HANNIBAL, Mo. – A dominate final four minutes to the game led the Owls to a road win over Hannibal-LaGrange Saturday afternoon, 54-45. The perfect 9-for-9 from the foul line in the final four minutes and
Darius Yohe's double-double helped the Owls improve to 11-10 on the season with a 5-6 conference mark.
The Owls next host Central Baptist College on Saturday, Feb. 4, for their second-to-last home game. Tip-off is slated for 3 p.m.
47 – The Owls' starting five scored 47 of the team's 54 points.
16 –
Darius Yohe posted a floor-high 16 points for a double-double.
15 –
Fred Robinson went 9-10 from the foul line and hit three jumpers for 15 points.
12 –
Darius Yohe pulled down a team-high 12 boards with eight coming from the defensive end.
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Nathan Schwartze added 11 points to the win.
The Owls started off strong as they put up an 8-0 lead within the first three minutes with six points coming from in the paint. An 8-0 HLG run put HLG in charge of the lead, but
Grant Peters laid in a bucket with 11:06 on the clock to take back the lead, 13-12.
HLG took back the lead on the next play and held at least a one-play lead throughout the remainder of the half. The Owls went into halftime trailing by three, 27-24.
The two teams evened the score three times in the second half. The Owls grabbed hold of the lead four minutes in and while HLG evened the score, the Owls maintained possession of it.
With 6:09 to go, HLG cut the game to one on a three from Bryce Stark, 41-40. Neither team was able to find the hoop over the next two minutes.
A steal from
Fred Robinson and two good free throws resulting from the foul on his fast break shot kicked off the Owls' 13-5 run to close out the game. The team shot a perfect 9-9 from the line in that time to win it 54-45.
