Men's Basketball | 1/16/2018 3:30:00 PM
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Box Score 2 Plainview, Texas—The Sooner Athletic Conference currently holds seven Top-25 ranked teams among the sports of men's and women's basketball. Panhandle State fell to two such opponents Monday evening as Wayland Baptist claimed victory over both Aggie basketball teams.
The Aggie women suffered a 65-39 loss to a No. 5-ranked WBU team, and the Aggie men took a 20-point loss (94-74) to the No. 21 Pioneers. Monday's first matchup saw the Aggie women trailing 39-15 at the half. The Aggies failed to break the double-digit mark in the first two periods of play, scoring six points in the first and nine in the second. After halftime, the Aggies got into gear and put up 15 points in the third quarter and surpassed their first-half efforts with nine points in the fourth.
Addison Munsch and
Madison Dearmin brought in team-high numbers in points, putting up 12 apiece. Dearmin led the Aggies at the boards with eight rebounds and Munsch matched at six rebounds with teammate
Hannah Faulks. Panhandle State was outmatched in scoring off the bench 31-5, and lost the turnover margin 24-16. The Aggie women drop to a 9-6 record on the season and hold a 2-6 record within the conference.
Off to a sluggish start, the Aggie men's team was unable to find the basket early in the game, as they were outscored 12-0 in the first three minutes of play.
Brandon Green and
Bronson Burns opened scoring with back-to-back threes for the Aggies, and
DK Sumo and
Jace Kerr got in on the action adding three points each on long-distance shots to pull Panhandle within six point of their opponents at the 14:18 mark (18-12). By halftime, the Pioneers held a ten-point advantage 46-36, which they would double by the midway mark of the second half. The Aggies trailed by as much as 26 points (77-51) with 9:40 left on the clock, but would keep battling throughout the remainder of the game.
Freshman guard
Tucker Powell led the Aggies in scoring with 13 points off the bench, followed by starters
Chandler Bryer and
Jaedon Whitfield who each scored 11 points and
Tyler Pate with ten. Whitfield notched his 13
th double-double of the season with 11 rebounds to match points scored. Freshman
Hank Harrel also added eight bench points along with
Thomas Ellis and
Dillan Landers who combined for seven; Ellis brought down five rebounds off the bench as well. The Aggie men now sit 9-6 overall and sit 3-5 in SAC play.
Head Coach
Jerry Olson felt his team was limited due to injuries to his top scorers, "At this time of year you need to stay healthy and, unfortunately
Jace Kerr and
Tyler Pate both got injured last week. They tried playing through and, for that, I admire their toughness." Olson gave due credit to Wayland stating, "They played great and were better than we were. Coach Harrelson does a nice job with them and the addition of two bigs at semester changed them big time." He added, "We need to bounce back quickly because we face a tough, athletic Central Christian on Thursday."
Both Aggie teams will travel to McPherson, Kan. Thursday for matchups against Central Christian College starting with the women's game at 6 p.m. From there the Aggies head to Oklahoma City to take on top-ranked OCU on Saturday. Fans can follow along with live stats and video feed for all four Sooner Athletic Conference performances. Links are available online at opsuaggies.com.
