{"id":70994,"date":"2023-02-06T08:30:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T14:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=70994"},"modified":"2023-02-06T08:30:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T14:30:39","slug":"turnovers-costly-for-tigers-in-loss-at-uco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=70994","title":{"rendered":"Turnovers costly for Tigers in loss at UCO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

EDMOND, Okla. – Fort Hays State fell by a score of 66-51 at No. 6\/4 ranked Central Oklahoma on Saturday at Hamilton Field House. The Tigers had an uncharacteristic rash of turnovers, committing a season-high 21, which proved too much to overcome. The Tigers are now 15-8 overall, 10-7 in the MIAA, while the Bronchos moved to 21-2 overall, 15-2 in the MIAA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ball security was a problem for the Tigers early on, especially in a possession-style game between two of the top defenses in NCAA Division II. FHSU committed 14 first-half turnovers, more than the 11.4 it averaged per game entering Saturday. However, the Tigers were able to force the Bronchos into 10 turnovers in the first half for a combined 24 between the teams. UCO held a 29-23 lead at halftime, courtesy of its six-point advantage in points off turnovers. Both teams shot below 40 percent in the opening frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bronchos opened the second half with a 5-0 run to get their lead out to 11. The teams traded scores on the next few possessions before UCO used a 7-0 burst to get the lead to 15 with just under 16 minutes to play. For the final 17:40 of the game, the Tigers could never cut the Broncho lead back inside 10 points even though the Bronchos never led by more than 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UCO heated up in the second half, shooting 54.2 percent from the field to get to 46 percent overall for the game. The Tigers were a smidge north of 40 percent in the second half and finished at 37.8 percent for the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FHSU finished with 21 turnovers for the game, compared to 15 for UCO. The teams were even in rebounds, both with 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tigers did not have any players reach double figures in scoring for the first time this season. Bjarni Jonsson<\/a><\/dfn>, Traejon Davis<\/a><\/dfn>, and Gilbert Peters<\/a><\/dfn> all had nine to lead the Tigers. Jonsson scored all of his points on three 3-point field goals, while Davis had a pair of field goals and five free throws, and Peters had four field goals and a free throw. Peters led the Tigers in rebounds with six, while Jonsson provided a team-best three assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jaden Wells led the Bronchos with 22 points, which included four 3-point field goals. Curtis Haywood II had 16 and Danquez Dawsey finished with 11. Wells led the Bronchos in rebounds with nine, while Haywood dished out six assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tigers look to bounce back on Thursday (Feb. 9) at home when they host Lincoln. The Tigers will be seeking a season sweep of the Blue Tigers, which now sit at 15-5 overall and 11-5 in the MIAA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION EDMOND, Okla. – Fort Hays State fell by a score of 66-51 at No. 6\/4 ranked Central Oklahoma on Saturday at… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3394,7349],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mens-basketball-sports","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70995,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70994\/revisions\/70995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}