The Basics
Score: Evangel 98, Faith Baptist 63
Location: Springfield, Mo. (AGFinancial Arena)
Records: Evangel (2-0)
Box Score
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Evangel Men's Basketball returned to action on Monday (Nov. 3) evening, taking on the Faith Baptist Eagles in AGFinancial Arena. The Valor jumped out to a big advantage early on Monday and never looked back, taking a dominant 98-63 win over the Eagles.
The Evangel offense jumped out to a big lead early, going on a 15-0 run with a pair of three pointers from Tommy Pinegar and a three from Isaac Wootton to pace scoring. Faith Baptist scored five points to slow Evangel's run, but Harrison Doennig began to get hot from the floor, scoring a three and layup to extend the EU lead to 23-5. Luke Foster went 2-2 over the final eight minutes of play and buried four free throws to help Evangel continue to extend their lead and late in the first half, a Doennig rebound gave the redshirt junior a double-double in the first half alone, as EU led, 54-27, at the break.
All players earned time in the second half, as Clayton Garrison led the Valor in the second half, scoring 10 points. Pinegar opened the second half with a three pointer, followed by back-to-back baskets from Garrison. The Valor continued to force the Eagles to turn the ball over, as a run out on a Jordyn Turner steal led to a slam to give EU their largest lead of the night, 93-52, with 6:09 remaining in the game. Paxton Ledbetter and Ryder Rowden scored their first collegiate baskets late in the second half, as Evangel came away with a 98-63 win on Monday.
QUOTABLE
"After a shaky first game, I thought we came out tonight and executed really well on both ends of the floor," said head coach Bert Capel. "We had some things we needed to get better at and I thought we did that tonight. We just need to keep getting better each game."
NOTABLE
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Harrison Doennig led Evangel with 17 points and 12 rebounds in the win.
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Clayton Garrison (16 pts.), Luke Foster (14 pts.), and Jordyn Turner (10 pts.) rounded out double digit scoring on Monday.
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Evangel outrebounded Faith Baptist, 52-36, in the win.
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The Valor shot 48.8 percent from the floor, forcing the Eagles to shoot just 27.9 percent.
UP NEXT
Evangel MBB hosts longtime rival, College of the Ozarks, next Wednesday (Nov. 11) night at 7:30 p.m. in AGFinancial Arena.
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