SEARCY, Ark. – The No. 22 East Central University men's basketball team continued their winning streak in the first game of 2020, earning a Great American Conference road game at Harding, 91-73.

Scoring

• 1^st Half: 54-38
  • The teams traded shots in the first 35 seconds
  • The Tigers (10-1, 4-1 GAC) then went on a 13-2 run over the next 2:30 minutes to gain an 11-point advantage
  • ECU kept the advantage between 9-15 until the final 4 minutes
  • The Tigers then started a 4-0 run to increase the lead to as many as 17
• 2^nd Half: 37-35
  • The Bisons (6-5, 1-4 GAC) started the half on a 7-0 run
    • Cut the deficit to 10 in the first minute
  • ECU rebounded with a 5-0 run in the next 1:30 to increase the lead back to 15
  • The teams traded small runs throughout the half
  • The Tigers kept pushing and got the lead over 20 with just under 5 minutes to play
  • Harding then went on a 6-0 run over the next two minutes
    • The Bisons were held scoreless for the final 3:10
    • ECU tallied only 2 points in the span

Tiger Quick Shots

• The Tigers were ranked No. 22 in the latest National Association of Basketball Coaches Poll
  • First ranking of the 2019-20 season
• ECU now has a seven-game winning streak
• The Tigers shot well as a team for the game and had strong defense
  • FG: ECU – 35-of-69 (50.7%) / HU – 23-of-61 (37.7%)
  • 3PT FG: ECU – 12-of-25 (48.0%) / HU – 5-of-17 (29.4%)
• ECU saw five players tally double-digits in the scoring column
  • Only one of the 9 players to see action did not score
  • Sr. Camron Talley: 27 pts., 3 reb., 1 assist, 3 steals, 45.0% (9-of-20) FG%, 45.4% (5-of-11) 3PT FG%
  • So. Matt Garriga: 15 pts., 6 reb., 1 assist, 3 steals, 4-of-4 FG/3PT FG%
    • Career high for points, steals, field goals made and 3PT field goals made
    • Season high for rebounds
  • So. Gerren Jackson: 14 pts., 2 reb., 3 assists, 1 steal, 70.0 (7-of-10) FG%
  • So. Tylor Arnold: 14 pts., 5 reb., 8 assists, 3 steals, 46.1 (6-of-13) FG%
    • Career high for assists
    • Season high for steals
  • Sr. Zac Neely: 10 pts., 1 reb., 1 assist, 50.0 (4-fo-8) FG%
• As a team ECU recorded a season-best with 14 steals

Up Next

• The Tigers will wrap up their road trip, Saturday, Jan. 4 at Arkansas Tech (3 p.m.)
• ECU will then return home for a two-game home stand
  • Thursday, Jan. 9 vs. Southern Arkansas – 7:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, Jan. 11 vs. Arkansas-Monticello – 3 p.m.