Moun'Tae Edmundson/Men's Basketball | Oklahoma Christian University
Moun'Tae Edmundson/Men's Basketball | Oklahoma Christian University
The Eagles returned to the Nest for their last home game of the month to take on St. Mary.
The matchup started with the team's exchanging baskets with a Moun'Tae Edmundson three that brought the score to 11-9 St. Mary's, but then the Rattlers struck with a 9-0 run, and the rattlers held a lead in the range of 9-12 points, until late in the first half.
The Eagles continued to try to widdle the score down, and Antonio Gordon brought some momentum to the Eagles side with a thunderous dunk at the end of the half to cut the lead to 32-23 heading into the break.
Karlyn Kenner led the Eagles with 6 points at the break to go with three assists, and Drew Tennial and Shane Perales each scored 5 points in the half.
St. Mary's opened the half on fire, and their lead grew to 19 points with 13:39 remaining, but Oklahoma Christian didn't back down and continued to battle. With 4:40 remaining, a pair of free throws from D.J. Walter cut the lead down to 9 and brought the crowd back into the game. As the Eagles tried to cut into the deficit, the Rattlers continued to answer and held on to win 72-59.
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