BETHANY, Okla. – The East Central University men's basketball team faced its first Great American Conference team for the second time this season, falling to Southern Nazarene, 88-63, at the Sawyer Center.

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Scoring

• 1^st Half: 37-44
  • The Crimson Storm (13-5, 7-3 GAC) opened the game on an 8-0 run in the first 2:20
  • The Tigers (12-4, 6-4 GAC) kept the disadvantage between 8-13 through the first 12 minutes
  • ECU then started a 6-0 run to cut the deficit to 3 (35-32), with 6 minutes left on the clock
  • SNU countered with a 5-0 run to push the lead back out to 8 over the next 2 minutes
    • Continued the run to 5-3 through the rest of the half
• 2^nd Half:
  • The Crimson Storm opened with a 15-2 run in the first five minutes to push the advantage to 50
  • The teams returned to a back-and-forth battle for the rest of the half

Tiger Quick Shots

• Three Tiger players recorded double-digit point totals
  • So. Gerren Jackson: 17 pts., 4 reb., 2 assists, 1 steal, 53.8 (7-of-13) FG%, 1.000 (3-of-3) 3PT FG%
  • Sr. Bishop Coulter: 17 pts., 4 reb., 1 assist, 87.5 (7-of-8) FG%, 3-of-3 FT
    • Career high free throws made
    • Season high for points, field goals made
      • Had a season high in the points column after the first half (11)
  • Sr. Camron Talley: 15 pts., 4 reb., 4 assists, 40.0 (4-of-10) FG%
• ECU ran into a hot shooting SNU team
  • FG: ECU 23-of-49 (46.9%) / SNU 35-of-57 (61.4%)
  • 3PT FG: ECU 6-of-15 (40.0%) / SNU 13-of-26 (50.0%)
  • FT: ECU 11-of-20 (55.0%) / SNU 5-of-6 (83.3%)

Up Next

• The Tigers will wrap up their four-game road trip next weekend in Arkadelphia, Ark.
  • Thursday, Jan. 23 at Henderson State (7:30 p.m.)
  • Saturday, Jan. 25 at Ouachita Baptist (3 p.m.)
• ECU will then return home for five-straight games at the Kerr Activities Center
  • Jan. 30-Feb. 13