ADA, Okla. – Aujana Dawkins turned in a 14-point, 12-rebound double-double, while both Danielle Frachiseur (14 points) and Tierani Richardson (10 points) came off the bench to reach double figures as the No. 23 Arkansas Tech Golden Suns basketball team (8-2, 6-0 Great American Conference) downed East Central (2-8, 2-4 GAC) 64-52 on Saturday at the Kerr Activities Center.

NEXT UP

• The Golden Suns travel to Arkadelphia, Ark. to face off against Ouachita Baptist on Thursday, Jan. 14 at 5:30 p.m.  

HOW IT HAPPENED

• ECU used an 8-0 run to take a 16-9 lead with 3:15 to go in the opening quarter.
• Tech outscored ECU 7-2 down the stretch to pull to within two (18-16) at the end of the opening quarter.
• The Tigers were a perfect 3-for-3 on 3-pointers and outrebounded the Golden Suns 10-6 in the opening quarter.
• The Golden Suns held East Central to just six points (1-of-13 shooting) in the third quarter to take a 42-34 lead into the fourth quarter.
• Tech pushed its lead into double digits (46-36) for the first time in the game on a free throw by Tierani Richardson with 6:33 remaining in the fourth quarter.
• A 3-pointer by Richardson with 3:48 remaining gave Tech a 13-point (55-42) lead, its largest lead of the afternoon.

NOTABLES

• The win was the first Golden Suns win in Ada since the 1999 season.
• Tech held a 51.1 to 35.1 percent advantage in shooting, and a 36-29 rebounding edge.
• The Golden Suns shot 56 percent from the floor in the second half.
• 31 of Tech's 64 points came from the bench.

COACH WILBERS SAYS

• On picking up his first win in Ada and his team's overall performance – "It feels good. We played a good first half but fell into their tempo a little bit. The second half, our defense was good. I think we wore them down a bit with our depth. I'm proud of the team. We have a really good team and they stepped up."
• On the team's defensive play today – "I thought we were really good in the second half. In the first half (ECU) hit some shots. It took us a little bit to get going – and that's not uncommon, being on the road and playing a one o'clock game like this, to take time. Our players played outstanding defense in the second half and challenged shots. East Central is really improved."