BARTLESVILLE, Okla. – The East Central University men's basketball team saw the 2019-20 season come to an end, with a 94-90 loss to Oklahoma Baptist in the 2019-20 Great American Conference Championship Tournament quarterfinals.

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Scoring

• 1^st Half: 36-43
  • The opening eight minutes were a back-and-forth battle
    • No team lead by more than three points
    • Four tie scores, last at 17
  • The Bison (21-8, 15-7 GAC) then went on an 8-0 run over the next three minutes to take the lead for good in the half
  • The Tigers (17-12, 11-11 GAC) continued to fight and kept the deficit around 7 for the next four minutes
  • OBU then followed with an 8-2 run to increase the advantage to 13
  • ECU pushed back in the final minutes of the half to get the deficit back to 7
• 2^nd Half: 54-51 (90-94)
  • The Tigers came out of the break ready to fight
    • Went on a 9-2 run in the first 3:30 minutes to tie the game at 45
  • The Bison quickly regained the lead, with a 6-0 run in the next two minutes
  • ECU kept the disadvantage around 7 for the next 2:30 minutes
  • The Tigers then went on a 4-0 run to cut the deficit to three (59-56), with 8:35 left
  • OBU followed with a 9-2 run over the next two minutes to increase the lead to double-digits
  • The Bison kept the lead around 10 for the next four minutes
  • ECU then pushed back with a 5-0 run to cut the deficit to 6 (81-75), with 2:10 remaining
  • The Tigers kept the deficit between 6-8 points until the final minute when they were able to cut the disadvantage to 4 (88-84)
  • The teams traded shots for the remaining time

Tiger Quick Shots

• It was the highest scoring game in GAC Championship Tournament history
  • Previous high was ECU vs. UAM's 97-86 double-overtime game in 2018
• It was the final game for four seniors on the Tigers team
  • Jalan Brown, Bishop Coulter, Zac Neely and Camron Talley
• Talley leaves the team as one of the most decorated player in school history
  • Garnered 15 ECU Career Top-10 records
    • No. 2 Points – 1,954
      • Ranks No. 3 in the GAC Career Scoring List
    • No. 2 Scoring in Double-Digits – 91
    • No. 2 3PT FGM – 309
      • Ranks No. 2 in the GAC Career List
      • Trails former teammate Braxton Reeves (346)
    • No. 2 3PT FGA – 804
    • No. 2 Minutes – 3,594
    • No. 3 FGM – 654
    • No. 3 FGA – 1,418
    • No. 3 FTM – 317
    • No. 3 FT Pct. - .829
    • No. 3 Games Played – 117
    • No. 4 Steals – 143
    • No. 5 Games Started – 86
    • No. 7 FTA – 382
    • No. 8 Points/Gm – 16.7
    • No. 10 3PT FG Pct. - .409
  • Also added 6 Single-Season Top-10 marks for 2019-20
    • No. 2 3PT FGM – 100
    • No. 2 3PT FGA – 262
    • No. 4 Points – 618
    • No. 5 FT Pct. - .855
    • No. 6 Minutes – 1,035
    • No. 7 Points/Gm – 21.3
• Brown moved on to 2 ECU Career Top-10 lists
  • No. 2 FG Pct. - .660
  • No. 8 Blocks – 51
• Neely earned the No. 4 spot on the Career FT Pct. list - .824
• So. Tylor Arnold and So. Matt Garriga also earned a spot on an ECU Career list
  • Arnold: No. 2 FT Pct. - .840
  • Garriga – No. 10 3PT FG Pct. - .406
• Arnold, Brown and Garriga also earned a spot on a single season list
  • Arnold: No. 4 FT Pct. - .857
  • Brown: No. 1 FG Pct. - .725
  • Garriga – No. 3 3PT FG Pct. - .477
• The Tigers saw three players score over 20 points in the game
  • So. Gerren Jackson: 22 pts., 2 reb., 3 assists, 7-of-12 FG, 4-of-5 3PT FG, 4-of-4 FT
    • Career high for points and 3PT FGM
    • Season high for FGM
  • Talley: 21 pts., 2 reb., 3 assists, 5-of-12 FG, 3-of-9 3PT FG, 8-of-10 FT
  • Arnold: 21 pts., 5 reb., 1 assist, 1 steal, 5-of-10 FG, 1-of-4 3PT FG, 10-of-12 FT
    • Career high for FTM
• Jr. Josh Apple, Coulter, Neely and Jr. Caleb Williams all recorded career or season highs in the game
  • Apple: Career high for blocks – 2
  • Coulter: Season high for rebounds – 7
  • Neely: Career high for free throws – 6
  • Williams: Career high for steals – 3
• Over the season ECU scored over 100 points in five games
  • Third time under head coach Ja Havens to have 3-or-more 100-point games
  • Havens has seen 19 100-point games in his seven years
• The Tigers set a new school record for overtime games – 6
  • Played 1 triple-overtime, 1 double-overtime and 4 single overtime games
• As a team ECU set 12 Season Top-10 Records
  • No. 1 Points Per Game – 87.0
  • No. 1 Free Throw Pct. - .749
  • No. 2 Points – 2,523
  • No. 3 Free Throws – 543
  • No. 4 3PT Field Goals – 250
  • No. 4 3PT Field Goals Attempted – 674
  • No. 4 Steals – 204
  • No. 6 Field Goals – 865
  • No. 6 Free Throws Attempted – 725
  • No. 7 Assists – 423
  • No. 9 Field Goal Pct. - .482
  • No. 9 3PT Field Goal Pct. - 371