By Nicholas Huenefeld/Owens Sports Information
Toledo, Ohio---The Owens men's basketball team defeated Clark State Community College 112-61 in the Student Health and Activities Center (SHAC) today behind a single game record 22 3-pointers.
The performance shattered the previous mark of 17 set on Jan. 14, 2013 in a win over Washtenaw Community College.
Dilyn Good (Springfield/Holland, Ohio), who produced five 3-pointers in the first half, opened the game with back-to-back makes from long range.
Moments later, a 3-pointer from Derrik Jamerson Jr. (Cornerstone/Pontiac, Mich.) gave Owens an 11-0 lead before James Bailey threw home a dunk for Clark State's first points of the game with 16:55 left in the half.
With 12:16 left, Jamerson hit another 3-pointer, followed by a three point play from Xavier Cochran (Huron/Ypsilanti, Mich.) and a 3-pointer from Good to complete a 9-0 run and give Owens a 30-15 lead.
A short time after a Jamichael Blanton layup pulled Clark State within 10 with 6:31 left, Owens went on a 12-0 run to open up a 52-31 lead. Blanton ended the run with a jumper, but Cochran made a pair of free throws and Good hit his fifth 3-pointer of the half to open up a 57-35 lead at halftime.
In the first half, Owens shot 21-for-34 (61.8 percent) overall from the field and 12-for-17 (70.6 percent) from 3-point range. They also shared the ball very well with 19 assists on 21 field goals.
Any chance Clark State had of a comeback was snuffed out early in the second half. Owens scored 10 of the first 14 points of the half, with all those points coming from either Cochran or Charles Penn III (Macomb Dakota/Detroit, Mich.).
Tariq Scott (R.J. Reynolds/Winston Salem, N.C.) converted a layup with 15:25 left to push the lead to 30. Back-to-back 3-pointers from Ty'Rese Searles (Cornerstone/Pontiac, Mich.) and Roy Hatchett Jr. (Glenville/Cleveland, Ohio) then completed a 14-0 run to make it 85-43 with 12:30 left.
A corner 3-pointer from Scott helped Owens cross the century mark in scoring with 4:53 left, and Owens closed the game on a 15-0 run over the final five minutes.
In the second half, Owens almost shot as well as they did through the first 20 minutes by going 20-for-33 overall (60.6 percent), 10-for-18 (55.6 percent) from 3-point range and 5-for-5 from the foul line.
Good led all scorers with a career-high 25 points on 9-for-16 shooting (7-for-9 from 3-point range). He added nine rebounds, five blocks and two steals. Cochran added 22 points on perfect 8-for-8 shooting, including a 3-for-3 mark from 3-point range. He also had seven assists.
In addition to those two, Penn had 18 points, five blocks and four rebounds; Searles had 13 points and five assists; and Jamerson had 11 points, six rebounds, six assists and two blocks. Hatchett added nine points and a team-high nine assists, as well, while Scott had nien points, five rebounds and four assists.
Blanton (20), Austin Clements (12) and Bailey (12) all reached double figures for Clark State (5-22 overall). Marques Green produced a team-high eight rebounds.
Owens, which finished the game with 37 assists on 41 field goals, improves to 17-11 overall with the win. They will host Lakeland Community College at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday in an attempt to clinch a home postseason game on March 1.
Notes
Owens set new season-highs as a team in points, field goal percentage, field goals made, 3-point field goals made, 3-point field goals attempted and assists. Furthermore, Owens has now won four straight and 11 of 13.