California Baptist University
9-4,0-0WAC
Ottawa University Arizona
0-2
Lancers Close Out 2019 Victorious
12/28/2019 9:58:00 PM | Men's Basketball
RIVERSIDE – A big second half and overall balanced effort helped California Baptist University close out 2019 with a 17-point victory over Ottawa University of Arizona on Saturday night.
The Lancers cruised to a 92-75 win thanks to an impressive 47-31 advantage in the second half. Five players scored at least nine points for CBU, with Glenn Morison's double-double of 18 points on eight-for-nine shooting, 11 rebounds, two blocks, and two assists leading the way.
Extra effort by Glenn Morison! That's his third and-one of the first half!#LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/GDhmDDVrbZ
— CBU MBB 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 (@CBUmbb) December 29, 2019
Milan Acquaah filled up the stat sheet with 17 points, seven assists, seven rebounds, and two steals. Ferron Flavors Jr. added 13 points and six rebounds, while De'jon Davis also had a double-double on 12 points and 12 rebounds. Tre Armstrong added 10 points, while Reed Nottage had nine in 18 minutes.
Nottage knocks down his third triple of the night. #LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/SzpIDOerCm
— CBU MBB 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 (@CBUmbb) December 29, 2019
CBU improves to 9-4 heading into 2020, and Western Athletic Conference play, while Ottawa falls to 4-8 on the year. The Lancers end their six-game homestand undefeated in December, and open league action with two tough games against The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and NM State on Thursday and Saturday at 7 p.m. in the CBU Events Center.
The Vaqueros finished fourth in the WAC and played in the Collegeinside.com Tournament last season. The Aggies ended 2018-19 with a 30-5 record and won the conference's regular-season and tournament championships to earn the WAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. NM State's lone conference loss last year came at CBU on a score of 82-76 on Jan. 3, 2019.
Despite the lopsided final score, the Lancers went into halftime holding a 45-44 lead. CBU began building on its advantage about halfway through the second half. The Lancers went on an 11-5 run in less than four minutes, thanks to a trio of three-pointers – one each from Acquaah, Flavors, and Armstrong.
It matched CBU's largest lead of the game at 10, 67-57, with 9:42 left in regulation. The Lancers then closed out the final four minutes of the contest on a 17-8 run. CBU knocked down three more triples down the stretch – one each from Acquaah, Nottage, and Jordan Gonzalez – to push the lead as high as 20, 92-72, in the final seconds.
The Lancers knocked down seven of their 10 threes on a 43.8 percent clip (7-for-16) in the second half. Flavors led CBU's offense in the second half with 11 points over the final 20 minutes. Morison scored a team-high 14 points on a perfect six-for-six shooting in the first half.
