Schreiner University men's basketball coach Marwan Elrakawaby doesn't want to hear about all of the close games his team has played in, and after Friday night's impressive 25-point rout of visiting Colorado College, who can blame him.
The Mountaineers played, arguably, their best basketball of the season with the 90-65 win over the Tigers. Their reward? How about first-place in the SCAC. That's right. The picked-to-finish-last Mountaineers are in a tie for first place after Texas Lutheran and St. Thomas suffered defeats on Friday night.
 |
"We are just playing well together," said Schreiner senior and captain Alex DeHoyos, who scored 16 points. "We have that confidence in each other."
The victory was Schreiner's sixth straight — all in the conference — and the Mountaineers are now 6-2 in SCAC play and 8-9 overall. The win was the biggest margin of victory and the most points scored by the Mountaineers this season.
This was a game that was never close. Schreiner dominated. The Mountaineers, who have struggled to shoot well at home, shot 52% from the field, made 11 3-pointers and built leads as large as 30 points in the second half.
"It was a complete game," Elrakawaby said. "You know they defended well. We will look at the film, we will figure some things out."
Schreiner outrebounded the Tigers 47-33 and they held them to just 30% shooting while also limiting them to 10 3-point attempts.
Schreiner forward Kamden Ross continued his run of strong games with 16 points and a team-high 14 rebounds. However, it was the bench that did a lot of the heavy lifting, and Dylan Mackey turned in a season-best night with 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Mountaineers.
Schreiner's Dylan Mackey attacks the rim for 2 of his season-high 13 points. |
Leading 45-36 with 15:51 left in the game, Schreiner began to dismantle the Tigers when Ross made a block that led to a Mackey 3-pointer. On Schreiner's next possession, Dehoyos drove for a layup on an assist from Reid Jackson.
That little 5-0 spurt would turn into an 11-0 run that blew the game wide open for Schreiner.
 |
 |
 |
