Bethany,Okla,--Southwestern Christian University (10-9, 8-8 SAC) has a late Shooting slump, that Helped the Rams in the end as the went on a Scoring run and outpaced SCU to win 65-73.The Rams shot 27-65 from the field averaging 42%, 7-25 from the three point line averaging 28% and shot 12-18 from the free throw line averaging 67%.Peyton Sallee led the Rams in Scoring with 18 pts. The Eagles forced 19 turnovers resulting in 13 points. SCU had 10 steals in this game, multiple Eagles had steals on the night.York Benjamin, Khristien White, & Khristien White all had 2 stls a piece.
The Eagles shot 26-65 from the floor averaging 40%, also shot 3-14 from three (21%) and from the free throw line shot 10-16 (63%).The Eagles were Out-Rebounded TXWU 36-33, Ron Washington and Jordan Williams led the Eagles in Rebounds with 7 a piece. The Eagles had 9 offensive rebounds and scored 9 second chance points, The bench contributed 13 points to the effort, In total the Eagles had 15 assist in the game.Jordan Williams led the Eagles in Assist with 8 on the night. Southwestern Christian went strong in the paint as 44 of their 65 pts came from that area of the floor.
York Benjamin Led the Eagles tonight in scoring tonight with 7-13 shooting from the Floor, 1-2 from beyond the Arc, and 5-7 from the Free throw line, His Final stat line was, 20 pts, 5 Reb, 2 Stl, & 1 Blk. Also contributing big to the Eagles tonight was Jordan Williams who was basically flying around the Floor that night, he finished with 7-11 shooting from the Field and 2-3 from Downtown, His Final stat line, 16 pts, 8 Ast, 7 Reb,& 1 Stl. Derek Dantzler finished the night with 9 pts, 3 Reb, & 2 Ast. Also Ron Washington finished his night with 8 pts & 7 Reb.
The Eagles will return to action on the Road, Thursday, February 3rd,at 7:45 PM against UNT-Dallas(8-15,4-12 SAC) in another Sooner Athletic Conference matchup.