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CU stays unbeaten at home with a 66-55 win over ENMU

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CU stays unbeaten at home with a 66-55 win over ENMU

Box Score LAWTON, Okla.—The Cameron Aggie men’s basketball team came away with the win against the Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds 66-56 tonight at the Aggies Gym.

The first half was an exciting one as the Aggies used a 40.7% field goal percentage to score 26 point on the half. The Greyhounds were able to keep it close with a 39.1% field goal percentage of their own and 25 points.

The second half, Cameron was on fire from the field hitting 15 of their 25 shots with a 60% field goal percentage. CU also shot 40% from behind the arc in the second half. The Aggies pulled away with the game in the end, leading at one point by 14 and spending most of the last two minutes at the free throw line.

For the game, Cameron shot 50% even from the field, 25% from behind the arc, and 52.4% from the charity stripe. CU grabbed 32 boards on the night compared to ENMU’s 28 and kept the turnovers down, only giving over the ball nine times.

Eastern New Mexico was 20-58 from the field with a 34.5% FG percentage. They were 3-18 from the three point line with a percentage of 16.7% and 13-19 from the charity stripe with a 68.4%. CU was +10 for points in the paint and was close to even in the bench points and points off turnovers categories with Eastern New Mexico.

Cameron was led by its speedy floor generals Tim Johnson and Craig Foster. Johnson used his speed and athleticism to score 15 points, grab six boards, and have 2 assists, one block, and one steal. Foster flirted with a double-double with 12 points and nine assists. In his first game starting for the Aggies, Andrew (Grenada) Thomas had a solid outing with six points and five rebounds.

“I was really proud of Grenada, stepping in and starting tonight,” said head coach Wade Alexander. “He was a little nervous in the beginning, but was able to play a good game for us.”

Additionally, Kimric Dixon scored 9 points, Rudy Harrell had eight points and six boards, and Trevor Smith had a team high seven boards to go along with four points.

The Aggies will head to Las Vegas for their next games as they take on Florida Tech and Rollins College in the Las Vegas Classic on Dec. 15 and 16. Live audio will be available on cameronaggies.com with Don Vieth on the call for both games.
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