigers increased the lead back to double-digits (25-15) in a minute
  • ECU kept the lead around 10 points most of the stanza
    • Closes that the Bulldogs could get was seven
    • The Tigers largest lead was 17
  • Free throws kept SWOSU in the game in during the half
    • ECU 14-of-22 / SWOSU 12-of-14
• Second Half: 47-36
  • Low scoring to start the stanza, with only nine combined points in the first four minutes
    • ECU: 6 / SWOSU: 3
  • The Tigers slowly built the lead to over 20 in the first 10 minutes of the stanza
  • ECU never let the lead drop below 12 in the half and led by as many as 24

Tiger Quick Shots

• The Tigers won their fourth-straight game on the road at SWOSU
• Jr. Camron Talley moved up to No. 12 on the ECU 1,000 Point Club List
  • 29 pts., 7 reb. (career-high), 58.58 (10-of-17) FG%, 66.7 (6-of-9) 3PT FG%
  • Passed fellow Ja Havens alum Stirling Thomas (1,184)
  • Finished with 29 points on the day for 1,1190 career points
• Talley was one of four players in double-digit point totals in the game
  • Sr. Da'Rion King: 22 pts., 5 reb., 3 assists, 2 steals, 1 block
  • Sr. Jamey Woods: 17 pts. (career-high), 7 reb. (career-high), 4 assists (career-high), 1 steal
  • Fr. Matt Garriga: 11 pts. (career-high), 4 reb., 1 assists, 1 steal
• The Tigers out-shot the Bulldogs 49.2% (32-of-65) to 37.5% (24-of-64)
  • 45.2% (14-of-31) 3PT FG% to 25.9% (7-of-27)
• ECU was out-rebounded 42-40
• The Tigers tallied 24 assists on 32 made shots and garnered just seven turnovers
  • Allowed nine assists (24-made shots) and forced 15 turnovers
• ECU also recorded nine steals to SWOSU's three
• The Tigers received votes in the latest D2SIDA Central Region Poll
• Talley earned 10 points in the first eight minutes of the first half
• ECU saw three players with double-digit point totals in the first half
  • King: 14
  • Talley: 12
  • Garriga: 11

Up Next

• The Tigers will head to face Northwestern Oklahoma State, Saturday, Feb. 9 (7:30 p.m.)
  • It will be the fourth-of-five straight road games for ECU
  • Final game of the road stand will be Thursday, Feb. 14 at Southeastern Oklahoma State (7:30 p.m.)
  • Next home game, Saturday, Feb. 16 vs. Oklahoma Baptist (3 p.m.)