LAWTON, Okla.– The Cameron men's basketball team never let off their lead to take their home opener 91-57 over Dallas Christian on Tuesday night.
Â
The Aggies had five score in double figures with
Tyler Williams leading CU with 17 points and four assists.
Â
Bryan Mitchell and
Elish Benjamin each recorded 11 points, while
Tyus Momoh and
Delvonte Pierre had 10 points apiece.
JV Long had three steals in the game.
Â
Cameron finished the game shooting 50 percent on the floor and arc, while making 70 percent of their free throws.
Â
The Ags won the rebounding battle 49 to 35 with four Aggies each recording seven boards.
Â
Cameron opened the game with a three-pointer from Pierre, which DCC responded with a layup for their only score over seven minutes as the Aggies strung together an eight point run to lead 11-2.
Â
The Crusaders would continue to experience several scoring droughts throughout the first half including one over five minutes where CU chained 17 points for their largest lead of 35 points.
Â
Cameron held a 50-19 lead at the half where the Ags shot 54 percent from the field and went 6-for-10 at both the arc and charity stripe.
Â
The Crusaders shot just 8-for-31 on the floor and 3-for-7 at the line while missing all 15 of their three-point tries.
Â
While DCC improved shooting from the field to 13-for-32 in the second half with five treys, the closest the Crusaders would get to the Ags was within 22 points at the 13:35 marker before Cameron cruised to a 91-57 victory.
Â
Cameron moves to 3-0 to open the season while DCC is 0-8 on the year.
Â
The Aggies will next compete in the Patterson Auto Center Classic from Nov. 18-19 in Wichita Falls, Texas.