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Quentin
63
Benedictine Mesa BENU 1-6
76
Winner OUAZ OUAZ 5-1
Benedictine Mesa BENU
1-6
63
Final
76
OUAZ OUAZ
5-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Benedictine Mesa BENU 19 44 63
OUAZ OUAZ 37 39 76

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Spirit Ground Redhawks to Avenge Season’s Only Loss

SURPRISE, Ariz. – Four days after suffering its first loss of the season to Benedictine Mesa on Saturday afternoon, the OUAZ men's basketball team led wire-to-wire in a 76-63 win over the Redhawks on Wednesday night in Faith Arena.
 
OUAZ (5-1) scored nine straight points midway through the first half to build an 18-8 lead. That scoring run would extend to 28-11 over the final 11:58 of the half to give the Spirit a 37-19 lead at intermission.
 
Benedictine Mesa (1-6) could only get as close as 13 at any point in the second half as OUAZ made 15 of 25 shots in the final 20 minutes.
 
That second half shooting performance raised the team's final percentage to 50 percent on the night. This is the fifth time in six games the Spirit have made at least half of their shots in a game. OUAZ struggled from beyond the arc on Wednesday, making just 5 of 17 3-point attempts.
 
Quentin Guliford led the way for the Spirit with 25 points and 13 rebounds to notch his first double-double of the season. He went 11 of 12 at the foul line while hitting 7 of 10 from the floor.
 
After getting outrebounded by 13 on Saturday – including allowing 16 offensive rebounds to the Redhawks – OUAZ finished with a 47-31 edge on the boards with BenU getting nine offensive rebounds for seven points.
 
Kam Malbrough added 19 points on 7 of 9 shooting and a perfect 3 of 3 from deep off the bench. Kolten Hitt scored 14 points. Elijah Simmons had eight points and eight rebounds while Marcus Williams led the team with six assists.
 
The Spirit held BenU to 37.7 percent shooting and 7 of 24 from three. OUAZ tallied 17 assists and had 40 points in the paint and 17 fast break points.
 
Tre Carolina led the Redhawks with 16 points with Bryce Cheney adding 14.
 
OUAZ now heads to California to open GSAC play with a two-game series at Life Pacific on Friday at 6 p.m. (AZ) and Saturday at 2 p.m. (AZ).
 
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