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Cowboys Open OCAC Play with Win

The Connors State Cowboys broke open a close game in the second half but then had to hang on for dear life at the end to pull out a 90-79 win over Western Oklahoma State College in the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference opener Monday night at Melvin Self Fieldhouse

Cowboys Open OCAC Play with Win
February 2, 2021

WARNER —  The Connors State Cowboys broke open a close game in the second half but then had to hang on for dear life at the end to pull out a 90-79 win over Western Oklahoma State in the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference opener Monday night at Melvin Self Fieldhouse.

After a nip-and-tuck first half that saw the Cowboys grab a 37-34 halftime lead, Connors' two stalwart sophomores stepped up. Jahcoree Ealy put in 28 points including 12-of-12 from the charity stipe, and Jarquavious Cain, after getting just a couple of free throws in the first half, came on strong to score 13 in the second half.

"Those two guys are going to have carry the load for us because we have 10 new guys," said Cowboys coach Bill Muse, his team now 4-0. "It's still just game four for us and usually by now we've played close to 20 games so we're still teaching and looking to find the pieces to go around Cain and Ealy."

Connors had a 14-7 spurt to open the second half and eventually led by 15 points midway in the second period, But turnovers and some fancy three-point shooting by Western's Zach Grodzki and Jalen Johnson whittled that lead down to just six with just under a minute to play.
 
The Cowboys also had a good outing from freshman guard Jordan Tillmon who had 18 points as well freshman point guard Brandon Taylor who chipped in 11 points.

Connors was 22-of-26 from the free-throw line in the second half while Western (4-1) was 12-of-16 while losing two players to fouls.