The Northern Oklahoma College Mavericks came alive in the second half beating Oklahoma Wesleyan JV 91-71 Monday evening at Foster-Piper Fieldhouse in Tonkawa.

NOC (5-3) was led by Syrus Grisby with 16 points while Jalen Johnson added 14 and Naadhir Wood 10.

Oklahoma Wesleyan built an 11-point first half lead against the Mavs thought the Mavs closed the gap to 43-39 at half.

The Mavs turned the game around quickly in the second half with a 25-5 run to build a 64-48 lead.

NOC controlled the second half with Wesleyan never getting closer than 13 the rest of the way.

"We came out flat and OK Wesleyan did what I told our guys they would do," said coach Brad Witherspoon.  "They packed it in and made open 3's. I thought we came out with much more energy the second half and played our game"

NOC opens conference play Thursday at Western.

Mavs 91, OK Wesleyan JV 71

                        1     2 – Total

Mavs               39   52 --  91

OKW JV           43   28 --  71

Mavs—S. Grisby 16, J. Johnson 14, N. Wood 10, C. Malray 9, D. Jones 9, N. Cham 7, F. Federiko 7, D. Montgomery 7, E. Pickens 6, D. Alexander 3, D. Owusu 2, C. Milne 1