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Oklahoma City University
Home Of Champions|73 National Championships
Brandon Wilson
Ian Weston
65
Oklahoma City OCU 10-17, 6-17 SAC
75
Winner Texas Wesleyan TWU 18-8, 14-8 SAC
Oklahoma City OCU
10-17, 6-17 SAC
65
Final
75
Texas Wesleyan TWU
18-8, 14-8 SAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Oklahoma City OCU 34 31 65
Texas Wesleyan TWU 38 37 75

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Nate Thompson - Director of Athletic Communications

Wilson goes off for 34, Stars go wire-to-wire with Rams

FORT WORTH, Texas – The Oklahoma City Men's Basketball team dropped its 10th straight game on Monday night as the Stars went wire-to-wire with Texas Wesleyan in the 75-65 defeat inside the Sid Richardson Center.  

TOP PERFROMERS 
Brandon Wilson - 34 PTS, 6 REB, 5 STL, 5-6 3PT 
Yorgio Golesis - 16 PTS, 2 AST, 3-3 3PT 
Clayton Jewell - 8 PTS, 5 REB, 2 STL 

STAT OF THE GAME: Brandon Wilson went off in his performance on Monday night with a career-best 34 points on an efficient 10-of-13 shooting from the floor. His 34 points was the first time this season Wilson has surpassed 20 points after sinking a season-best five threes.  

FIRST HALF: Brandon Wilson opened the scoring in an electrifying way with a three to open the game before a dunk on the following possession after a Beau Tranter takeaway. An 8-0 run by the Rams gave Texas Wesleyan the lead to which they would hold until 10:13 on clock after Brandon Wilson scored 12 straight points after three consecutive threes. Sitting at a 31-31 tie, Oklahoma City scored just four points in the final four minutes as Texas Wesleyan held a four-point lead into the break.  

SECOND HALF: Throughout the majority of the second half the margin stayed within single digits with Oklahoma City taking a 55-51 lead at the midway point on a Yorgio Golesis triple. With 5:09 to play the Stars tied things up at 63 all as Beau Tranter knotted things up with his second bucket of the night. In the final five minutes Oklahoma City scored just two points as Texas Wesleyan closed out the game on a 12-2 run to secure the 75-65 victory.  

GAME NOTES 

  • Oklahoma City falls to 10-17 overall and 6-17 in conference play. 

  • Yorgio Golesis reached double figures for the fifth time in six games by scoring 16 points while tying a season-high three made threes.  

  • As a team. OCU tied its season-most steals in a single-game with 11 takeaways on the night tying its number from Jan. 2 against Texas Wesleyan and Jan. 11 against Southwestern Christian.  

  • Oklahoma City notched its season-high three-point percentage of 61.5% (8-13) and shot 44.2% overall.  

  • Texas Wesleyan earns the season-sweep over Oklahoma City and pick up its fourth straight win over the Stars.  

NEXT TIME OUT: The Stars will take the floor one last time in the 2024-25 season on Saturday, Feb. 22 as Oklahoma City takes on Southwestern Christian at 4:00 PM inside the Gaulke Activity Center on the campus of Mid-America Christian University.  

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