Gallery: (11-14-2024) Men's Basketball vs Langston
Plainview, TX – The Pioneers opened Sooner Athletic Conference play by hosting the #1 team in NAIA, the Langston Lions. The Wayland Baptist student section was packed and loud and helped boost the home team. In a back and forth affair in which there were 6 lead changes and the score was tied 10 times, Wayland Baptist eventually came out on top with a 71-63 victory.
WBU opened the game with an early 7-2 lead in the first two minutes of the game thanks to layups from
James Lee and
Niko Noumeros and a three pointer by
Kabine Kaba. The Lions came back to take a seven point lead, their largest of the game, with 9:54 left in the first half. The Pioneers tied the game at 31 with 3:15 left in the half on a 3 pointer by
Quenton Coleman. When the buzzer sounded to end the first half, Wayland held a 37-34 lead.
Two free throws and a made layup by freshman guard
Julian Perez gave the Pioneers a 46-40 lead with 16:11 left in the game. Wayland took the largest lead of the game, 52-43 on a layup by
Dylan McDougal with 12:19 left to play. Langston fought back to take a 63-61 lead at the 2:07 mark. A layup by
Niko Noumeros tied the game at with 1:50 left.
Quenton Coleman made a 3 pointer with 1:04 left to play to give the Pioneers a 66-63 lead. Coleman followed that up with a steal and two made free throws to give Wayland a 5 point lead, 68-63, with only 37 seconds remaining in the game.
The Pioneers had three players score in double figures, led by
Niko Noumeros with a season high 17 points. Noumeros also hauled in a team high 7 rebounds and dished out 3 assists.
Quenton Coleman scored 13 points and a team high 3 steals and
Dylan McDougal contributed 12 points and 6 rebounds to the victory.
James Lee had 7 points and 5 assists,
Julian Perez scored 9 points along with 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
Kabine Kaba had 4 points and 4 rebounds.
Adeola Seun scored 3 points along with 2 rebounds and
Joshua Tucker contributed 3 points, a rebound and a steal.
Brett Leach scored 2 points and had 2 rebounds and an assist and
Jaxon Recer had 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 point.
The Pioneers host Central Christian Saturday at 4:00 PM in the Hutcherson Center.
