{"id":16900,"date":"2014-11-25T22:36:55","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T04:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=16900"},"modified":"2017-08-14T10:39:59","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T15:39:59","slug":"tigers-pull-out-a-hard-fought-win-at-newman-82-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=16900","title":{"rendered":"Tigers Pull Out a Hard Fought Win at Newman, 82-75"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fort Hays State moved to 3-2 overall with a hard-fought 82-75 at Newman University on Tuesday evening (Nov. 25) in Wichita, Kan. A 6-0 run with just over six minutes to play pushed the Tigers to a 10-point advantage and they held on down the stretch.<\/p>\n<p>A 9-0 run by the Jets early in the first half helped push them to an eight-point advantage of 20-12, but the Tigers reeled them in with a 12-3 run between the 9:56 and 3:21 marks. The teams traded leads the remainder of the half, with FHSU going ahead 41-39 on a buzzer-beating three-quarter court shot by <dfn><a id=\"sidearmAd1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fhsuathletics.com\/roster.aspx?rp_id=2513\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2513\">Achoki Moikobu<\/a><\/dfn>.<\/p>\n<p>FHSU pushed its lead to six to open the second half, but Newman came back to take a 48-47 lead with 16:28 to go. But the Tigers countered with a <dfn><a id=\"sidearmAd2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fhsuathletics.com\/roster.aspx?rp_id=2518\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2518\">Dom Samac<\/a><\/dfn> stick back off a rebound and a Moikobu 3-point field goal to take a four-point lead. FHSU would not relinquish the lead from that point, although Newman continued to apply pressure. The 6-0 run that happened with just over six minutes to play pushed the Tiger lead to 10 and Newman could not cut it closer than five the rest of the way.<\/p>\n<p><dfn><a id=\"sidearmAd3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fhsuathletics.com\/roster.aspx?rp_id=2515\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2515\">Jake Stoppel<\/a><\/dfn> and <dfn><a id=\"sidearmAd4\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fhsuathletics.com\/roster.aspx?rp_id=2518\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2518\">Dom Samac<\/a><\/dfn> had hard-nose effort for the Tigers on the glass, combining for 23 rebounds. Each had a double-double, Stoppel 11 points and 12 rebounds, Samac with 14 points and 11 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p><dfn><a id=\"sidearmAd5\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fhsuathletics.com\/roster.aspx?rp_id=2514\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"2514\">Craig Nicholson<\/a><\/dfn> led the Tigers with 25 points on 9-of-18 shooting from the field and a 5-of-10 effort at the free-throw line. He also added a team-high seven assists. Moikobu also reached double figures in scoring with 14 points, canning three 3-point field goals in the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers shot 47.8 percent from the field for the game and hit six three-point field goals. The Tigers had an uncharacteristic poor effort at the free-throw line of 54.5 percent (12-of-22), but still overcame it by holding the Jets to 39 percent shooting from the field and 28.6 percent beyond the 3-point line.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers return home to host Sterling College on Saturday (Nov. 29) at 4 pm in Hays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fort Hays State moved to 3-2 overall with a hard-fought 82-75 at Newman University on Tuesday evening (Nov. 25) in Wichita, Kan. 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