[Men's Basketball] First Half Run Lifts Men's Basketball Over the Thunder
Doane Men's Basketball used a big first half as they defeated Manhattan Christian (Kan.) on Saturday afternoon in Crete, 73-58. The win gave the Tigers the season sweep over the Thunder after winning in Manhattan two weeks earlier.
The game opened with the Tigers jumping out to a 7-0 lead. Manhattan Christian came back behind a 9-2 run to tie the game at 9-all. Doane regained the lead with another 7-0 run and they never looked back. The Tigers closed the half on their third 7-0 run of the first 20 minutes as they led 37-20 at the break.
The largest lead of the game for Doane was 28 points, coming at the 10:13 mark of the second half. Over the next five minutes, MCC went on an 18-2 run to close the gap to 16 points, 61-49. Doane was able to push the lead back to 19 points before the Thunder scored the final four points of the game.
Alec Oberhauser (SR/Parkersburg, Iowa) led all scorers with 22 points on 8-of-13 shooting. Brady Timm (SO/Yutan, Neb.) and Caleb Hrabik (SO/Louisville, Neb.) added 12 points apiece and Cooper Sheldon (JR/Loveland, Colo.) finished with 10 points. Doane shot 41.2-percent from the floor, hitting 7-of-24 3-point attempts, and 14-of-22 free throw attempts.
Sheldon pulled in a team-high nine rebounds while Oberhauser led the way with four assists and the duo of Ben Renshaw (SO/Sioux Falls, S.D.) and Cooper Peterson (JR/Edmond, Okla.) had two steals apiece.
Manhattan Christian was led by Ferdinand Handy with 19 points and five steals. Taymont Lindsey added 12 points while Jordan White finished with nine points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
Next up for the Tigers will be a trip to Seward to take on nationally-ranked Concordia on Thursday, December 15, at 7:45 PM.