UAFS won its third game in a row and earned its first Heartland Conference win of the season on Wednesday night as the Lions beat the Oklahoma Christian Eagles 92-70 at the Stubblefield Center.

It was a season-high scoring performance for the Lions, who have only reached the 90-point plateau once this season in a 90-59 win against the Hendrix Warriors at the Stubblefield Center. UAFS entered Wednesday's game averaging 74 points per game.

It also was the second game of a three-game slate for UAFS (7-8, 1-2), who will play the Newman Jets at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Fugate Gymnasium in Wichita, Kan. The Lions were coming off a 61-59 nonconference win against the Randall Saints on Monday night at the Stubblefield Center.

Five players scored in double-figures to lead UAFS, which led all but the first two minutes of the game. Junior guard Tyler Williams scored a team-high 20 points, while senior guard Chris Crawford had 17, freshman forward David Ward 16 and junior forward Matt Morgan and junior guard Seth Hawley 14 apiece.

Crawford also had a team-high six assists and five steals.

UAFS shot 50 percent from the field (33 of 66) – it was 11-of-19 shooting from 3-point range – and shot 94 percent from the free-throw line (15 of 16). 

Morgan topped off his stellar performance with a team-high four blocked shots and nine rebounds, which helped the Lions out-rebound the Eagles by two rebounds (34-32). The Lions collected 11 offensive rebounds that led to 21 second-chance points.

Oklahoma Christian (5-8, 0-2) shot 49 percent from the field (29 of 59) – it was only 7-of-18 shooting from 3-point range – and shot only 56 percent from the free-throw line. Guard Jordan Box scored a team-high 24 points, while forward Roderick Smith added 18 points.

Smith topped off his double-double with 11 rebounds. Forward Will Lienhard just missed a double-double, finishing with eight points, 11 rebounds, five assists and six blocked shots.
 
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HEARTLAND CONFERENCE
UAFS 92, OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN 70
Oklahoma Christian    30        40        --          70
UAFS                          42        50        --          92
Oklahoma Christian (5-8, 0-2): Box 24, Smith 18, Lienhard 8, Walter 8, Johnson 6, Blackwell 6
UAFS (7-8, 1-2): Williams 20, Crawford 17, Ward 16, Morgan 14, Hawley 14, Parker 8, Ekezie 3