Box Score Dajuan Jones and
Lemmie Howard had big games in the orange and white Friday night at Northwest University. Howard had 14 points and 12 rebounds while Jones had 12 points and 10 assists for the Falcons, both their first double-double as a Falcon.
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The Falcons started the game on an 11-2 run, and they never looked back from there. Jones picked up half of his points later in the half as he went on a 6-0 run by himself. The Falcons headed into the locker room up 37-28 at the half.
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In the second half, the Eagles came out with a 5-0 run, but the Falcons countered that with a 9-0 run of their own.
Jordan Horn put down five of his game high 19 points and
Max Warren bucketed four points on the run. The Falcons pushed it to a 20-point lead off of a 10-2 run later in the half. Four different Falcons scored in that span to give them the 70-50 edge and eventually the 79-67 victory.
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Horn led the Falcons with 19 points on the night with
Miles Daniels finishing one point behind him with 18. Howard led the Falcons with 12 rebounds and Daniels was one rebound shy of a double-double himself. Jones led the Falcons with 10 assists.
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The Falcons as a team shot 52.4 percent (33-63) from the field and 45 percent (9-20) from three-point land.
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The Falcons will head to Bellingham, WA to face Western Washington tomorrow night. Download the UTPB Athletics App to follow your favorite Falcon teams.
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