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Scoreboard

MBB
Dr. Wesley Kluck
67
Ouachita OUA 8-7, (6-7 GAC)
69
Winner Southern Arkansas SAUM 7-10, (5-6 GAC)
Ouachita OUA
8-7, (6-7 GAC)
67
Final
69
Southern Arkansas SAUM
7-10, (5-6 GAC)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Ouachita OUA 35 32 67
Southern Arkansas SAUM 35 34 69

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Kyle Parris

Tigers edged out by Muleriders, 69-67

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. - The Ouachita Tigers' men's basketball team fell to the Muleriders of Southern Arkansas University on Saturday in Magnolia by a final of 69-67. Lakee Westbrook led Ouachita with 18 points, including five three-pointers. Carven Holcolmbe added 16 while Justin McCleary And Mahlon Martin scored 12 and 10 respectively. It was the second loss in-a-row for Ouachita who now stand at 8-7 overall and 6-5 in conference play. 

The Muleriders opened the game with a 9-0 run while the Tigers missed their first four shots of the game. Justin McCleary got the Tigers on the board with a three and then followed it up with a jumper to cut the SAU lead to four. With 15:42 left remaining in the first, Jordan Corbitt knocked down a three and started a run of 14 consecutive points by the Tigers. The run was capped by Lakee Westbrook's long-range three to give the Tigers a 19-11 lead with 11:34 to play in the first. Ouachita held their lead until the final minutes of the first half, when SAU tied it at 35-35. That score would hold heading into halftime. 

Carven Holcolmbe scored all 16 of his points in the second half to lead Ouachita. The senior went 7-11 from the floor in the final period. Southern Arkansas grabbed a lead early in the second half and held it until the 11:57 mark. Holcolmbe scored in the paint off the pass by Corbitt to give Ouachita their first lead in the half since the opening possession. The changed back and forth between the two teams over the next five minutes. Ouachita's Mahlon Martin knocked down a three with 6:42 to play putting the Tigers up 61-57. The four-point lead was the team's largest of the second half.With 4:57 left to play, Holcolmbe knocked down two free throws to give his team a 65-63 lead. SAU scored the next six points to build a 69-67 lead. The Tigers had a chance to win at the buzzer after a steal by Westbrook. He got the ball to Corbitt, who's three-point attempt fell just short.

Ouachita travels to Oklahoma next week to face Southern Nazarene (Jan. 26) and Oklahoma Baptist (Jan. 28).  
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