JACKSON, Miss. –A 16-0 run in the first half put East Texas Baptist University in command as they went onto a 75-60 win over Huntingdon College for the Millsaps College Snyder Classic Championship. ETBU is now 2-1 on the year.
Three players scored in double figures as
Darry Moore led with a career-high 22 points making all four free throws.
Charlie Cochran added 18 points while
Chris Haynes had a double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds. Damien Madison led Huntingdon with 18 points.
ETBU made 46% from the floor, 30% from the arc, and 69% from the line. Huntingdon was held to 37% shooting, 30% from the three-point line, and made 83% from the stripe. ETBU out rebounded Huntingdon, 41-23, and forced 17 turnovers with 11 steals.
The first five minutes of the game went back-and-forth as both teams held little leads. Tied at 10 with 15:34 to go, ETBU broke open the game on a 16-0 run over five minutes for a 26-10 lead. Cochran started it with a three-pointer and had eight of the 16 points in the run.
Ryan Elzy,
Aaron Gregg, and
Kevin Charles all had points in the run.
Huntingdon responded with their own run, 19-8, to pull within five points, 34-29, with 5:02 left in the half. They were then within three, 39-36, with 1:02 remaining but Cochran made a three-pointer with 50 seconds left to go into the half leading, 42-36.
CHARLIE COCHRAN
ETBU opened the second half on a 9-2 run for a 13-point lead, 51-38, over four minutes. Moore had six of the nine points in the run with Haynes also adding a bucket. By the 12:29 mark, Huntingdon was within seven, 54-47, but they would not score for five minutes as ETBU improved their lead to 14 points, 63-49, with another 9-2 run. Moore made two free throws with 2:53 left pushing ETBU's lead to 21 points, 72-51, as they held onto the lead for the win, 75-60, in the final two minutes.
STAT OF THE GAME
ETBU had their best shooting percentage of the year going 30-of-65 for .462
NOTES
- ETBU is averaging over 40 rebounds a game grabbing 44 vs. St. Thomas, 45 (Centenary), and 41 against Huntingdon.
- ETBU had their best shooting game of .462 (30-of-65) vs. Huntingdon
- ETBU averaged 11 steals per game in the Millsaps College Snyder Classic
- Darry Moore recorded a career-high 22 points vs. Huntingdon and is 11-of-12 from the free throw line on the year
- Charlie Cochran posted his best numbers to date with 18 points (7-of-13) making three three-pointers
- Chris Haynes had is fourth double-double of the year with 14 points and 13 rebounds
- Aaron Gregg tied his career high of five steals
UP NEXT
ETBU travels to Nebraska after Thanksgiving to the Nebraska Wesleyan Classic facing UW-River Falls on Friday and Nebraska Wesleyan on Saturday.
