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Men's Basketball By: Daniel Gallegos

Muleriders breeze past Champion Baptist 118-57

Box Score

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – The Southern Arkansas men's basketball team took to the court for their final non-conference game of the season on Tuesday night in the W.T. Watson Center and their opponents, Champion Baptist, were no match as the Muleriders led wire-to-wire and cruised to a 118-57 win.
 
The lopsided Mulerider (9-8) victory yielded scoring career-highs for a couple of Mulerider players as Tre'von Wilkerson and Aaron Francis each had their best offensive games of the season. Wilkerson would lead the team in scoring with 23 points on 9-of-11 shooting and Francis would score in double figures for the first time this season as he scored 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting. Francis also recorded his first double-double of the season as he pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds.
 
Four other Muleriders would contribute heavily to the scoring as they also scored in double figures in the game. Among those four, Nemo Sanchez scored 19 points. Behind Sanchez was Jeffrey Walker with 18 points and Reece Dunlap and Chauncy Williams added 15 points and 14 points, respectively.
 
Helping pace the potent offense on Tuesday night was DeAndre Scott and Wilkerson. Scott dished out a team-high seven assists while Wilkerson added five of his own. As a team, the Muleriders passed out 18 assists.  
 
As a team, the Muleriders shot 60% (44-of-74) overall from the floor and were 14-of-29 (48%) from beyond the arc. At the free throw line, the Muleriders were 16-of-23 (70%).
 
Defensively, the Muleriders forced 27 turnovers and turned those miscues into 41 points on the other end. 22 of those 17 turnovers came via the steal and the Muleriders also blocked four shots.
 
The Muleriders will now turn their attention to a crucial road trip over the weekend as they will travel to Oklahoma for a pair of GAC games. The first of those games is a Thursday night showdown with the GAC's top-team, Southwestern Oklahoma. The first time these two teams met back in late November, Southwestern Oklahoma came away with a 76-68 win. Tip-off for that game is set for 7:30 p.m.
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