Bison Struggle Down the Stretch in Loss to SWOSU

WEATHERFORD, Okla. - The Oklahoma Baptist men's basketball team came-from-behind to hold a 44-42 early in the second half; however, Southwestern Oklahoma State went on a 20-3 run as the Bison just seemed to run out of steam, falling to the Bulldogs 76-64 on Saturday afternoon,

OBU shot 21 of 53 (40%) from the field and 9 of 32 (28%) from behind the arc while the Bulldogs were 27 of 64 (42%) from the field and 8 of 18 (44%) from behind the arc. OBU turned the ball over 19 times while SWOSU only turned it over five times. OBU held a 43-33 advantage in rebounds.

OBU jumped out to an 11-7 lead behind a pair of 3-pointers from Jaquan Simms and a deep ball from Harrison Stoddart. SWOSU stormed back to take a 15-11 lead thanks to an 8-0 run but the Bison responded to take an 18-17 lead after a 3-pointer from Brantly Thompson.

SWOSU would lock down the Bison for the majority of the half from that point in the game as OBU could not buy a shot. The Bulldogs took the lead and pushed their lead out to as many as 10 late in the first half. Simms knocked down a late 3-pointer to trim the lead down to 35-28 at the break.

Simms scored five straight points to open the half while Lowery got a lay in and Stoddart knocked down a 3-pointer to give OBU a 38-37 lead all of sudden early in the second half. Thompson scored a pair of buckets while Stoddart knocked down a pair of free throws to take a 44-42 lead with under 15 to play.

Unfortunately for OBU, it would be a 20-3 run from SWOSU for the next 10 minutes to push their lead out to 17. OBU would get it down to five points, but it would not be enough as SWOSU was too much on this day, holding for the 76-64 win.

Simms scored 17 points on 6 of 9 shooting including five 3-pointers and four rebounds while Stoddart had 15 points and four boards. Dishon Lowery had a double-double with 14 points, 12 rebounds, and two steals while Thompson had 13 points and eight boards.

Kamden Gipson led SWOSU with 18 points and three steals while Marquis Johnson had 13 points, six boards, six assists, and four steals.

OBU moves to 14-8 overall and 9-7 in the GAC. They return to action on Thursday as they take on Southern Nazarene in the "white-out" game beginning at 7:30 p.m.