SHAWNEE, Okla. – The West Texas A&M men's basketball team outscored the Bison of Oklahoma Baptist 42-25 in the second half to steal an 80-62 victory in hostile territory. The Buffs return to win column and move to 4-1 on the season while the Bison drop to 2-3 on the year.
 
The Leaders
Brock Mishak scored a team-high 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting including 4-of-6 from deep. Noah Pagotto notched his first collegiate double-double against Oklahoma Baptist. Pagotto scored 15 points while bringing in a game-high 10 rebounds. Larry Wise and Kieran Elliott also reached double figures with 14 and 10 points respectively.
 
How It Happened
A pair of threes by Elliott opened the scoring for the Buffs before the Bison took a slim advantage. With the game being tightly contested, WT went on a short 7-0 run to take a four-point lead over Oklahoma Baptist. Once again, the Bison cut down the lead with a minute to play to bring the game within one. After the Bison took a lead of their own with 43 seconds left in the half, Elliott made a jumper of his own to regain the advantage for the Buffs.
 
After the two teams exchanged buckets to start the second half, WT rattled off an 11-4 streak to gain its largest advantage of the evening. As the Buffs started to heat up from the field, the Bison started to cool off helped in part by WT's offensive rebounding. The Buffs closed out the game in the final minutes to take the victory.
 
Inside the Box Score

• WT leads the all-time series, 8-1.
• Head coach Tom Brown moves to 4-0 against the Bison.
• WT shot 39.7% (27-of-68) from the field, 42.3% (11-of-26) from deep, 68.2% from the charity stripe with 44 rebounds, 15 assists, nine steals, three blocks, and nine turnovers.
• OBU shot 46.2% (24-of-52) from the floor, 17.4% (4-of-23) from the 3-point range, 47.6% at the free throw line with 36 rebounds, eight assists, six blocks, seven steals, and 16 turnovers.
• Zach Toussaint moves into sole possession of second place on the all-time three-point leaderboard with 312 makes, passing Jordan Evans. Toussaint also moved into sole possession of seventh on the all-time scoring list with 1,448 points, passing Reggie Ramey.
• Larry Wise moved into 18^th on the all-time scoring list with 1,123 points, passing Eurskin Robinson and Eddie Harris.

 
Up Next
WT kicks off Lone Star Conference play on Thursday, Nov. 30 against UAFS. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Stubblefield Center in Fort Smith, Ark.
 
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