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MBB | Dockery vs ATU 1.14.17
Brenna Johnson
90
Winner Arkansas Tech ATU-M 9-3, (5-3 GAC)
88
Southern Arkansas SAUM 6-8, (4-4 GAC)
Winner
Arkansas Tech ATU-M
9-3, (5-3 GAC)
90
Final
88
Southern Arkansas SAUM
6-8, (4-4 GAC)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Arkansas Tech ATU-M 46 44 90
Southern Arkansas SAUM 40 48 88

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | By: Jacob Pumphrey

Four Muleriders score in double figures; edged out by Arkansas Tech, 90-88

MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Despite four players in double figure scoring, led by sophomore CJ Elkins' game-high 23 points, a career-high 17 points from junior Darnell Jones-Bowie and double-doubles from junior Snyder Cenecharles and senior De'Sean Dockery, the Southern Arkansas Mulerider Basketball team dropped a tight Great American Conference contest to Arkansas Tech on Saturday afternoon as the Wonder Boys claimed a 90-88 road victory inside the W.T. Watson Center.
 
RECORDS
Arkansas Tech (8-3, 4-3 GAC)
Southern Arkansas (6-7, 4-3 GAC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Down 75-65 with 8:17 to play in the game, Southern Arkansas turned to Elkins and Jones-Bowie as the duo exchanged trips to the charity stripe in three consecutive possessions, shooting 5-of-6 collectively, to make it a five-point contest.
  • After a Tech basket on the next trip down the floor, Dockery answered with a running jumper and following a hustle rebound on the defensive end by junior KJ Collins, Cenecharles delivered with a pair of free throws to cut the Wonder Boy lead to three, 77-74.
  • Moments later, Dockery again used a strong drive to the bucket, relying on the glass, to cut the Mulerider deficit to 77-76 with 5:04 to play.
  • Cenecharles would again cash in at the free throw line, converting a pair of attempts to pull SAU to within a point, 81-80.
  • That was the closest Southern Arkansas would come to cracking the Tech lead down the stretch as the Wonder Boys picked up a pair of offensive rebounds on the ensuing possession out of the under-4 media timeout to cushion their lead back to five.
  • ATU led 46-40 at the intermission, while SAU outscored Tech 48-44 in the second half.
 
FOR SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
  • Elkins' fifth 20-point game this season came on 7-of-13 shooting from the floor, while shooting 8-of-11 from the free-throw line. He finished a rebound shy of a double-double while adding three assists and a pair of steals in a team-high 38 minutes of work. Elkins surged in the second half scoring 21 of his 23 points in the final twenty minutes.
  • Jones-Bowie's career-high scoring night came in 36 minutes of action and he added four rebounds, three assists, one block and a steal.
  • Cenecharles and Dockery each scored 17 points and grabbed ten rebounds, while shooting a combined 9-for-12 from the free throw line. Cenecharles finished with three assists and Dockery collected a pair of steals.
  • Senior Tony Aska registered a game-high 11 rebounds.
 
FOR THE OPPOSITION
  • Justin Graham led the offensive attack for Arkansas Tech with team-highs in points (21) and assists (7), while Alex Brown followed with 20 points. Montrell Williams and Freddy Lee added 14 and 11 points, respectively, to conclude double figure scoring for the Wonder Boys.
  • Bennie Lufile collected a team-high 10 rebounds and finished a bucket shy of a double-double effort.
  • Graham and Trevin Woods recorded three steals each, while Montrell Williams and Branden Williams added a pair of blocks apiece.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Tech turned 11 SAU turnovers into 14 points, while the Muleriders scored eight points off of six ATU turnovers. The Wonder Boys edged SAU in second chance points (18-17), while Southern Arkansas received 20 points from their bench to ATU's 16 bench points.
  • The Muleriders dominated in the paint scoring 42 points. Arkansas Tech scored 28 paint points, and used 14-of-37 (37.8%) shooting from long range to decide the game; an opponent-high for three-point attempts this season.
  • SAU out-rebounded Arkansas Tech, 51-41. The 51 rebounds are the second-most in a game this season for the Muleriders.
  • SAU's 88 points were a season-high, while ATU's 90 were an opponent high. The Muleriders also set a team-high in shot attempts in league play with 67.
 
UP NEXT
  • Southern Arkansas faces a quick turnaround and will be back in action on Monday, January 16, for a 7:30 p.m. tip-off with "Rivalry Monday" foe and 22nd-ranked Arkansas-Monticello inside the W.T. Watson Center in Magnolia.
  • Live stats for the contest can be found here: http://www.sidearmstats.com/saumag/mbball/.
  • Live video will also be provided: https://livestream.com/accounts/10140781.
  • Be sure to visit muleriderathletics.com for continuing coverage of Mulerider Basketball including pre- and post-game updates and weekly game notes.
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