Mighty Oaks Take Down Eutectics

OAKLAND CITY, IND. – Coming off a thrilling come-from-behind victory at home over Kansas Christian College on Saturday, the Eutectic men's basketball team (2-6) took to the road on Tuesday, looking to return home from Indiana with another tick in the "W" column. The Oakland City University Mighty Oaks (1-4), however, hosting the Eutectics for their home opener, earned their first win of the season with a 93-64 victory over UHSP.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

OAKLAND CITY 93, UHSP 64

• The Eutectics were the first to mark the board after Justin Coleman stole the ball and dished it off for a layup by Brennan Walker.
• The teams were neck-and-neck for much of the first half with UHSP holding a slight advantage.
• With eight minutes left in the first half, Coleman drained two free throws to give the Eutectics a 24-23 lead. Less than 30 seconds late, however, the Mighty Oaks' Dior Davis snagged a defensive rebound and scored on a jump shot that would spark an OCU offensive charge and give the home team a lead they would not relinquish for the rest of the game.
• After a halftime lead of 39-28, the Mighty Oaks fended off Eutectics challenges, maintaining a 10-12-point lead for the first 10 minutes of the second half.
• After a seven-point scoring run, the OCU team extended its lead to 69-52 with 8:40 left in the game and continued to outscore the Eutectics 54-36 in the second half for the 93-64 final score.
• The Eutectics shot a respectable 43% from the floor (26-60), but the Mighty Oaks outdid them with 61% (38-62), while pulling down nine more rebounds (37-28) and forcing 17 Eutectic turnovers.
• Eutectic high scorer Landon Engelage scored 10 of his 14 points in the first half. Jasmin Suvalija (11) and Bryant Odunayo (10) also scored in double digits for UHSP. Coleman (8), Walker (8), Christian Harwood (8), and Braeden Jordan (5) also scored for the Eutectics.
• OCU's Dior Davis led all scorers with 20 points, while teammate Chris Grubbs just missed a double double with 19 points and nine rebounds.

UP NEXT:

After an exhibition game at University of Missouri-St. Louis on Friday night, the Eutectics will return to their home court on Monday, Dec. 1, hosting former American Midwest Conference foe William Woods University at 6 p.m.