EOU Men’s Basketball Slips Late at Arizona Christian 11/17/2018 7:33:01 PM PHOENIX, Ariz. – The Eastern Oregon men’s basketball team’s road woes continued on Saturday afternoon, falling 106-92 at Arizona Christian. The Mountaineers (2-6) have played six games on the road this season with all six contests ending in losses. However, Saturday was the highest point total the Mounties had put up in a road game thus far. Sophomore Jordan May once again led the EOU offense with 26 points, adding five rebounds. Junior Landon Jones had 16 points with a team-high eight rebounds, sophomore Kobi Gardea had 15 points and junior Joel Anderson added 13 points and six assists. The Mounties had a slow start, falling behind 22-8 in the first eight minutes of the game. Over the next six minutes, however, EOU went on a 13-3 run to tie the score at 25 apiece. The Mounties and Firestorm battled over the final six minutes of the half, with EOU holding a 48-45 lead after layups by Anderson and sophomore Peter Hamilton to end the first 20 minutes. EOU took its largest lead of the game at six points, 58-52, after Gardea dropped a three pointer with 16:13 left to play. However, the Firestorm reclaimed the advantage 63-60 with 13:39 and never gave it up. The Mountaineers tied the score 70-70, but ACU 36-22 the rest of the way to win the game. The Blue and Gold shot a solid 42.5 percent from the field, but allowed the Firestorm to make nearly 53 percent of their shots. Fouls were another big story in the game as the Mounties had 38, allowing ACU to get to the free-throw line 51 times. Five different players fouled out for EOU. Eastern will be back in action looking to get back in the win column next Friday at the College of Idaho Tournament in Caldwell, Idaho. They will face Montana Western on Friday at 5 p.m. Mountain time and Northwest Indian on Saturday at 5 p.m. Mountain time. For more information on Eastern Oregon men’s basketball, follow @EOUAthletics or visit eousports.com. FOLLOW EOU ATHLETICS Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Contact: Iain Dexter; 541-962-3946; idexter@eou.edu