January 12, 2001
Ouachita Teams Take Two
by Mac Sisson
- ARKADELPHIA-Both Ouachita Baptist University basketball
teams won Gulf South Conference games Thursday night with
the Tigers defeating the Arkansas Tech University Wonder
Boys, 86-71, and the Lady Tigers winning over the ATU
- Golden Suns, 72-69, at OBU's Bill Vining Arena in the Roy
and Christine Sturgis Physical Education Center.
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- The win by the Lady Tigers moved the team to a 9-3
overall record and 1-1 in the GSC. The Suns fell to 9-4
and 2-1. The Tigers' record is now 3-9, 1-1, while the
Wonder Boys fell to 3-9, 2-1.
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- The win by the Lady Tigers was keyed by free throw
shooting by the home team. Ouachita was 22 of 28 from the
field, while Tech was only 5 of 16. Ouachita's Crystal
Allen led both teams in scoring hitting 23 points,
dishing four assists and stealing the ball three times.
Tech's leading scorer, Ginny Shaw was held by the
Ouachita defense to only 10 points. The Suns were led in
scoring by Angie Harris with 19 points who also picked-up
rebounding honors for both clubs in gathering 12 boards.
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- It was an intense, physical women's game with Tech coming
into the contest leading the Gulf South Conference. Coach
Joe Foley's team had their hands full with a Ouachita
team that kept their focus and marched to a 36-28
halftime margin. In the half, the lead changed hands
seven times, with the largest lead by OBU with an eight
point margin with 18 seconds remaining in the stanza.
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- The second half was just as intense as the first.
Ouachita held the lead the entire half, but not by much.
With 7:46 to play, the Lady Tigers had their apex with a
six point lead, 56-50, on a free throw by Allen. Tech
tied it 64-64 with 1:35 to play on a two-pointer by
Harris.
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- Ouachita responded to the challenge with a bucket by
Jennifer Edwards with 1:16 to play to make it 66-64 and
then Allen added two to round the score to 68-64 with 59
ticks left on the clock. Shaw made a three-pointer with
20 seconds to play to heighten the tension with Tech
trailing 68-67. A foul on Ouachita's Stephanie Grimes
sent the freshman to the line with 15 seconds and she
promptly converted both to make it 70-67. Shaw then
showed her basketball skills by then filling the net for
two more points with three seconds to play to make the
score 70-69. The game was then sealed by Grimes with one
second to play when she was fouled with one second and
went to the line and made both free throws to make the
final score of 72-69.
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- The Golden Suns actually outshot the Lady Tigers from the
field in making 53 percent of their shots from the field
(31 of 59), while OBU converted 49 percent of their
efforts (23 of 47). From the arc, Tech was two of eight
for 25 percent, while OBU was four of 11 for 36 percent.
While Ouachita was hitting 22 of 28 from the line, Tech
was having its problems in shooting only five of 16 for
31 percent. The Suns barely outrebounded OBU, 32-30.
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- To go along with Allen's 23 points, Edwards had 11 and
Tracy Denney added 10. For Tech in addition to Harris'
19, the Suns saw Melanie Mallett score 16, followed by
A.J. Thomas with 14, and Shaw's 10.
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- The enthusiasm for the women's game seemed to carryover
to the men's game as the Tigers broke a six game losing
streak to take their first Gulf South Conference victory
in school history.
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- All five starters for OBU scored in double numbers, led
by senior point guard T.J. Jones with 22 points. Mauricio
Watson scored 17, while freshman post Richard Whaley had
11, and Tim Lane and Jarris Kentle responded with 10
each.
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- Ouachita outrebounded the Wonder Boys, 44-38. The Tigers
also outshot the Russellville team in hitting 50 percent
(26 of 52) of their attempts. Going into the game, Tech
was the leader in the GSC, but in Arkadelphia on Thursday
night the Wonder Boys couldn't find the answer to the
puzzle and hit a cold 35 percent (26 of 75) from the
field.
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- Coach Mike Reynolds' Tigers also lived at the free throw
line where OBU hit 28 of 37 for 76 percent, while Tech
went only 12 of 19 for 63 percent.
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- Tech was led by guard Lartavious Carter with 17 points,
followed by Jeremy Johnson with 15 points.
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- The Tigers were in command for the entire game, never
trailing the Wonder Boys. OBU's largest lead was a 16
point advantage, 73-57 on a basket by Jones with 4:32 to
play in the game.
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- Both the Ouachita basketball teams will be on the road
Saturday night as they travel to Monticello to face the
UA-Monticello Cotton Blossoms (6 p.m.) and the Boll
Weevils (8 p.m.) Both GSC games will be aired over
KDEL-FM (100.9) Radio in Arkadelphia. Dr. Jeff Root will
be handling the broadcast.
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- On Monday night, the Lady Tigers and Tigers return to
Vining Arena for GSC games against the University of
Central Arkansas Sugar Bears at 6 p.m. and the UCA Bears
at 8 p.m.
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