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WEATHERFORD, Okla. – After taking a 41-39 lead to the break, the SWOSU Men's Basketball team was limited to 21 points on 32% shooting in the second half as they suffered their second straight defeat by a score of 73-62 against Ouachita Baptist.
The Bulldogs put together a strong first half that included 42.9% shooting from the field and just four turnovers, but the defending conference champions flipped the script in the second half. Ouachita scored 22 points in the paint after the break and forced 11 SWOSU turnovers as the Bulldogs were limited to just 25 field goal attempts in the second half, making eight of them.
SWOSU was led by
Markeise Champion, who scored 20 points and grabbed six rebounds, but also had a team-high four turnovers with three of them coming after the break.
Martell Collins scored 18 points on 4-for-12 shooting, but he was held scoreless in the second half while battling foul trouble. Only six players in total scored for the Bulldogs, with
Nick Shoemaker providing the only bench points for SWOSU with a total of nine points on 3-for-8 shooting from outside.
"Everything we did right in the first half, we failed to do in the second half," SWOSU Head Coach
Bob Battisti said following the game. "We wanted to limit their points in the paint and value the ball because those are two things you have to do to win a GAC game, and we didn't get it done today."
The Bulldogs have no lost back-to-back conference games, dropping into a four-way tie for second place in the GAC standings at 4-2. One of the teams they are tied with, East Central, is SWOSU's next opponent on Thursday at 5:30 pm inside the Pioneer Cellular Event Center.
