RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Kylie Ladd turned in a 16-point, five-assist effort, Ke'Vonshaye Stackhouse and Lyrik Williams both hit double figures, and the Arkansas Tech Golden Suns basketball team (15-2, 11-2 Great American Conference) forced 19 East Central turnovers as the Golden Suns rolled to a 68-53 win over the Tigers (6-11, 5-8) on Saturday afternoon at Tucker Coliseum.
 
NEXT UP

• The Golden Suns head to Oklahoma for a pair of games next week, opening with a 5:30 p.m. matchup on Thursday, Feb. 1 against Northwestern Oklahoma in Alva.  

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The two teams traded leads over the first six minutes of the contest, but with the Golden Suns trailing by three (11-8) with 4:39 remaining in the opening quarter, Tech went on an 8-0 run to claim a five-point (16-11) lead with 43 seconds remaining in the quarter.
• Tech and ECU traded 3-pointers over the final 21 seconds of the quarter to keep Tech's lead at five (19-14) after the first quarter.
• The Golden Suns' lead reached double figures at the 7:33 mark of the opening quarter after a Jacie Higgins layup.
• ECU rallied to tie the contest at 28-28 with 1:57 remaining in the half after a 3-pointer by Devon Branch.
• Tech scored the final four points of the quarter to take a three-point (31-28) advantage into the second half.
• While Tech twice pushed its lead to five in the opening minutes of the third quarter, ECU responded again, tying the game at 35-35 with 6:54 to play in the third quarter.
• However, Tech once again responded with a run, scoring the game's next six points to open up a six-point (41-35) advantage with 4:54 remaining in the quarter.
• Tech grew its lead to 11 points in the final seconds of the quarter on a pair of free throws by Ladd.
• Stackhouse buried a 3-pointer with 1:43 to play to push Tech's lead to 22 points (68-46), the largest margin of the contest.

NOTABLES

• Tech held a 38-30 rebounding advantage.
• The Golden Suns were 8-of-13 from the free-throw line compared to ECU's 6-of-11.
• Tech outshot ECU 47.4 to 35.3 percent.
• The Golden Suns held a 21-18 advantage in points off turnovers and a 10-4 advantage in second-chance points.
• The Golden Suns outscored ECU 18-0 in the paint.