SBU Loses at Missouri Southern
Missouri Southern 92, Southwest Baptist 80

JOPLIN - The Bearcats (9-9, 5-5) dropped a 92-80 loss at Missouri Southern last Saturday.

SBU was led by D.J. Hogue who scored a career-high 32 points in the defeat. Ryan Stock finished one point shy of a career-high with 22. Also scoring in double figures was Ashley McCormick with 12 points.

Leading the way for the Bearcats in rebounding was Stock with nine.

Missouri Southern was led by Jamahr Warren with 24 points and seven rebounds. Nineteen of his points came in the first half, which helped MSSC on top of the Bearcats 45-35 at the break.

Missouri Southern was up only 10-9 with 15:46 remaining in the first half before going on a 12-1 run to go up 22-11 with 12:19 remaining in the period. The Bearcats got it back to five (30-25) with 8:47 left in the half, but MSSC outscored SBU 15-10 in the last minutes of the half.

SBU opened the secnd half with a 17-8 run to get back within one (53-52) with 14:43 left on the clock. The Bearcats hung close for the next few minut, butMisouri Southern went on a 10-2 run to put the game out of reach. The Lions hit 10 free throws and a three-pointer in the last 2:56 to seal the victory.

The three-pointer came with only 11 seconds left in the game with plenty of time left on the shot clock. SBU's Hogue answered with a three-pointer of his own with four seconds remaining from 30-plus feet out.

SBU returns to action on Thursday, Feb. 6 when it hosts Washburn for a 7:45 p.m. tipoff.

Boxscore - MSSC 92, SBU 80