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OCU knocks off Bacone 31-6

Jeremy Garner won 10-4 on Saturday.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University won all but one match on the way to a 31-6 victory over Bacone on Friday at Abe Lemons Arena.

The Stars picked up the win in their first dual of the season.

Corey Johnson, a senior 285-pounder from Oologah, Okla., finished off the win for OCU by netting a 10-9 victory over Jeremy Colbert. Colbert tied the match 9-9 with an escape, but Johnson secured the win based on riding time.

The Stars' Andrew Pontikes, a sophomore from Elgin, Okla., took a 5-3 decision from Travis Rogers at 184. Pontikes picked up a takedown in the third period to take a 4-3 lead, then added a riding-time point.

Cameron Ream, a freshman from Wentzville, Mo., held a 16-8 lead on Charles Chatman heading into the final period of the 133-pound bout. Ream won despite giving up three takedowns in the third. Ream scored on two escapes and riding time in the last period.

Tied at 3-3 entering the last period, Jeremy Garner, a junior from Oklahoma City, secured a 10-4 win over Jewel Jackson using a reversal, takedown and three-point near fall in the third.

Will Shelton, a junior from Sperry, Okla., beat Ryan Smith by fall in 3:48 for OCU's only pin of the dual.

OCU hosts the Oklahoma City Open at 9 a.m. Sunday at Abe Lemons Arena.

 

OKLAHOMA CITY 31

BACONE 6

125: Kidd Gomez, OCU, maj. dec.  Jared Steinbach, 15-7

133: Cameron Ream, OCU, dec. Charles Chatman, 18-15

141: Jeremy Garner, OCU, dec. Jewel Jackson, 10-4

149: Will Shelton, OCU, pinned Ryan Smith, 3:48

157: Nik Turner, OCU, dec. Calib Rought, 9-3

165: Cole Nelson, OCU, dec. Mark Burkhart, 9-4

174: Cornelius Sutton, BC, pinned John Daugherty, 6:20

184: Andrew Pontikes, OCU, dec. Travis Rogers, 5-3

197: Jake Mabry, OCU, dec. Nate Lemings, 9-5

285: Corey Johnson, OCU, dec. Jeremy Colbert, 10-9

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