Oakland City OCU 1-4

106

Campbellsville CAMP 5-4

Oakland City OCU

1-4

Final

Nov. 29, 2019

106

Campbellsville CAMP

5-4

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Oakland City OCU	39	30	69
Campbellsville CAMP	45	61	106

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 11/29/2019 8:35:00 PM | CU Athletics

Weining and Reyes sparked Tigers off bench with career-highs over Oakland City

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CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. — Sophomore Sam Weining and freshman Max Reyes both tallied career-highs as the Tigers doubled-up Oakland City University in the second half in points, running away with a 106-69 victory.

The Tigers (6-4) will now play Philander Smith College on Saturday evening at 4:00 in the Powell Athletic Center to close the Thanksgiving Campbellsville Classic.

Tonight's score at the end against Oakland City (1-5) was not how it would go the entire 40 minutes. Campbellsville led by only six points at halftime, 45-39, as the Mighty Oaks used their fast pace transition offense and second-chance opportunities to give the Tigers all they could handle.

The Tigers came out of fire hitting three straight 3-point baskets and would hit seven overall in the first period led by Alston Davis' four 3s and 12 points.

Ronald Taylor continued his impressive play from the previous two weeks as well scoring eight points in each half to finish with 16 and six rebounds.

But Oakland City would hang on for dear life in the first half and make a game of it. The Oaks out-rebounded the Tigers in the first half by two, 18-16, and scored nine second-chance points compared to only two for CU. Nathaniel Schmittler had 12 points and six rebounds in the opening half by dominating the paint but the dominance would end as he went 0-of-6 from the floor with only four rebounds in the final 20 minutes.

The second half was all Campbellsville and it was sparked by Justin Tucker and Taiveyhon Mason. Tucker was on the receiving end of a few Mason alley-oops to light a fire under a team that has struggled in the second half all season.

Mason finished with 12 points, seven assists, six rebounds and five steals. Tucker scored nine points – all in the second half – after only playing five minutes in the first due to foul trouble.

In the first 8:23 of the second half, the six-point lead ballooned to 26 points – which was sparked by those ferocious slams by Tucker and Weining heating up from deep. The Tigers never looked back.

Weining hit four 3-pointers and scored a career-high 18 points off the bench – with three of those triples coming in the first eight minutes of the second half.

Reyes also came off the bench to drop a career-high 14 points with six rebounds and three dimes. He was on the front-end of a long cross-court bounce pass to Weining that led to two of his 18 points.

Campbellsville held Schmittler in check in the second half and did a nice job on Tyler Toopes overall. Coming in scoring 22 points per game, Toopes had only 15 and had to really work hard for those. He was 6-of-18 from the floor overall and finished with 10 rebounds for a double-double.

In the second half, the Tigers out-rebounded Oakland City 29-13 and did not allow a second chance point for the Oaks. The bench scoring was a factor as well, 48-13, as first-year head coach Lee Morris only had nine players on his bench tonight.

The neutral game of the Thanksgiving Campbellsville Classic begins on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET with University of the Cumberlands playing Oakland City. CU will face Philander Smith at 4:00.

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