THE RUNDOWN
Thursday night at The Burg Center DBU (19-6, 13-2 LSC) steamrolled Oklahoma Christian (9-12, 4-11 LSC), 94-69.
Xavion Brown led the Patriots with 15 points on 77.8% shooting, while hauling in seven rebounds and dishing out six assists.
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Brown opened the scoring with a layup, but the Eagles would jump out to a 10-4 lead just three minutes into the game. The Patriots would respond with a whopping 24-2 run led by
Trevor Frank's seven points, establishing separation in the box score early. Leading 28-12 with nine minutes left in the frame, the Patriots would slowly add to their lead as the half began to wind down.
Bishop Jones threw down a fastbreak dunk with 40 seconds left to put an exclamation point on a monstrous first half for the Patriots. DBU went to the locker room holding a 41-21 lead over the Eagles.
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Trevor Frank led all Patriots with seven points in the first half, supported by
Xavion Brown,
Drew Calderon, and
Bishop Jones, who each had six.
Cody Stevens led everyone on the floor with six rebounds in the opening frame, as DBU outrebounded OC 26-15 in the first 20 minutes.
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Less than three minutes into the second half,
Trevor Frank would send a half-court lob to
Xavion Brown for a highlight reel alley-oop dunk, sending the home crowd into a frenzy. The Patriot defense was able to prevent any comeback threat that Oklahoma Christian offered, as neither team was able to muster a run of more than six points in the entire frame.
Xavion Brown and
Justin Haire dropped nine and eight points, respectively, to lead the second-half DBU offense, and
Daniel Figueira turned in two three-pointers, which led everyone on the floor.
Jerrin Canafax dribbled out the clock as the Patriots improved to 13-2 in LSC play with a 25-point win.
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THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- DBU held OC to a 28.6% field goal percentage in the first half tonight.
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Cody Stevens finished one rebound shy of a double-double tonight (ten points).
- Tonight, DBU forced 20 turnovers for the 16th time this season.
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INSIDE THE NUMBERS
1 -
Dr. Blake Flickner sits one win removed from 400 in his head coaching career (399-222).
2 - For the second time this season,
Xavion Brown swatted away two shots in one game.
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Trevor Frank sits three removed from 200 career three-pointers.
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COMING UP NEXT
DBU will remain home on Saturday to take on Cameron. Tip-off from The Burg Center is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
