La Grande, Ore. – The No. 1 ranked Eastern Oregon men’s basketball team (21-1, 9-1 CCC) defeated Oregon Tech (11-11, 2-8 CCC) tonight in a Cascade Collegiate Conference match-up at Quinn Coliseum, 88-75.
Senior Jason Mumm led all scorers with 17 points and 4 rebounds. Senior Anthony Brown chipped in 14 points and 4 rebounds.
OIT was led by David Clarke with 16 points and 4 rebounds, teammate Dani Lopez ended the game with 10 points and 8 rebounds. .
Early on the Mountaineers jumped out to an early lead holding the Owls to 6 points in the first five minutes while posting 19 points on the scoreboard. Midway through the half the Mountaineers held a 23-11 lead and would go into the locker room up 43-33.
EOU shot 16-of-36 (44%) from the field in the first half and 5-of-15 (33% ) from behind the arc. Oregon Tech would shoot 13-of-32 (40%) from the field and 5-of-15 (33%) from behind the arc.
In the second half the Mountaineers would come out and go on a 13-0 run and to take their largest lead of the game, 23, led by Mumm’s 7 point spurt. The Owls would go on a run of their own to stop the bleeding and cut the lead down to 13 with 11:39 on the clock.
For the remainder of the half the Mountaineers would maintain their double digit lead to sweep the Owls for the first time in 33 years.
EOU shot 34-of- 72 (47%) from the field and 8-of-25 from the three. OIT ended the game shooting 28-of-65(43%) from the field and 10-of-28 (35%) from behind the arc.
The Mountaineers won the rebound battle grabbing 43 rebounds compared to OIT’s 37 and outscored OIT in points in the paint, 42-26.
EOU will play at home again tomorrow against Southern Oregon University, game time is set for 7:30 p.m. Live stats and video will be available at EOUsports.com.