DALLAS, Texas - The Oklahoma City Men's Basketball team came away with a victory on Saturday coming from 18 down behind a 30 point night by Avery Jackson. 

TOP PERFORMERS
Avery Jackson - 30 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 11-15 FG
Clayton Jewell - 20 PTS, 10 REB, 2 BLK, 8-11 FG
Yorgio Golesis - 11 PTS, 5  AST, 4-4 FG

STAR OF THE SHOW: Avery Jackson scored 24 of his 30 points in the second half of Saturday's game leading Oklahoma City to a comeback win over UNT-Dallas. Jackson posts his second game of the season that he has crossed the 30 point mark as the junior guard shot an efficient 11-15 from the floor and 8-for-10 from the charity stripe. 

STAT OF THE GAME: Despite going 0-for-11 from three, Oklahoma City shot a season-best 53.7% from the field while shooting 18-for-27 (66.7%) in the second half. 

FIRST HALF: Both teams stayed within four points of each other through the first 10 plus minutes to play before UNT-Dallas broke away with an 8-0 run to go up 24-16. Oklahoma City made its way back after a three-point play by Clayton Jewell to help bring it to one point game but could not take back control of the lead as the Jaguars took a 35-28 lead heading into the locker room. Jewell and Brandon Wilson combined for nine of the 17 first half rebounds for OCU while Yorgio Golesis matched Jewell with a team-high of eight point through the first 20 minutes. 

SECOND HALF: Jack McWilliams sank a pair of free throws to help bring the deficit down to four before UNT-Dallas caught fire and took off with an 18-4 run that gave the Jags their largest lead of the night at 62-44 with 10:12 to play. Right away Oklahoma City began to claw its way back as the defense turned up with the impact of Nick Bonifay and Dylan Bower. Avery Jackson took over on the offensive end as the junior scored 18 points in the last minutes to bring Oklahoma City back. Trailing by eight with 3:59 to play, Jackson went on to score the next eight points before Jewell knocked down a jumper with 18 seconds to play giving OCU back the lead for the first time since the 15:10 mark in the first half. On the Jaguars final opportunity facing a 74-73 deficit, Golesis made one of the biggest plays of the night taking a charge to hand Oklahoma City the basketball to close it out at the foul line to keep its perfect start alive.

GAME NOTES

• Oklahoma City moves to second 6-0 while maintain its best start since the 2017-18 season after earning two straight wins in SAC play by three points or less. 
• Clayton Jewell kept the hot start to his sophomore season rolling with his fifth straight double-digit rebound game and third double-double in a row with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Jewell reaches the 20 point mark for the third consecutive game while shooting an effective 8-of-11 from the field. 
• Yorgio Golesis reached double-figures in scoring for his sixth game in a row to start the year on a perfect 4-for-4 from the floor. 
• Oklahoma City had four of its five steals come in the second half as Nick Bonifay came off the bench for a season-high two steals which led the team while Jack McWilliams scored all six of the OCU bench points. 

NEXT TIME OUT: Oklahoma City will look to go 7-0 for the first time since the 2010-11 season as the Stars turnaround for a matchup with College of the Ozarks on Monday night at 8:00 PM inside Abe Lemons Arena. 

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