Oklahoma Panhandle State University

Box Score Goodwell, Okla.—The OPSU men's basketball team is off to a good start this season and now own a 4-1 record after a 93-76 win over Ecclesia College Thursday evening. Aggie guard Antonio Manns, Jr. was in full form scoring 34 points against the Royals, just two points shy of his career high at OPSU.

The Aggies gained their largest lead of the game in the first half going up 46-25 at the 5:12 mark. The Royals narrowed the gap to a 14-point margin by the end of the first half which ended with the Aggies up 53-39. At the break Manns was the game's leading scorer with 17 points shooting 6-8 from the field and a perfect 4-4 from three-point range.

Foul troubles plagued both teams throughout the game prompting 47 points from the Ecclesia bench and 34 points from OPSU's non-starters. With less than seven minutes remaining in the game, the Royals edged to within nine points of the Aggies after a successful three-point attempt from backup guard David Gaut. However, continued fouls set the Aggies up to score 12 of their final 16 points from the line to notch a 17-point win over Ecclesia.

In the second half alone the Royals committed 12 turnovers and 16 player fouls resulting in 26 points added for the Aggies. OPSU shooters averaged 83.3 percent from the line missing only five free-throws for the game. The Aggies averaged 50.8 percent from the field and 44.4 percent from beyond the arc.

On top of Manns' game-high of 34 points, he also contributed six rebounds and two assists on the night. The game's second-highest scorer was Ecclesia's Chris White who also earned the only double-double of the night with 23 points and ten rebounds. Marquavius Williams had a team-high of seven rebounds for the Aggies and offered three assists, two blocks and four steals. Freshman Dedrick Shannon, Jr. led the game in assists with 11 and senior DeShawn Dean was productive for the Aggies scoring 16 points with five rebounds.

Head Coach Jerry Olson was "pleased with the win" but "not so pleased" with the team's energy saying, "I thought we had very poor body language and weren't playing in real stances defensively. It seemed like Ecclesia was more interested in playing than we were, but I give them a lot of credit; they went right by us and played well and hard the entire game." Of his leading scorer Olson added, "Thank God Antonio showed up!"

The Aggies will play their final home game of the fall this Saturday against Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College; tip-off at 7 p.m. The women's team will also compete on Saturday at 5 p.m. against Northern New Mexico in their last game until the New Year.

Saturday is also the last day for Aggie fans to contribute to the Aggies CAN Make a Difference food drive and be entered into a drawing to win a personalized OPSU basketball jersey and signed Aggie basketball; the drawing will take place at halftime of the men's game.