FHSU Sports Information Department<\/p>\n
HAYS, Kan. – Rob Davis was absolutely on fire Saturday afternoon (Jan. 16) at Gross Memorial Coliseum, helping Fort Hays State to a 91-74 win over Central Oklahoma. Davis scorched the nets with a career-high 36 points, hitting eight 3-point field goals and finishing 13-of-18 overall from the field. The Tigers moved to 13-4 overall and 7-4 in the MIAA with the win and back into third place in the MIAA standings, just one game back of the conference lead.<\/p>\n
Davis finished one 3-point field goal shy of the single-game record at FHSU of nine, held by Rodney Malloy and Geoff Eck, but he was nearly flawless in dropping his eight 3-pointers going 8-of-10 beyond the arc. He also knifed to the basket several times and picked up a pair of free-throws as well to finish with 36 points. Davis tied the most points produced by a Tiger player under head coach Mark Johnson, matching teammate Craig Nicholson’s 36 against Emporia State in 2014. Davis also dished out three assists and recorded two steals in the game.<\/p>\n
Fort Hays State was flat-out efficient shooting the ball, hitting at a 59.2 percent clip overall (29-of-49), 68.2 percent beyond the 3-point line (15-of-22), and 90 percent at the free-throw line (18-of-20). Nicholson added 13 points and Jake Stoppel had 10. Kyler Kinnamon was just shy of double figures with nine points. Nicholson had a team-high four assists and Stoppel had a team-high six rebounds.<\/p>\n
FHSU scored the first nine points of the game, all on 3-point field goals. Davis had two to get his huge day kickstarted and Nicholson added one. The Tigers led by as-many-as 13 in the first half and eventually 10 by halftime, 42-32.<\/p>\n
UCO cut the lead down to five with the first five points of the second half, but Davis had the answer with his sixth 3-pointer of the game at the 17:57 mark. FHSU eventually pushed its lead out to 15 with 9:37 to go in the game and Davis’ eighth 3-pointer of the game was part of an 8-0 run that pushed the lead to 18 at the 7:08 mark. The lead grew as large as 22 before settling on the final margin of 17.<\/p>\n
Garen Wright and Jordan London the Bronchos with 14 points each. Cornell Neal and Corey Alpough each had 11. Neal had a team-best four assists.<\/p>\n
The Tigers now gear up for a three-game road swing to close out the month of January. FHSU heads on the road to Missouri Western and Northwest Missouri State next week and then Nebraska-Kearney the following week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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