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62
Columbia COL 0
68
Winner Evangel EVA 0
Columbia COL
0
62
Final
68
Evangel EVA
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Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Columbia COL 25 37 62
Evangel EVA 33 35 68

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Cougars Suffer First Loss of Season at Evangel

Springfield, Mo. – Drew Camacho scored a game-high 22 points on 6-of-10 three-point shooting but it was not enough as the Columbia College men's basketball team suffered a 68-62 loss at Evangel University in non-conference action Tuesday AGFinancial Arena in Springfield, Mo.
 
Columbia shot 37.5 percent (21-56) from the field in the loss and had 19 turnovers. AJ Tillman added 11 points on 6-of-7 free-throws while Kole Deck added nine.
 
Trailing 54-40, Columbia went on a 16-3 run to cut the lead to one (57-56) following a jumper by Bear Bock with 4:08 to play. Zac Goss' jumper trimmed the lead to two (60-58) with 1:54 left, but a three-point play by Harrison Doennig sealed the victory for Evangel.
 
Evangel improved to 1-0 with the victory, while Columbia fell to 1-1.
 
Evangel missed its first six shots from the field before Tillman's three-pointer tied the contest at 9-9 with 14:32 remaining in the first half. Evangel followed with a 7-0 run to take a 16-9 advantage and built its largest lead of the half at 23-14 with 7:26 left.
 
Deck's three-pointer cut the deficit to 26-24 with 2:56 remaining, but Evangel closed the half on a 7-1 run to take a 33-25 lead into the break.
 
Camacho led the Cougars with nine points on 3-of-4 shooting from beyond the arc. The Cougars shot 36.0 percent (9-of-25) from the field and committed 11 turnovers in the opening half.
 
Columbia missed five of its first six shots from the field to start the second half and Evangel responded with a 13-3 run as the lead grew to 44-28.
 
Camacho drained back-to-back threes to highlight an 8-0 run for the Cougars as the deficit was trimmed to 46-37 with 12:41 to play. 
 
Doennig recorded a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead Evangel, while Clayton Harrison (15 points), Akarius Staten-Balance (11) and Cole Griesemer (10) also scored in double figures. The Valor hit 20-of-29 from the foul line and had the 43-26 rebounding advantage.
 
The Cougars conclude their two-game road swing at Baker University on Sunday, November 1 at 2 p.m. in Baldwin City, Kan. 
 
NOTES: Columbia leads the all-time series with Evangel 8-6 … The Cougars forced 22 turnovers in the loss … Evangel has won six-straight season openers.
 
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