Carroll made all six of his treys and scored 20 of his 23 points in the opening 20 minutes as UCO seized a 63-48 lead and the Alumni group that featured the 2008 and ’09 Lone Star Conference North Division Players of the Year got no closer than 12 in the second half.
Five players finished in double figures for the Bronchos, who defeated Oklahoma City 93-82 Thursday in their exhibition opener. UCO travels to Las Vegas, Nev. Next week to open the 2010-11 season with two games in the High Desert/South Central Challenge.
“It was a good test for us and I thought we played pretty well overall,” UCO coach Terry Evans said. “There were a lot of good players on that Alumni team and they made us work, which was what we needed.”
All-American Dauntae Williams – last year’s LSC North Division Player of the Year -- led the Bronchos with 24 points and six rebounds. Carroll finished with 20 points, while Carl Curry added 13, Javvero Baker 12 and Jarrod McDaniel 12.
UCO ended up with 19 treys, shooting 54.3 percent (19-of-35) from long range and 54.1 percent (40-of-74) overall.
Lance Harper (2009 LSC North POY) paced the Alumni with 24 points and 10 rebounds, with Sam Belt (2008 LSC North POY) chipping in 21 points and 12 rebounds and Brian Walker 13 points and five assists.
The Alumni led 6-3 early after a 3-pointer by John Neal, but Carroll and Curry had two long-range bombs apiece in a rapid-fire 26-5 run that put the Bronchos on top 29-11 barely eight minutes into the game.
UCO led by as many as 22 (35-13) in the first half before the Alumni crawled within 15 (63-48) at the break and Walker opened the second half with a 3-pointer to make it 63-51.
It was a still a 12-point game at the 13:53 mark when Belt made one of two free throws, but back-to-back layups by McDaniel and Brent Friday pushed the lead back to 16 at 75-59 and the Bronchos coasted in from there.
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