ADA, Okla.– RJ Glasper scored 21 points, leading four Arkansas Tech basketball players to reach double figures, but the Wonder Boys (2-10, 0-6 Great American Conference) could not overcome the hot second-half shooting of East Central (7-4, 4-2) in a 95-78 loss on Saturday at the Kerr Center.
NEXT UP
- Arkansas Tech returns to action on Thursday, Jan. 10, hosting Southern Nazarene at Tucker Coliseum. A 7:30 p.m. tip-off is scheduled.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Tech opened an early 6-2 lead over the first three minutes of the contest.
- After ECU jumped ahead 7-6, a pair of free-throws by RJ Glasper gave Tech the lead at 8-7 with 15:41 to go in the opening half.
- An 11-1 run by ECU over the next three minutes saw ECU grow its lead to 18-9 with 12:44 remaining.
- The Wonder Boys rallied and pulled within one (24-23) on a 3-pointer by Will Adler with 6:36 remaining in the half, a play which kick-started an 8-0 run by the Wonder Boys and grew the Tech lead to 28-24 with 5:03 to play.
- ECU ended its scoreless drought with 3:51 to play in the half on a free throw by Da'Rion King.
- A layup by King with 3:59 to play broke a streak of 4:33 for ECU without a field goal.
- ECU closed the half on a 6-0 run to take a one-point (38-37) halftime lead.
- After the two teams traded leads over the first five minutes of the second half, ECU claimed the lead for good on a Camron Talley 3-pointer with 15:23 to play.
- The Tigers shot 76.92 percent from the floor in the second half on 20-of-26 shooting from the floor as they grew their lead to as many as 20 points down the stretch.
NOTABLES
- ECU outshot Tech 54.1 to 37.3 percent.
- ECU grabbed 44 rebounds to Tech's 35.
- The Tigers held a 14-10 advantage in points off turnovers, a 36-20 advantage in points in the paint, an 8-7 advantage in second-chance points, and a 6-4 advantage in fast-break points.
- Josiah Thomas (17 points), Will Adler (15), and Alex Brown (14) all reached double figures for the Wonder Boys.
- Ramses Sandifer grabbed a team-best eight rebounds in the loss.
-FIGHTON-
