WEATHERFORD, Okla.– RJ Glasper scored a season-high 37 points,
Alex Brown scored his 1,000
thcareer points, and the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys basketball team tied a program record with 20 3-pointers as the Wonder Boys (5-12, 3-8 Great American Conference) turned in an 103-92 win over Southwestern Oklahoma (3-14, 0-11) on Thursday night at the Pioneer Cellular Events Center.
NEXT UP
- The Wonder Boys will return to action on Saturday, Jan. 26, facing Northwestern Oklahoma in Alva, Okla. A 3 p.m. tip-off is scheduled.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Southwestern Oklahoma seized the momentum early, opening up a 16-3 lead over the first 4:30 of the game.
- A 3-pointer by RJ Glasper at the 15:19 mark cut the Southwestern lead to 10 (16-6).
- Twice during the half the Wonder Boys were able to pull to within six, but Alex Brown's 3-pointer with 4:05 to play cut the SWOSU lead to three (39-36) and forced a Bulldog timeout.
- Back-to-back 3-pointers by the Wonder Boys, capped by a Freddy Lee 3-ball with 2:31 remaining gave Tech its first lead of the contest at 42-40.
- A pair of SWOSU free-throws on the ensuing possession knotted the game and a Nick Shoemaker 3-pointer gave SWOSU a 45-42 advantage with 1:17 remaining, but Will Adler's 3-pointer knotted the contest again with 1:03 remaining, and the two teams would go into the half tied at 45.
- SWOSU pushed out to a six-point (57-51) advantage with 16:18 remaining.
- A pair of free-throws by Glasper tied the game at 64-64 with 13:13 to play, and Tech took its first lead of the second half on the subsequent possession on a fast-break layup by Glasper.
- The Tech run continued and stretched to 10-0 before SWOSU scored another point.
- SWOSU knotted the game at 69-69 with 11:11 remaining on a layup by Chris Braggs, but Tech again reclaimed the lead (72-69) with 10:33 remaining on a 3-pointer by Adler.
- A 3-pointer by Glasper pushed Tech's lead to six (92-86) with 2:12 to play, which gave Tech its largest lead of the contest to that point.
- Mason Cline's 3-pointer with 1:44 remaining gave Tech 20 3-pointers for the game, tying the school single-game record.
- The Wonder Boys stretched their lead through the final minute to seal the victory.
NOTABLES
- Glasper scored 26 points in the final 13 minutes of the contest.
- Brown (16 points), Cline (15 points), and Ramses Sandifer (10 points) all reached double figures.
- Tech held a 42-38 rebounding advantage.
- SWOSU outshot Tech 55.2 to 37.2 percent from the floor, but the Wonder Boys took advantage of a 24-9 advantage in second-chance points.
- Sandifer and Brown both had eight boards.
- Glasper's gaudy stat line included six assists, five rebounds, and nine fouls drawn.
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