BARTLESVILLE, OKLA. – The East Central University men's basketball team got down early and were able to fight back within two points, but ended up falling to Oklahoma Baptist 73-66 in the Great American Conference Championship Tournament quarterfinals.
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Scoring
- First Half: 28-37
- The Bison (16-13, 14-8 GAC) started the game on an 8-0 run
- The Tigers (16-12, 13-9 GAC) first scored at 17:53
- The scoring then slowed down with only five more points being tallied by both teams combined in the next four minutes of play
- OBU pushed the lead to 11 (15-4), with 13:34 left on the clock
- ECU cut the disadvantage to six (17-11), with 10:30 left
- The Bisons then pushed back to get the lead back in double digits in the next two minutes (23-11)
- OBU kept up the pressure and led by 16 points (16-32), with 4:38 remaining
- The Tigers followed with a 12-5 run to end the half
- Second Half: 38-36 (66-73)
- The Bison quickly built the lead out to 13 in the first 1:10
- The lead was kept in double digits for the first four minutes
- With 16:20 remaining, ECU started a 10-0 run to cut the deficit to three, with 12:08 left
- The Tigers kept the deficit between 4-7 points for the next five minutes
- ECU came back within two (52-54), with 6:54 remaining on the clock
- The Bison then started a 6-1 run over the next two minutes to build the lead back to seven
- The Tigers again cut the disadvantage to two (60-62), with four minutes left
- OBU pushed it back to seven in the next minute
- The Bison kept up the pressure and led by as many as 11 points in the remaining three minutes
Tiger Quick Shots
- The Tigers saw three players record double-digit point totals in the game
- Sr. Jamey Woods led the team with seven rebounds
- 8 pts., 7 reb., 4 assists (career high)
- Three-point shots and free throws became the keys to the game
- FG: ECU - 27-of-62 (43.5%) / OBU - 26-of-56 (46.4%)
- 3PT FG: ECU – 9-of-21 (42.9%) / OBU 13-of-26 (50.0%)
- FT: ECU – 3-of-10 (30.0%) / OBU 8-of-16 (50.0%)
- ECU tallied two less turnovers (12-14) than the Bison
- OBU took better advantage of their turnovers
- Points off Turnovers: ECU – 12 / OBU – 21
- King will leave the Tigers with the No. 3 Field Goal Percentage spot at .610
- King also earned the No. 1 spot on the single season FG Pct. List – .619
- Woods leaves with the No. 1 spot on the career Assist/Turnover Ratio List – 2.15
- Woods also set the second-best single season ATR – 2.55
- Talley finished the season No. 9 on the ECU 1,000 Point Club List – 1,336
- He is also ranked in eight Tigers' Career Record Lists
- No. 10 Points Per Game – 15.2
- No. 8 Games Scoring in Double-Digits – 65
- No. 3 3PT FG – 229
- No. 5 3PT FGA – 542
- No. 8 3PT FG Pct. - .423
- No. 3 FT Pct. - .817
- No. 8 Steals – 104
- No. 4 Minutes Played – 2,559
- Talley also claimed five top-10 Single Season Records Lists
- No. 3 3PT FG – 97
- No. 2 3PT FGA – 249
- No. 7 FT Pct. - .833
- No. 9 Minutes Played – 1,007
- No. 9 Minutes Per Game – 36.0
- Two other players earned a spot in the top-10 Single Season Records Lists
- As a team, the Tigers earned a spot on eight top-10 Single Season Records Lists
- No. 10 Points – 2,202
- No. 10 Points Per Game – 78.7
- No. 4 FG Pct. - .491
- No. 7 3PT FG – 217
- No. 10 3PT FGA – 598
- No. 10 3PT FG Pct. - .363
- No. 10 Blocks – 82
- No. 3 Steals - 208
