MUSKOGEE, Okla. – Wayland Baptist gave up just 16 second-half points as the Pioneers rocketed past Bacone College in a non-conference game here Thursday night, 94-42.
J.J. Culver scored 16 points while
Jack Nobles,
CJ Obinwa and
Matthew Mulloy put in a dozen each as Wayland (18-9) won its fourth straight.
Tre Fillmore also reached double-digits with 10 points.
The Pioneers, now ranked the equivalent of 30
th in the NAIA, got a career-high eight points and 11 rebounds from 6-foot-11 junior transfer
Deng Bol Yol. Wayland ended with 63 rebounds, while the winless Warriors (0-23) got just 27.
Wayland scored the game's first 14 points before going onto a 25-3 lead. The Warriors hit four 3-pointers late in the first half to close to within 44-26 at the half.
The Pioneers pulled way away with an 18-0 run in the second half that saw Culver score 11 in a row, including back-to-back 3-pointers, one of which he turned into a four-point play.
The final 52-point margin was Wayland's largest lead of the game. The Pioneers downed Bacone by 57, 104-47, when they teams met Jan. 25 in Plainview.
Wayland shot 53 percent (39-of-74) from the field, hitting 7-of-23 3-pointers (30 percent).
Bacone, which was led by Austin Dean's 13 points, made just 13-of-63 field goals (21 percent), including 8-of-30 3s (27 percent).
The 42 points were the second-fewest scored against Wayland this season, behind only the 40 the Pioneers allowed in a 31-point win over University of the Southwest (N.M.).
The Pioneers take a four-game win streak to Siloam Springs, Ark., to face No. 9 John Brown at 3:45 p.m. Saturday in its final regular-season road game of the season. The Golden Eagles (24-3, 15-2 SAC) have won five straight, most recently 87-41 over Oklahoma-Panhandle State on Thursday.
WBU is looking to avenge a 64-56 loss to JBU on Jan. 23 in Plainview.
