Fourth-ranked Oklahoma Baptist used runs of 11-0 and 12-0 in the second half to shake free from No. 22 Lubbock Christian in Sooner Athletic Conference women’s basketball action Saturday in Shawnee.
The OBU men then completed the sweep with an 85-71 triumph.
Gabi Mattox and Taujhnae Travis led the Lady Bison with 21 points and nine rebounds apiece.
The first half witnessed 15 lead changes with OBU trailing by as many as six in the half and by a 35-34 count at intermission. LCU got out to a 39-34 lead with the first two baskets of the second half before the Lady Bison got things rolling.
An 11-0 run with five points by Travis and four by Ashley Harrell gave OBU a 45-39 lead with 16;13 to play.
Lubbock Christian tied the score at 50-50, but the Lady Bison scored seven in a row (five by Travis) to take a 57-50 edge. Brittany Hampton tallied a three for LCU to make it a three-point game with 5:44 to go, but OBU answered with a 12-0 game-clincher.
Travis scored eight and Mattox added four to push the lead out to its biggest expanse, 73-58, with 1:21 to play.
OBU dominated the glass with 46 boards to 23, including 19 offensive rebounds that the Lady Bison turned into a 21-7 advantage in second-chance points.
Harrell added 14 points and four blocked shots for the OBU ladies.
Now 20-2 on the season and 13-1 in the Sooner Athletic Conference, the Lady Bison host Shawnee rival St. Gregory’s Tuesday at 6 p.m.
OBU 85, Lubbock Christian 71 (Men)
After trailing by as many as nine points during the first half, second-ranked OBU tore through Lubbock Christian.
The Bison struggled to one of their worst-shooting halves of the season, hitting 43 percent in the opening 20 minutes and missing six of seven attempts from 3-point range.
Meanwhile, Lubbock Christian took the lead midway through the first half and had a 38-29 advantage with 3:09 left in the half.
OBU got the lead down to four, 40-36, by halftime.
The Bison were down seven points 19 seconds into the second half before Nate Brumfield fed Garrett Steinmetz for a basket to trigger an 11-0 run. Steinmetz had five points and Brumfield four in the charge.
Brumfield scored twice more on layups and Steinmetz canned a three-pointer for a 54-44 OBU edge wiith 14:46 to go.
The Bison used a pair of 7-0 runs to pull out to a 74-59 edge and then went 8-for-8 at the line in an 8-0 run to seize an 83-61 advantage with 2:40 left.
Brumfield led the Bison with 25 points and 11 rebounds, while Kevin Swinton added 17 points and 10 boards. Steinmetz had a dozen points and A.J. Hawkins contributed 10.
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Fourth-ranked Oklahoma Baptist used runs of 11-0 and 12-0 in the second half to shake free from No. 22 Lubbock Christian in Sooner Athletic Conference women’s basketball action Saturday in Shawnee.
The OBU men then completed the sweep with an 85-71 triumph.
Gabi Mattox and Taujhnae Travis led the Lady Bison with 21 points and nine rebounds apiece.
The first half witnessed 15 lead changes with OBU trailing by as many as six in the half and by a 35-34 count at intermission. LCU got out to a 39-34 lead with the first two baskets of the second half before the Lady Bison got things rolling.
An 11-0 run with five points by Travis and four by Ashley Harrell gave OBU a 45-39 lead with 16;13 to play.
Lubbock Christian tied the score at 50-50, but the Lady Bison scored seven in a row (five by Travis) to take a 57-50 edge. Brittany Hampton tallied a three for LCU to make it a three-point game with 5:44 to go, but OBU answered with a 12-0 game-clincher.
Travis scored eight and Mattox added four to push the lead out to its biggest expanse, 73-58, with 1:21 to play.
OBU dominated the glass with 46 boards to 23, including 19 offensive rebounds that the Lady Bison turned into a 21-7 advantage in second-chance points.
Harrell added 14 points and four blocked shots for the OBU ladies.
Now 20-2 on the season and 13-1 in the Sooner Athletic Conference, the Lady Bison host Shawnee rival St. Gregory’s Tuesday at 6 p.m.
OBU 85, Lubbock Christian 71 (Men)
After trailing by as many as nine points during the first half, second-ranked OBU tore through Lubbock Christian.
The Bison struggled to one of their worst-shooting halves of the season, hitting 43 percent in the opening 20 minutes and missing six of seven attempts from 3-point range.
Meanwhile, Lubbock Christian took the lead midway through the first half and had a 38-29 advantage with 3:09 left in the half.
OBU got the lead down to four, 40-36, by halftime.
The Bison were down seven points 19 seconds into the second half before Nate Brumfield fed Garrett Steinmetz for a basket to trigger an 11-0 run. Steinmetz had five points and Brumfield four in the charge.
Brumfield scored twice more on layups and Steinmetz canned a three-pointer for a 54-44 OBU edge wiith 14:46 to go.
The Bison used a pair of 7-0 runs to pull out to a 74-59 edge and then went 8-for-8 at the line in an 8-0 run to seize an 83-61 advantage with 2:40 left.
Brumfield led the Bison with 25 points and 11 rebounds, while Kevin Swinton added 17 points and 10 boards. Steinmetz had a dozen points and A.J. Hawkins contributed 10.
