SHAWNEE, Okla. –
Tony Hall scored 20 points, RJ Glasper dished out eight assists and
Devante Foster grabbed seven rebounds, but the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys basketball team (x-x) was unable to overcome the sharp shooting and stingy defense of Oklahoma Baptist (x-x), falling 75-61 to the Bison on Saturday.
UP NEXT
- The Golden Suns are back in action on Thursday, Jan. 16, facing Harding in a 5:30 p.m. matchup at Tucker Coliseum.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Wonder Boys edged ahead of Oklahoma Baptist early, and held the lead through the majority of the opening minutes. The Bisons used a Harrison Stoddart 3-pointer at the 15:51 mark to put OBU ahead 10-9, its first lead of the game.
- The two teams traded leads over the next minute, but four straight Tech points gave the Wonder Boys a 15-12 advantage with 14:27 to play.
- After that bucket, OBU outscored Tech 8-3 over the next nearly two minutes to claim a 20-18 lead with 12:11 remaining.
- The Bison extended their lead to ten (32-22) with 6:39 to play with a subsequent 12-2 run.
- Tech narrowed the deficit to four (34-30) on a Devante Foster 3-pointer with 2:06 to play in the half, but Rashad Lewis answered for OBU on the next possession to stretch the Bison lead to six (36-30) going into halftime.
- The Bison pushed the lead back into double figures in the opening minutes of the second half (40-30).
- The Wonder Boys responded with a 7-0 run leading into the under-16 media timeout, cutting the deficit to three (40-37).
- OBU responded with a 7-0 run over the next four minutes to push the lead back to ten (47-37) going into the under-12 media timeout.
- The final minutes saw Oklahoma Baptist extend its lead to 15 (73-58) in the final minute en route to the win.
NOTABLES
- Kevin McNeal and Foster joined Hall in double figures with 10 points apiece.
- OBU outshot Tech 48.1 to 39.0 percent from the floor.
- The Bison held a 46-27 rebounding edge.
- OBU held a 17-14 edge in points off turnovers, a 38-24 edge in points in the paint, and a 16-7 advantage in second-chance points.
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