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WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Men's Basketball trailed by an many as 19 against Henderson State on Saturday in their 97-91 loss to the Reddies, but had a chance in the closing minutes after cutting the deficit to as few as a two points with a little more than four minutes to play in the game.
After shooting under 30% in the first half, the Bulldogs came out of the locker room firing to shoot 57.6% in the second half including hitting 10-of-19 three pointers. Leading the long-range charge was
Markeise Champion who knocked down five deep balls in the contest while
Daniel Eibel contributed a 3-for-4 effort and Geoff Hightower went 3-for-8 himself.
With 11:25 to go in the game, the Bulldogs found themselves trailing by 18 after previously cutting the deficit to 10 just two minutes prior. Two Champion threes and a
Nick Shoemaker jumper would again cut that deficit to 10 and then a scoring spurt where the Dawgs would score 12 of the game's 14 points from the 7:39 to 4:54 would get them within a possession trailing 84-82.
Henderson State was able to answer however and push their lead back to six points after grabbing a missed shot for a put back score and then getting a stop on defense after a
Devin Pugh missed shot and knocking down a jump shot on the other end of the floor. With the margin at six, SWOSU was unable to make another run at the Reddies after HSU answered every basket the Dawgs would convert on with a shot of their own.
The loss concludes the 2017 season for the Bulldogs, who did not qualify for postseason play. Senior
Markeise Champion played his final game in a SWOSU uniform and the Dawg's leading scorer fittingly scored a game-high 25 points to close out his collegiate career.
