DENVER, Colo. – The Regis University men's basketball team (2-0) picked up another win on Saturday afternoon, beating the Lubbock Christian University Chaparrals (0-2) 89-74 for their second-straight win to open the season.
How it Happened: The visiting Chaparrals started the game with a 7-2 run, but back-to-back three-pointers from juniors
Jarrett Brodbeck and
Avonte Nelms gave Regis a one-point advantage with 15:10 on the clock. A couple minutes later, a huge 17-0 run put the Rangers in front 29-13 with a little more than seven minutes to go in the first half.
Coming out of the break, RU extended their 38-29 halftime lead to 13 points on a three-point basket from freshman
Tomas Auruskevicius, 51-38. LCU whittled away at the lead, cutting it to as little as five points 52-47, but Regis started firing on all cylinders again.
The Rangers opened up a 19-point margin when senior
Dexter Sienko nailed a shot from deep as the shot clock expired. RU cranked down on defense and continued their efficiency on offense for the remainder of the game. Auruskevicius hit a three-point jumper as the clock hit 1:14 that put the nail in the coffin. The game came to an end with Regis on top 89-74.
Game Notes: The Rangers shot a very efficient 48.5 percent from the floor, but it was their 13-of-29 (44.8 percent) three-point percentage that separated them from the Chaps. Brodbeck led the way with 18 points, going 6-of-15 from the floor and 4-of-10 from deep. Sophomore
Christian Little recorded 14 points (6-8 FG, 2-2 FT) while grabbing a team-high seven boards. Senior
Ty McGee tallied 11 points and a game-high five assists in a game that the team accounted for 20 total assists on 32 made shots. Nelms (3-3 FG, 3-3 3-pt) and junior
Ryan Beisty (4-6 FG, 2-3 3-pt) each had 11 points in the game.
RU scored 34 points in the paint, racking up 16 second-chance points. Regis also turned 13 LCU turnovers into 19 points on the offensive end. The Rangers also controlled the boards outrebounding the Chaparrals 40-28 on the night.
Up Next for the Rangers: The men's basketball team will return to their home court on Wednesday, November 15 to take on Johnson and Wales University at 7 p.m. before a weekend matchup with the University of North Georgia and Northwest Nazarene University.
