Ouachita Baptist earns road victory

LaQuan Butler scored 19 points — 12 from the three-point line — to lead Ouachita Baptist University (9-8, 7-6 Great American Conference) to a 76-68 victory over East Central (Okla.) on Saturday in Ada, Okla.

Ouachita Baptist shot 58.6% from the floor in the first half and finished at 53.6%. OBU outrebounded East Central 30-25, held a 34-26 scoring edge in the lane and turned 12 East Central turnovers into 14 points. The Tigers also got 12 second-chance points and 12 fast break points. Tylar Haynes had 17 points for OBU, Alex Scariolo added 13 and MaDarius Hobson chipped in with 10. Barron Tanner led East Central (10-9, 5-8) with 15 points.

In other Great American Conference men’s games Saturday, Cole Anderson scored 15 points and Isaac Jackson had 14 as the University of Arkansas at Monticello (613, 2-11) had five players with 10 or more points in a 68-58 victory over Oklahoma

Baptist (10-9, 7-6) at the Noble Complex in Shawnee, Okla. … Tommy Kamarad scored a team-high 18 points as Arkansas Tech University (11-8, 9-4) fell to NW Oklahoma

State (9-8, 5-8) 85-70 at Percefull Fieldhouse in Alva, Okla. … Taylor Currie had 22 points and 15 rebounds for his 10th double-double of the season, Kevin McBride and Ramiro Santiago added 19 points each but it wasn’t enough as Harding University

(5-14, 1-12) lost to SW Oklahoma State (10-9, 6-7) 96-87 in Weatherford, Okla. … Franck Kamgain led Henderson State University (8-11, 5-8) with 17 points in a 99-73 loss to SE Oklahoma State (12-6, 9-4) in Durant, Okla. … Blake Rogers scored 16 points and LaTreavin Black added 11 for Southern Arkansas University (14-5, 10-3) in a 77-53 loss to Southern Nazarene (16-3, 12-1) in Bethany, Okla.