UCO Basketball: No LSC titles for men or women

Both teams came up short this weekend in the Lone Star Conference tournament in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The Men’s team lost in the semi-finals to Southwestern Oklahoma on Saturday and the women fell in the finals to West Texas A&M on Saturday night.

Both Broncho teams had their share of scary and wild games on their way to their respective final and semifinal games. The men’s team had to pull out a 77-76 overtime win over Tarleton State in the first round. The girls had to pitch a come from behind 66-63 victory in the first round against Tarleton respectively.

The women’s team had a much better time in the semifinals then the men as they swept past Texas A&M Commerce with a 100-86 win.

In the finals, the women played against West Texas A&M. The Lady Bronchos couldn’t stave off an early slip up and West Texas took full advantage. The 12th ranked lady Bronchos fell to West Texas, losing the LSC championship 66-59.

The women’s coach, Guy Hardaker, was still very proud of the girls. “We’re going to hold our head’s up and be proud of what we accomplished” the head coach said.

In the semifinals, the men had the same luck. The Bronchos were the ones who suffered a late game comeback from Southwestern. After making a comeback of their own in the first round, the men couldn’t repeat. 69-67 was the final score as Southwestern moved on to the finals and the Bronchos were sent home with a loss.

Men’s head coach Terry Evans seemed to think the Bronchos still could have won the game, and was a little disappointed. “Defensively I thought we played well enough to win, but we never got in the groove offensively.” The head coach said. “It was a tough game and it’s a disappointing loss.”

The Broncho men will be in the eight-team South Central Regional for the NCAA Division two, national tournament. 

Both Broncho teams should be proud of the year they’ve turned in so far, and although they won’t grab the Lone Star Conference title, there is still some national basketball to be played for UCO.

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