ADA, Okla. – The East Central University men's basketball team honored senior Matt Garriga on Senior Night at the Kerr Activities Center, falling to Oklahoma Baptist, 77-69.

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Scoring

• 1^st Half: 27-34
  • The Tigers (8-8, 8-8 GAC) opened the game on a 4-0 run, in the first four minutes
  • The Bison (13-4, 13-3 GAC) tied the game at four in the next minute
  • The teams battled back-and-forth to a 12-all tie, with 10 minutes left
  • OBU then took control with a 5-0 run
  • ECU kept fighting back, but could not get closer than three points the rest of the stanza
• 2^nd Half: 42-44 (69-78)
  • The Bison opened the half on an 8-0 run, in the first four minutes to push the advantage to 13
  • The Tigers kept the deficit around 10 until the final seven minutes
  • OBU then pushed the lead to 15
  • ECU kept fighting and went on a 10-2 run, in a minute span, to cut the deficit to seven (66-73), with 43 seconds left to play

Tiger Quick Shots

• Sr. Matt Garriga ended the night with a team-high 18 points
  • 18 pts., 2 reb., 6-of-11 (54.5%) FG, 6-of-11 (54.5%) 3PT FG
• Sr. Josh Apple, Jr. Gerren Jackson and Jr. Jalen Crutchfield all added double-digit point totals
  • Apple: 13 pts., 8 reb., 1 assist, 2 steals, 6-of-9 (66.7%) FG
  • Jackson: 11 pts., 1 reb., 1 assist, 1 steal, 4-of-9 (44.4%) FG
  • Crutchfield: 10 pts., 5 reb., 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block
• The key difference came beyond the arc and at the charity stripe
  • 3PT FG: ECU 8-of-27 (29.6%) / OBU 12-of-27 (44.4%)
  • FT: ECU 11-of-17 (64.7%) / OBU 20-of-31 (64.5%)

Up Next

• The Tigers will wrap up the 2020-21 regular season, Saturday, Feb. 27 at Northwestern Oklahoma State – 4 p.m.
• ECU will then wait to see what seed they earn in the 2020-21 Great American Conference Championship Tournament.
  • Games start Monday, March 1