Box Score ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys (20-4, 16-4 Great American Conference) put together a balanced scoring effort as five players broke double-figures to extend their winning streak to 11 with a 98-81 road victory at Henderson State (14-12, 9-11 GAC) at the Duke Wells Center in Arkadelphia, Arkansas on Saturday.
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NEXT UP
- The Wonder Boys will look to keep their chances of winning the GAC Championship alive as they will travel to Ada, Oklahoma on Thursday, February 23 to take on East Central (19-7, 15-5 GAC) at the Kerr Activities Center.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- Justin Graham opened the game with a three and back-to-back fastbreak dunks by Montrell Williams pushed the Wonder Boys out to an early 7-3 lead.
- Leading 22-17 with 10:53 to go in the first half, Tech went on a 10-2 run over the next three minutes to stretch the lead back to 32-19.
- After leading 40-30 at halftime, Henderson State opened the second half with a 17-13 run in the first five minutes of the half to cut the Wonder Boys lead to 53-47.
- Tech responded with a 17-6 run of its own to stretch the lead back to 70-53 with 9:59 remaining.
- The Wonder Boys maintained a double-digit lead for the remainder of the game and stretched the lead to as much as 20 on a Branden Williams three-pointer to make it a 93-73 game.
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NOTABLES
- Tech got two outstanding performances from off of the bench. Trevin Woods led the team in scoring with 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting and 4-of-6 from behind the three-point arc. Branden Williams added 16 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the field and 3-of-4 from three-point range.
- Graham added 17 points, Montrell Williams finished with 16 points, and Bennie Lufile rounded out the double-figure scorers with 13 points.
- Freddy Lee recorded his double-digit assist game with 10 assists to go with eight points and five rebounds.
- Arkansas Tech shot 57-percent (37-of-65) from the floor, 50-percent (12-of-24) from the three-point arc, and 86-percent (12-of-14) from the free throw line.
- The Wonder Boys outrebounded the Reddies 42-27.
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