RUSSELLVILLE, Ark.– RJ Glasper scored a team-best 16 points and dished out five assists, while Will Adler added 15 points and Alex Brown added 13, but the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys basketball team (3-11, 1-7 Great American Conference) was unable to overcome the solid shooting and rebounding of Oklahoma Baptist (8-6, 7-1) in a 99-63 setback to the Bison on Saturday at Tucker Coliseum.
 
NEXT UP

• Arkansas Tech returns to action on Thursday, Jan. 17, facing Harding University in Searcy. A 7:30 p.m. tip-off is scheduled.    

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The two teams traded leads over the opening minutes, with Tech using back-to-back 3-pointers by Adler to go ahead 8-5 with 17:12 remaining in the opening half.
• OBU quickly knotted the contest and did not trail again, opening a 12-point (29-17) advantage with 8:23 remaining in the opening half. 
• Tech cut the deficit to five (36-31) on a Glasper bucket with 5:23 remaining in the half, but the Bison closed the half on a 20-4 run to go into the break with a 16-point (51-35) lead. 
• OBU led by as many as 37 points (99-62) before Tech's Chris Baguma hit a free-throw with 1:05 remaining to set the game's final score.

NOTABLES

• Brown narrowly missed a double-double, grabbing a team-high nine rebounds. 
• Tech was outshot 52.8 to 32.0 percent for the game. 
• OBU held a 40-12 advantage in points in the paint and a 54-33 advantage in rebounding.
• Tech took advantage of 12 offensive boards to outscore OBU 17-14 in second-chance points.