REDLANDS, Calif. – The University of Redlands Men's Basketball team (12-2, 4-1 SCIAC) beat the University of La Verne (ULV) by 38 points Wednesday evening as they led by double digits inside of three minutes posting a 105-67 victory.
Lucas Gordon drew an early foul and converted on both of his free throws. Jake Hlywiak (Valencia, CA) then followed with a made free throw before he found Omari Ferguson (Chicago, Ill.) on the fastbreak. The U of R lead then expanded to 13-0 after Chozen Amadi got into the paint and made a pair of three pointers.
The Leopards did respond with an 11-0 run before a 6-2 Bulldog surge extended the lead to three possessions, 23-15. With the lead down to three, 27-24, Cam Brown (Bakersfield, CA) got to the line and made both before Gordon went on a personal 7-2 run to push the Redlands lead to within one of double figures, 35-26, with 9:47 on the clock.
Over the final 7:14 of the first half the Bulldogs outscored the Leopards 20-7 taking a 20-point lead into the break, 55-35. Derek Sangster (Sunnyvale, CA) had four points, and Austin Unegbu (Long Beach, CA) made a three off a Ferguson pass.
A 12-0 run by Redlands across the first three plus minutes of the second half put the game away as Ferguson added seven more points during the run.
With a new line of players on the floor, Sangster and Donovan Ware (Palmdale, CA) help the Bulldogs to a 10-4 run. Jaiden Agbo (Corona, CA) then had five points thanks to multiple successful drives to the hoop.
The lead reached 40 for the first time thanks to an 11-4 stretch that was fueled by Agbo, Unegbu, and Elijah Duncan (Stockton, CA) off the bench.
Agbo had 12 points thanks to an 8-of-10 mark at the line. Unegbu had 10 points and six rebounds and Sangster missed a double double by one point and one rebound.
On the night Redlands shot 48% from the field, had 23 second chance points, 28 fastbreak points, 48 points in the paint, 51 bench points, 45 rebounds, forced 21 turnovers and turned them into 30 points.
Redlands makes the trip to Whitter, CA this Saturday, January 17 where they will faceoff against the Poets beginning at 2:00pm.
