Friday, March 2, 2018

Langston Knocks Off Wiley and LSU Alexandria; Moves to RRAC Championship Game on Saturday

LONGVIEW, Texas -- A strong second half performance paved the way for the Langston Lions to knock off Wiley College 92-84 in the Raising Cane's RRAC Men's Basketball Tournament first round on Thursday, March 1.

The Lions (19-10) were knotted up at 39-39 at halftime before outscoring the Wildcats 53-45 in the second half to advance to the second round of the RRAC Men's Basketball Tournament.

Brandon Eboigbodin led Langston with 22 points on nine-of-13 shooting and snatched 12 rebounds; Dante Bailey was right behind him with 21 points on the night. James Morris, Jr. pumped in 13, Devin Campbell added 12 while Diamante Langston and Kevin Booze finished with 11 apiece.

The Langston Lions (19-10) now square off with number one seed LSU-Shreveport on Friday, March 2 in the semifinal round of the Raising Cane's RRAC Men's Basketball Tournament. Tip-off time is set for 7:30 p.m. CST.\I

BOX SCORE

With the win, @langstonsports advances to play @lsuagenerals in the RRAC men's championship game tomorrow...

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