{"id":77039,"date":"2023-12-20T08:11:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T14:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=77039"},"modified":"2023-12-20T08:11:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T14:11:10","slug":"tigers-hit-13-3s-in-win-over-uco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=77039","title":{"rendered":"Tigers hit 13 3’s in win over UCO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

EDMOND, Okla. – The 16th-ranked Fort Hays State basketball team continued its hot-shooting road trip, with the Tigers knocking down a season-high 13 3-pointers in an 84-66 road win over Central Oklahoma on Tuesday (Dec. 19). The 13 3-pointers are the most for the Tigers in a game since they buried 13 in the same building three years ago (12\/15\/20).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In their last seven trips to Edmond, the Tigers are averaging 10 made 3-pointers per game, including three games with at least 12 triples and at least eight long-distance makes in all seven contests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Hays State (10-1, 5-1 MIAA) scored the first five points on a layup from Olivia Hollenbeck<\/a><\/dfn> and an Emma Ruddle<\/a><\/dfn> 3-pointer, but Central Oklahoma (2-10, 1-5 MIAA) responded by scoring six-straight points to take a momentary lead. Brooke Loewe<\/a><\/dfn> added a pair of free throws midway through the first quarter to give the Tigers the lead for good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruddle added two more 3-pointers in the first quarter, while a triple from Kate Dilsaver<\/a><\/dfn> helped the Tigers go up by 13, 21-8. UCO closed within nine after scoring four points in the final 24 seconds of the first quarter, 21-12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dilsaver added two more 3-pointers early in the second quarter, giving the junior a career-high three long-range makes. A traditional 3-point play from Hollenbeck put the Tigers up by as many as 15, 36-21, but the Bronchos closed within 11 by the end of the opening half, 41-30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the Tigers hit 7-of-12 from behind the arc in the first half, they continued to pour it on in the second half. FHSU hit 6-of-9 from deep in the second half, including two makes from Ellie Stearns<\/a><\/dfn> and one each from Sydney Golladay<\/a><\/dfn>, Jessie Sallach<\/a><\/dfn>, Ruddle and Loewe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Golladay’s triple early in the third quarter pushed the Tigers to a game-high 20 points, 52-32, before the Bronchos started to chip away. The home team closed within 13 by the end of the third quarter, 61-48, before trimming the deficit to 10 twice in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tigers kept things rolling to the final whistle, with the Tigers finishing the game 2-for-2 from the floor and 4-for-4 from the charity stripe over the final two minutes after UCO closed within 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katie Wagner<\/a><\/dfn> led the team with a 20-point, 10-rebound double-double after hitting 9-of-10 from the charity stripe, helping FHSU to a 77.3 percent shooting day at the free-throw line (17-of-22). Three other Tigers scored in double figures, including Hollenbeck with 14, Dilsaver with a season-high 13 and 12 from Ruddle. Loewe dished out five assists, with Wagner and Hollenbeck both dishing out four assists each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Hays State hit a season-high 50.9 percent from the floor (27-of-53) and hit 61.9 percent from behind the arc (13-of-21), knocking down more than 60 percent from behind the arc for the first time in nearly three years (64.3 percent at PSU, 1\/23\/21).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tigers outrebounded UCO by 10, 37-27. Fort Hays State scored 24 fast-break points, its most in more than two years. The Tigers were credited with assists on 21 of 27 made baskets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After playing just three of their first 11 games at home, the Tigers will return to Gross Memorial Coliseum to start a three-game homestand after the holiday break when FHSU hosts Bethany College on Saturday, December 30 beginning at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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