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Buy Photos HereHOUSTON – The HBU men's basketball team had a well-balanced attack, placing six players in double figures in a 110-53 victory over Arlington Baptist on Saturday night inside Sharp Gym.
Sophomore
Josh Ibarra posted his second double-double of the season for the Huskies (3-6), recording season-highs with 14 points and 13 rebounds. The native of Angleton, Texas, finished 7-for-8 from the floor and crashed the defensive glass for nine boards. Ibarra also finished with a season-high four blocks and tied his career-high with four assists.
Junior
Colter Lasher led all with a game-high 18 points, while also adding nine rebounds, six assists and three steals against ABC (3-6). Lasher's six dimes ties his career-high.
Senior
Anthony Odunsi (13), junior
Alex Fountain (12), senior
Caleb Crayton (10) and junior
Reveal Chukwujekwu (10), also netted double-digit scoring performances. HBU's six players in double figures ties the team's season-high established against Crowley's Ridge (November 16). The Huskies also recorded 24 assists as a team, also tying the team's best set against CRC.
Junior
Will Gates Jr. made his debut for HBU after sitting out the fall semester due to NCAA transfer rules, netting eight points.
The Huskies shot 58.3 percent (42-72) from the field, 34.8 percent (8-23) from deep and 66.7 percent (18-27) from the stripe, holding a 64-32 mark on points in the paint and 36-14 in points off turnovers.
HBU wasted little time in taking over the game, scoring the first seven points and holding the Patriots to just nine points across the first 11-plus minutes. The Huskies took a 55-27 advantage into halftime and led by as much as 60 points in cruising to the 110-53 decision.
HBU will close its two-game home stint on Tuesday, hosting UC Riverside in a 7 p.m. tip.
Postgame Quotes – Head Coach Ron CottrellOpening comments…"I was very pleased with the way our guys came out. We really started the game strong defensively and ran the floor well, which was one of our concentrations coming in to tonight. We wanted to do the best we could to try and make every shot they took a difficult and challenged shot. Then, once we got a rebound, we wanted to do everything we could to try and score in transition or at least push their defense. We did a pretty good job with that tonight."
On balanced passing effort…"We were doing a really good job of moving the ball. We knew we wanted to get the cohesion of the offense down tonight with Will (Gates Jr.) getting his first game in and some of the other guys off the bench getting quality minutes and the execution level never dropped off. The guys were sharing the ball well and finishing at the rim."
On upcoming game with UC Riverside…"This upcoming Tuesday night will be a big home game for us. UC Riverside beats us last year at their place and they are playing well right now. They're going to come in here ready to go, so it is important for us to take the momentum and some of the positives we got tonight and turn it up to the next step. We are going to have to have a big effort when we play them here in Sharp Gym."
NOTE: Senior Anthony Odunsi participated in HBU's graduation ceremony earlier Saturday morning, having completed his bachelor's degree in managerial studies.
