STEPHENVILLE, Texas – The Central Christian Tigers Men's Basketball team took on NCAA DI Tarleton Texans. The Tigers have had some unique venue's the past week as they played at Paycom Center (Thunder Arena) and had the opportunity to be on ESPN+ for this Exhibition. Tigers held their own in their matchup against the Texans, 73-50.
Central Christian's
Demario Moore would lead all scorers with 21 points, including 6-13 from the 3-point line.
Tigers found themselves only down 9 with 4:22 to go in the 1
st 25-16, before the Texans went on 13-3 run to end the half giving the Texans the 38-19 lead.
The Tigers struggled beginning the next half, as they went on a 14-2 drought in the first 5:26 of the half. Down 52-21 the Tigers went on a 29-21 run to end the half, final score going to 73-50.
Tigers played the Texans close in the 2
nd with a 35-31 score line, advantage Texans.
Tigers shot 17-44 (38.6%) from the floor and 7-23 (30.4%) from the 3 point line and shot 50/50 from the charity stripe (9-18).
Tarleton State shot 24-53 (45.3%) from the floor, and 2-15 (13.3%) from the 3 point line and 23-37 (62.2%) from the free throw line.
CENTRAL CHRISTIAN QUOTES
Head Coach
Tony Romero
"I thought our guys battled tonight versus a very good opponent, Tarleton State. We had a bad stretch at the end of the first and beginning of the second half that was the difference in the game. Their pressure was non-stop for 40 minutes. We had some moments where we handled it and some where we didn't. Our number one key was how we were going to handle their physical pressure."
"When we were able to set our defense, we were difficult to score on at times. We were able to draw 4-5 shot clock violations, which was a positive."
"For being out sized down low, I thought our front line guys did a good job making it tough for them. I was especially happy with
Byron Staten. Playing games like this puts our guys and program in a position to improve."
"We are looking forward to a few great days of practice in preparation for our classic this weekend."
