Men's Basketball
THE RUNDOWN
The DBU Basketball team cruised to an 88-57 victory over Arlington Baptist on Homecoming night at the Kenneth E. Berg Center. DBU led for the entire contest to win the battle of the Patriots in a convincing fashion.
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DBU brought the energy from their four-game road trip home to the Burg center and its electric crowd. The 31-point victory displayed exactly what this Patriot squad is capable off as DBU improved in multiple areas of early season weakness. The Patriots took advantage of foul opportunities by going 6-7 from the charity stripe while shooting a blistering 51 percent from three-point land. DBU's offense ignited at the same time as it always-stingy defense to result in the Patriot's largest victory of the season.
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Chandler Jacobs and
Jonathyn Washington each recorded a game-high 14 points off 13 combined assists from
Carter Brown and
Julian Miranda. Connor Lidiak contributed 11 points of his own off 3-4 shooting from behind the arc.
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THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
-The Patriots improve to 4-0 all time against Arlington Baptist.
- DBU's 89 points are its highest offensive output of the season.
- The Patriots facilitated a season-high 22 assists.
HEAD COACH BLACK FLICKNER ON THE WIN
 "I thought there were a lot of good things, a lot of things to be pleased with. Some guys who don't get a lot of opportunity had a chance to step up today and it was great to see. Homecoming is always special and today might have been our best crowd ever. We still things to improve on to prepare for our upcoming stretch of road games."
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INSIDE THE NUMBERS
22 – DBU showed significant improvement on the defensive glass with 22 total rebounds.
35- DBU continues to turn defense into offense with 35 points off Arlington Baptist turnovers.
10- Carson Hughes continues his strong play posting 10 points off 4-6 shooting.
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UP NEXT
The Patriots are back in action on the road versus Lubbock Christian December 5th at 7:30 p.m.
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