PLAINVIEW, Texas – Jon McGowan and Drake Vannoy sparked Oklahoma City University with back-to-back falls in a 29-15 victory over Wayland Baptist (Texas) on Thursday afternoon at the Laney Center.  

The Stars rolled to five wins in a row to overcome a 9-0 deficit in the dual. Oklahoma City, ranked 11th in NAIA men's wrestling, improved to 2-1 in duals on the season.  

Keegan Luton registered OCU's first win of the day 19-5 in the 149-pound match. Luton, a freshman from Mustang, Okla., went to 12-1 this season.   

McGowan stuck the pin against Cody Dixon in 28 seconds in the 157-pound bout. McGowan, a senior from Hulbert, Okla., owns a 2-4 mark on the season. Vannoy added a fall in 3:39 over Malakai Owens at 165. Vannoy, a sophomore from Jenks, Okla., took his record to 7-5.  

Kolbe Madron, a freshman from Sulphur, Okla., supplied the Stars with an 11-2 win, then Chase Vincent, a senior from Yukon, Okla., took a 5-3 victory at 184 pounds. Oklahoma City led 23-9.   

Jack Kitchingham, a freshman from Mustang, Okla., polished off the victory with a fall in 3:38 against William Bennet.   

OCU wrestles next in the Missouri Valley Duals on Dec. 16 in Marshall, Mo.  

OKLAHOMA CITY 29  

WAYLAND BAPTIST 15  

125: Johnathon Ortegon, WBU, dec. Cooper Mahaffey, 10-3  

133: Alex Pena, WBU, dec. Casey Goss, 9-7  

141: Moses Torres, WBU, dec. Logan Chappell, 9-2  

149: Keegan Luton, OCU, maj. dec. Nick Immel, 19-5  

157: Jon McGowan, OCU, pinned Cody (Seth) Dixon, 0:28  

165: Drake Vannoy, OCU, pinned Malakai Owens, 3:39  

174: Kolbe Madron, OCU, maj. dec. Trayveon Van-Dyck, 11-2  

184: Chase Vincent, OCU, dec. Hunter McCarty, 5-3  

197: Joshua Wilson, WBU, by forfeit  

285: Jack Kitchingham, OCU, pinned William Bennet, 3:38