Kansas City
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Brown
2-5,0-0Ivy League
Roos Fall in Overtime Battle with Brown
11/25/2023 1:53:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Five Kansas City players finished in double-digits, but the Bears ran away in OT
NASSAU, Bahamas - Kansas City Men's Basketball (2-4) overcame multiple deficits in order to force overtime today against Brown (2-5), but were unable to hold on in the extra period, falling, 93-83. The Roos had five players finish in double-digit scoring and knocked down a season-high three-point mark for the second-straight game, but allowed Brown to shoot at a 58.5% clip from the field.
The Roos started the game cold from three-point range, missing on their first five attempts from long range and falling behind early. Cameron Faas got KC's three-point shooting started, and the Roos were able to take a lead into the half for the first time in four contests.Â
The hot shooting continued early in the second half, and Kansas City extended its lead out to as large as nine points. Brown battled back to take a late lead, and it was late-game heroics by Jamar Brown that forced overtime on a 35-foot shot. However, the Bears scored the first nine points of the overtime period and ran away from there.
Anderson Kopp led Kansas City, scoring 19 points. He was followed by Khristion Courseault with 15, J. Brown with 13, Faas with 11 and Jayson Petty with 10.Â
KEY MOMENTS
- 1H - 12:04 / 10-21 | Brown used a 14-2 run to jump out to an early 13-point lead, but a second-chance bucket from Petty put an end to the run and got KC back into the scoring column for the first time in three minutes.
- 1H - 5:57 / 24-29 | Courseault found Faas for a three-pointer in the fast break, the Roos' first triple of the day. That sparked a 10-point Kansas City run that allowed Kansas City to take its first lead since the 18-minute mark.
- 1H - 2:21 / 37-34 | Allen David Mukeba Jr. dished to Petty in the corner for a three, the Roos' fifth triple in a four-minute span. Kansas City proceeded to take a two-point lead into the half.
- 2H - 17:24 / 46-38 | The Roos came out firing and extended the lead to eight using an 8-2 run to begin the half, courtesy of a pair of three-pointers by Faas.
- 2H - 12:37 / 54-45 | The Bears drew back within a point, but Kansas City used an eight-point scoring spurt, capped by a jumper from Courseault, to gain its largest lead of the game at nine points. From there, Brown went on an eight-point stretch of its own to cut the lead back down to one point.
- 2H - 0:59 / 68-68 | Brown took a six-point lead into the final media timeout, but the Roos would not go down quietly. Kopp knocked down a second-chance three after an offensive rebound by Mukeba to cut the lead to three. After forcing a Bears miss, Kopp brought the ball down to the other end, finding Courseault for the game-tying three.
- 2H - 0:07 / 71-71 | The Bears hit three free throws in the final minute to take a lead, but Kansas City had the ball for a final possession. After a scramble near mid-court, J. Brown pulled up from way downtown, knocking down the triple and tying the game up. He then came up with a steal on the defensive end to secure overtime.
- OT - 0:56 / 76-84 | Brown opened the overtime period on a 13-2 run, which was finally stopped by a three from Kopp. However, it was too little, too late and the Bears took the victory.
STATSÂ TO NOTE
- Kansas City's 14 three-pointers are the most by a Kansas City squad against a Division One opponent since the Roos defeated Elon, 95-59 on Dec. 22, 2018.
- The Roos have knocked down 10-plus threes in back-to-back games for the first time since Nov. 15 & 17, 2022. It is the first time KC has made double-digit threes in two-straight losses since Dec. 16 & 19, 2017.
- Today marks the first time that five Roos have scored 10-plus points in a single game since a Nov. 14, 2022 win over Calvary. It is the first time that it has happened against a Division One opponent since a Feb. 5, 2022 win over Western Illinois.
- Across the last four games, KC's opponents are shooting 55.9% from the floor, shooting above 50% in each game. That marks the first time KC has allowed four-straight 50% games since Feb. 19-27, 2021.
- Kopp's 19-point day was the best by a Roo so far this season. Courseault and Petty both finished with their first double-digit scoring games as Roos.
UP NEXT
Kansas City has one more game at the Baha Mar Nassau Championship, taking on the loser between Middle Tennessee and Ohio tomorrow at 10 a.m.
