Box Score THE LEADThe Dallas Baptist Men's Basketball Team cruised to a dominating victory over the visiting Arlington Baptist Patriots, 80-57, on Tuesday night. The win improves DBU's record to 5-2 on the season and keeps the Patriots undefeated at home, extending a seven game home winning streak at The Burg Center, dating back to last season.
Leading the way for DBU was
Tim Simmons, who had a team high 16 points and game high seven rebounds. The duo of
Myles Johnson and
Shannon Lilly would also finish in double figures with 15 and 11 points respectively.
In the first half Arlington Baptist took a 21-11 lead over Dallas Baptist led by Josh Green, who would post a game-high 21 points on the evening. The lead would dwindle for Arlington Baptist as DBU rallied back to take a 39-28 lead heading into the half. Johnson would score 11 of his 15 in the first half to power Dallas Baptist to a halftime lead.
Going into the second half it would be all DBU as they outscored Arlington Baptist 41-29. Simmons scored 11 of his 16 points in the second half with
Carter Trent and
Jordan Walker contributing five points each off the bench. Â
DBU HEAD COACH, BLAKE FLICKNER - ON DEFENDING HOMECOURT AND FACING ROGERS STATE"We really wanted to do a great job defensively and work both sides of the ball and it's going to be huge as we start conference play with Rogers State next Monday. It's going to be a great opportunity for us to get off to a good start in conference, but it will be a challenge. Rogers State is a really good team and we're going to have to play well at a high level and defend our home floor." Â
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INSIDE THE NUMBERS60.7% - Field goal percentage registered by DBU
46 - Points in the paint registered by DBU.
43 - Points off the bench by DBU. Â Â
32 - Total rebounds registered by DBU. Â
21 - Number of assists registered by DBU
UP NEXT FOR THE PATRIOTSNext up for the Patriots they will host the Rogers State Hillcats in their first Heartland Conference game of the season on Monday, December 15. Tip-off is at 4pm.
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