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WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Trent Washington scored a season-high 28 points to lead the Bulldogs to a 73-58 victory over Southern Nazarene on Senior Night at the Pioneer Cellular Event Center.
Gary Inglett came off the bench for the first time all season – giving way to senior
Ante Bozic – and scored 16 points while grabbing 14 rebounds to post his ninth double-double of the season. The two juniors came up big for SWOSU on a night they honored a trio of seniors in Bozic,
Michael Bradley and
Rod Camphor who were playing their final home game in a Bulldog uniform.
Washington set the tone, knocking down five 3-pointers in the first half and helping the Bulldogs build a 39-33 halftime lead. SWOSU quickly improved the lead to 15 points after an 11-2 run to open the second half. SNU made a charge on multiple occasions but could never get and closer than seven points in the second half.
Washington scored a game-high 28 points and was one of three Bulldogs to finish with three steals, often times allowing SWOSU to get out and score in transition. Inglett had one of his most complete games of the season, adding five assists, three steals and two blocks to his double-double in 35 minutes of work.
Camphor struggled from the field, but hit timely buckets in the second half to finish with 13 points to go along with four rebounds and three assists. Bradley had 11 points, five rebounds and two blocked shots in 33 minutes of action.
Starting point guard
Kenyan Borders battled foul trouble all night and finished scoreless for the first time all season, but he was spelled by
TreVante O'Neal, who finished with a balanced stat line of three points, three rebounds, three steals and three assists in a season-high 21 minutes of play.
The Bulldogs knocked down 25-of-54 (46.3%) field goal attempts and 10-of-20 (50.0%) 3-pointers in the game while holding SNU to 35.2% (19-of-54) shooting from the field. SWOSU's backcourt held the GAC's leading scorer, CJ Smith, to 12 points on 3-of-15 shooting and forced the Crimson Storm into shooting 5-of-17 (29.4%) from 3-point range.
"Defensively, I thought this was the best we've played all year," Head Coach
Bob Battisti said following the win, his team's fifth straight victory. "We had tremendous energy for 40 minutes and our guys came out and played together and communicated well. Offensively, Trent was outstanding tonight and his effort was great."
The win moves the Bulldogs to 17-8 on the year and 14-5 in the Great American Conference heading into the season finale against Northwestern Oklahoma State on Thursday. With a victory in Alva, SWOSU would clinch at least a share of their first Great American Conference regular season championship. The Bulldogs are currently one-half game ahead of Arkansas Tech in the standings, but the Wonder Boys still have two games remaining on their schedule.
