Box Score

THE LEAD
After winning four of their last five games the Dallas Baptist Men's Basketball Team would fall to the Oklahoma Christian Eagles 96-91. Myles Johnson would have a game high 35 points for the Patriots going 7-12 from beyond the arc.

Franklin Uzonwanne would score 20 points and have a game high 12 rebounds and Jordan Pratt would also score in double figures with a career high 16 points.

To open up the first half DBU would rush out to a 7-0 lead over the Eagles. As the half continued OCU would go on to close the gap between the Patriots leaving DBU up 14-12. From there Oklahoma Christian would get hot from the field and go on a 17 point run to break away from the Patriots 29-14. OCU would shoot 64% from the field in the half. Franklin Uzonwanne would score 18 of his 20 points in the first half which would be able to close the deficit to six points as the Eagles went into halftime with a lead of 51-45.

Oklahoma Christian would hold the lead for the majority of the second half until DBU would go on a late rally that would include a Jordan Pratt lay up that would pull the Patriots to within three trailing OCU 91-88. Points from the charity stripe would extend the Eagles lead to 93-88, but with :24 left a Myles Johnson thee pointer would put the Patriots behind by only two points 93-91.

The score would become 94-91, after OCU's Elijah Strickland connected on his first free throw before missing his second attempt, giving Dallas Baptist new life. Strickland would lead the Eagles with 23 points.With 11.5 seconds remaining coming out of the final timeout DBU would inbound the ball but a steal by OCU would seal the game for Oklahoma Christian.

DBU HEAD COACH, BLAKE FLICKNER - ON DBU DEFENSE AGAINST OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN HOT SHOOTING
"We'll always focus on the things we can do and focus on what we can do to make everything difficult. That's the only thing we got to control is our effort and the way that we challenge and the way that we defend. Obviously they got going and that's on our defense to not allow them to do that."

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
62% - 3FG% registered by OCU.
23    - Number of assists registered by each team.
22    - Points off turnovers scored by OCU to DBU's 13.
5      - OCU players that scored in double figures.

UP NEXT FOR THE PATRIOTS
Coming up for DBU will be a Saturday afternoon tilt against Texas A&M International University on February 21. Tip-off is set for 2pm at The Burg Center.