ECU Athletics
Teri LaJeunese, Sports Information Director
ADA – The East Central University men’s basketball team picked up its fifth-straight home victory, with a 75-72 overtime victory over Northwestern Oklahoma State at the Kerr Activities Center.
Scoring
- First Half: 38-39
- ECU opened the game on a 9-0 run in the first two minutes
- The Tigers led by as many as 14 points (24-10), after the first seven minutes
- The Rangers then pushed back and tied the game at 28 and 30 (3:26)
- NWOSU then used a 9-8 run to take the lead at the half
- Second Half: 26-25 (64-64)
- The Rangers pushed their lead out to eight (47-39) in the first four minutes
- ECU pushed back to tie the game at 47
- No team lead by more than four points the rest of the stanza
- Overtime: 11-8
- The Tigers scored the first five points of overtime (69-64)
- NWOSU fought back to tie the game at 71, with 53 seconds left
- ECU then hit two free throws for the lead
- The Rangers had a chance to tie, but missed a free throw (15 seconds)
- The Tigers scored the final two points at the free throw line and got a key stop in the final 13 seconds to earn the win.
Tiger Quick Shots
- First overtime game for the Tigers (5-4, 2-2 GAC) since March 2, 2018 vs. Arkansas-Monticello in the Great American Conference tournament
- L, 86-97 (2OT)
- It was the final game of 2018 for the ECU 2018-19 schedule
- Free throws ended up being the key to victory
- ECU: 16-of-27 (59.3%)
- NWOSU: 8-of-21 (38.1%)
- The Tigers also tallied five more triples than the Rangers (4-7, 1-3 GAC) (9-4)
- Four of the nine ECU players that saw action scored double digits
- RFr. Tylor Arnold: 16 pts., 1 reb., 1 assist, 1 block
- Jr. Jalan Brown: 14 pts., 7 reb., 3 assists, 1 block, 1 steal
- Jr. Camron Talley: 13 pts., 4 reb., 1 assist, 1 steal
- RFr. Gerren Jackson: 11 pts., 7 reb., 6 assists, 5 steals
- All but one of the Tigers who played scored at least one point and had at least one rebound
- Talley is just 44 points away from the 1,000 Point Club at ECU
- Would be the 19th member of the club
Up Next
- The Tigers will continue their four-game home stand when they return to the court in January
- Thursday, Jan. 3 vs. Harding – 7:30 p.m.
- Saturday, Jan. 5 vs. Arkansas Tech – 3 p.m.