Roos Take Down Baptist Bible for Third-Straight Win

Tuesday, January 11

Kansas City, Mo.

7:00 PM

Kansas City

8-6,2-1Summit League

Baptist Bible

2-3

Baptist Bible (MO)

Kansas City

Photo by: Kansas City Athletics

Roos Take Down Baptist Bible for Third-Straight Win

1/11/2022 9:52:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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All 11 players that entered the game scored in the 41-point rout

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City Men's Basketball (8-6) extended their win streak to three this evening with a 98-57 victory over Baptist Bible. All 11 Roos that entered the game earned their way into the scoring column, led by a season-high 19-point performance from Anderson Kopp.

KEY MOMENTS

1H / 5-0 | The Pioneers left the lane wide open for Kopp to drive to the hoop for KC's first field goal of the night.
1H / 17-5 | Jack Chapman hit back-to-back buckets from bonus distance to give the Roos a fifteen-point lead.
1H / 24-14 | Arkel Lamar picked up where he left off last night with a fan-favorite slam dunk.

1H | ???????? ??????????????????.#ROOUP | #DeclareKC pic.twitter.com/a9zObBDQ7m
— Kansas City Men's Basketball (@KCRoosMBB) January 12, 2022

1H / 26-14 | A converted coast-to-coast finish through contact gave Sam Martin his first points of the evening.
1H / 34-18 | A steal and a jam by Marvin Nesbitt Jr. gave KC their largest lead of the first half going into the under-eight media timeout.
1H / 45-31 | Kopp's baseline jumper brought Kansas City to 45-points just before half.
2H / 52-24 | From downtown, Evan Gilyard II hit a deep three to start up the second frame.
2H / 58-39 | Kopp drained a three to earn a season-high 19 points at the 15-minute mark in the second half.
2H / 63-39 | Shemarri Allen brought down the house with a slam on the takeaway.

There's no denying that Shemarri Allen brought the POWER on this @evergypower Play of the Game ??#ROOUP | #DeclareKC pic.twitter.com/E1AmzXInXI
— Kansas City Men's Basketball (@KCRoosMBB) January 12, 2022

2H / 80-51 | The Roos' got out in transition and Jacob Johnson got up to slam one down to keep Bible Baptist at bay.
2H / 94-57 | Trace Evans converted an old-fashioned three-point play to give himself a season-high seven points in just his fourth game in a Kansas City uniform.

2H | ??TRUCK AND ONE??#ROOUP | @TraceEvans13 pic.twitter.com/xsjHM8YjgI
— Kansas City Men's Basketball (@KCRoosMBB) January 12, 2022

STATS TO NOTE

All eleven Roos to enter the game scored at least three points.
Kopp led the Roos with 19 points on efficient 8-of-11 shooting.
Evans also notched a season-high with seven points and two rebounds.
Kansas City forced 21 turnovers, leading to 30 points off turnovers.
Allen contributed on both ends for the Roos, with 8 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, and a block.
The Roos notched a season-high 28 assists on 37 field goals.
Kansas City dominated the paint, scoring 52 points in the lane while allowing just 12.
Five Roos recorded at least three assists.

COACH BILLY DONLON, QUOTED

"Our guys have been through a lot since our last game of 2021 … They did a great job of doing everything in their power to find a way to win last night against Omaha. Baptist Bible made some shots in the first half and did some things offensively that hurt us. We do prepare for these non-DI games just like any other game and we didn't get to prepare at all, which will be a teachable moment."
"We could have responded any which way out of halftime, and I think the way that we responded speaks volumes to the guys in the locker room. We did our job, but under the circumstances there are a lot of positives."
"(ORU) is terrific. I've watched a lot of film on them and obviously we played them twice last year at their place. Max (Abmas) is great, but they have a lot of other guys. They play really hard defensively and they've won two conference road games already. We'll have our work cut out for us and we'll have to play well to win."

UP NEXT
The Roos are off until Saturday, when they'll take on reigning Summit League Tournament Champion and Sweet Sixteen qualifying Oral Roberts in the Swinney Center at 7 p.m.