Men’s Basketball Preparing for GAC Championship Tournament
ADA, Okla. – The East Central University men's basketball team will be making their seventh-straight appearance in the Great American Conference Championship Tournament this weekend as the No. 5 seed. The Tigers (17-11, 11-11 GAC) will face No. 4 Oklahoma Baptist in the opening round, Friday, March 5 at 12 p.m.
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Camron Talley was named to the 2019-20 All-GAC First Team for the third-straight year. This season the Rockwall, Texas, native averaged 21.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game, while adding 69 assists, 39 steals, six blocks and shooting 44.6% from the floor, 38.3% from beyond the arc and 86.0% from the charity stripe. He moved up to No. 2 on the ECU 1,000 Point Club list and to No. 3 on the GAC Scoring Leaders list, currently at 1,933 points.
The Tigers also saw two players earned for their efforts on and off the court. So.
Tylor Arnold claimed the 2019-20 GAC Elite Scholar-Athlete, which goes to a player in the tournament field that has the highest GPA and over 70 credit hours. So.
Matt Garriga added a GAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete honor, with a 3.7-or-higher GPA and over 70 credit hours.
Arnold averaged 11.8 points and 3.6 rebounds per game, while adding 75 assists, 45 steals, one block and shooting 49.8% from the floor, 34.3% from three-point range and 86.0% from the free throw line. He has a 4.00 GPA in business administration, with an accounting concentration. The Pryor, Okla., native is one of the select few ECU Business Scholar students, with five selected each year.
Garriga added 8.2 points and 1.6 rebounds per game, while adding 18 assists, 19 steals, 5 blocks, a 47.6% field goal percentage and a 45.4% three-point percentage. The Wylie, Texas native has a 3.90 GPA in computer science.
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• The Tigers earned their seventh-straight trip to the GAC Championship Tournament as the No. 5 seed
• Will face No. 4 Oklahoma Baptist for the second-straight year in the quarter finals
• As a team ECU is ranked in 10 Top-100 NCAA categories, including four in the Top-25
• No. 10 FTM - 512
• No. 14 - FTA - 688
• No. 20 Scoring Offense - 86.9
• No. 22 Def. Reb./Gm - 28.39
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Camron Talley was named to the 2019-20 All-GAC First Team
• Third-straight time on the All-GAC First Team
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Tylor Arnold was named the 2019-20 GAC Elite Scholar-Athlete
• Player with the highest GPA in the tournament and over 70 credit hours completed
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Matt Garriga was named to the 2019-20 GAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete
• Player with over a 3.7 GPA in the tournament and over 70 credit hours completed
• Talley is ranked in 11 NCAA Statistical categories, including five in the Top-25
• No. 6 3PT FGA - 253
• No. 10 3PT FG/Gm - 3.59
• No. 12 Total 3PT FGM - 97
• No. 20 Minutes - 36:53
• No. 22 Points/Gm - 22.0
• Talley is also ranked in 10 Division II Active Career Leaders lists and in three top-100 for all Divisions
• No. 12 3PT FGM - 326
• No. 20 3PT FGA - 795
• No. 39 Total Points - 1,933
• Talley ranked No. 2 ECU 1,000 Point Club and No. 3 on the GAC Top Scorers List - 1,933
• ECU: No. 1 Roland Miller (1995-99) - 2,491 / GAC: No. 2 - Kevin Buckingham (2016-Pr.) - 1,977
• Two other active players are also on the list
• No. 1 Jhonathan Dunn (SNU - 2,332)
• No. 5 Micah Speight (SNU - 1,661)
• Only league in the nation with their top three scorers being active players this season
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Caleb Williams garnered his first career double-double vs. Henderson State (Feb. 29)
• 19 pts., 10 reb., 2 assists, 1 steal, 7-of-13 FG, 5-of-6 FT
• The Tigers scored over 100 points in five games in 2019-20
• W, 106-67 vs. Austin College (Nov. 30)
• W, 104-67 vs. Bacone (Dec. 4)
• W, 114-83 vs. Randall (Dec. 19)
• W, 129-122 (3OT) vs. Arkansas-Monticello (Jan. 11)
• W, 103-94 (2OT) vs. Harding (Feb. 1)
• Third time head coach Ja Haven's tenure to have 3-or-more 100-point games
• Havens has seen 19 100-point games in his seven years leading the team
• Second-highest number of 100+ point games in a season
• Season best is 6 in 2009-10
• 129 points against UAM is the second-highest total in a single game in school history
• Highest scoring game was 141-116 vs. Tinker Field (1964-65)
• ECU has played in 6 overtime games in 2019-20 (3-3)
• Played the most ovetime games in school history
• 1 triple-overtime, 1 double-overtime, 4 single overtime
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Matt Garriga tallied 32 points against Harding (Feb. 1) for his first career 30+ point game
• Became the 31st ECU player to record at least one 30+ point game
• All 12 players that have seen action for the Tigers this season have scored, tallied a rebound and an assist
• ECU players are averaging between 21.3 to 0.7 PPG, with only two are averaging less than 4.0 PPG
• The Tigers are averaging between 6.4 to 0.5 RPG, with only three are averaging less than 2.0 RPG
