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Lattimore provides OCU win vs. OU

OU, ranked 11th in NCAA Division I, tops Stars 38-3

Michael Brown holds the No. 1 ranking among NAIA 197-pounders.
NORMAN, Okla. – Stanley Lattimore's victory at 285 pounds highlighted Oklahoma City University's 38-3 setback to Oklahoma on Friday at McCasland Field House.
The dual opened the season for OCU, ranked 14th in NAIA wrestling, and Oklahoma, ranked 11th in NCAA Division I by Amateur Wrestling News.
Lattimore, a senior from Athens, Ga., earned a 3-2 victory over Keldrick Hall with an escape at the 1:51 mark of the third period of the heavyweight bout. Lattimore picked up a takedown with 2:31 left in the first, and Hall tied the score with two escapes. Hall's second escape came early in the second period.
Hall entered the night as the 20th-ranked 285-pounder in the NCAA, while Lattimore sits ranked 12th among NAIA heavyweights.
The Stars' Kidd Gomez took a 5-3 first-period edge over Kyle Garcia, but Garcia answered with a takedown with 28 seconds remaining in the first to grab the lead.
Gomez, a senior 125-pounder from Noble, Okla., rallied to take an 8-7 lead with 1:23 showing in the match. Garcia finished off a 10-8 win with an escape and takedown. Garcia's takedown came with nine seconds to go against Gomez, ranked ninth in the NAIA.
At 197, OCU all-American Michael Brown recorded an escape for a 4-3 lead over Brad Johnson with 1:28 left in the match. Johnson added a takedown at 1:14 to go plus riding time to win the contest.
Brown, top-ranked in the NAIA, led 3-0 after a takedown with 22 seconds left in the first.
OCU continues the season hosting the Oklahoma City Open at 9 a.m. Sunday at Abe Lemons Arena. 
Teams expected to send individuals to the meet are OU, Oklahoma State, Central Oklahoma, Arkansas Baptist, Bacone, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.), Labette (Kan.), Missouri Valley, New Mexico Highlands, Newman (Kan.), Pratt (Kan.), University of Texas and Wayland Baptist (Texas). Admission will be $5 for adults, $3 for students.
“This will be a great opening event for the men's program,” OCU coach Archie Randall said of the Oklahoma City Open. “There will be more than 300 college wrestlers in attendance.”
 
OKLAHOMA 38
OKLAHOMA CITY 3
125: Kyle Garcia, OU, dec. Kidd Gomez, 10-8
133: Cody Brewer, OU, pin Tyler Espitia, 3:39
141: Dalton Dennis, OU, maj. dec. Trevor Sterling, 14-2
149: Chase Gordon, OU, tech. fall Hunter Muskrat, 22-6 (5:43)
157: Justin DeAngelis, OU, maj. dec. Mark Meyer, 16-5
165: Bubby Graham, OU, dec. Zach Skates, 10-4
174: Matt Reed, OU, pinned Tyson Campbell, 0:50
184: Greg Wilson, OU, maj. dec. Cody Sivertsen, 15-2
197: Brad Johnson, OU, dec. Michael Brown, 6-4
285: Stanley Lattimore, OCU, dec. Keldrick Hall, 3-2
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