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Bears fall hard at East Central

By: Michael D. Gunnell, Southwest Sports Information
Roydell Brown

Men's Basketball | 12/4/2017 11:18:00 PM

The road was unkind to the Bears Monday night as they opened MACJC South Division play with a 93-67 in Decatur to the East Central Warriors. The loss, their initial one of the season, left the Bears 8-1 overall while East Central moved to 5-3.

The first half gave no indication of what was to come as the game was tied four times while the teams swapped leads five times. Roydell Brown nailed a three pointer to give the Bears an early lead. They took their largest lead of the half, 16-10, on a pair of T J Ben free throws with 14:06 left on the clock.

A 10-0 run by East Central left them with a 20-16 advantage with 12:24 before the break. A pair of Jeremy Harrell buckets served as bookends for a 10-2 run by the Bears that put them ahead 26-22 with 8:30 showing.

The Bears held a 30-28 lead with 5:39 on the clock. East Central then scored 14 of the final 21 points of the half to take a 42-37 lead into the locker room at the end of the half.

A 9-0 run to open the second half left East Central on top 51-37 with 16:24 left in the game. Devon Benson's jumper with 14:58 to go cut the Bears' deficit to 54-45, but that would be as close as they would get the rest of the way. A 17-5 run midway through the second half put East Central on top 71-50 with 9:52 to go. They took their biggest lead of the game, 90-60, with 3:25 left and went on to record the 26-point victory.

Brown had a double-double, with 20 points and 14 rebounds, to lead the Bears. Harrell was also in double figures with 15 points. The Bears made 17 of 22 free throws.

East Central's Roti Ware topped all scorers with 29 points. The home team made 18 of 25 free throws.

After taking time off for the Christmas and New Years' holidays, the Bears return to action on January 8 when they travel to Moorhead to face the Mississippi Delta Trojans.
 
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Players Mentioned

Jeremy Harrell

#1 Jeremy Harrell

F/C
6' 7"
Sophomore
TJ Ben

#21 TJ Ben

G/F
6' 4"
Freshman
Roydell Brown

#22 Roydell Brown

G
6' 5"
Sophomore
Devon Benson

#24 Devon Benson

F/C
6' 7"
Redshirt Freshman

Players Mentioned

Jeremy Harrell

#1 Jeremy Harrell

6' 7"
Sophomore
F/C
TJ Ben

#21 TJ Ben

6' 4"
Freshman
G/F
Roydell Brown

#22 Roydell Brown

6' 5"
Sophomore
G
Devon Benson

#24 Devon Benson

6' 7"
Redshirt Freshman
F/C