Baldwin ? The three-point line saw a lot of action Thursday night during Haskell Indian Nations University’s men’s basketball game against Baker University.

In the Wildcats’ 93-86 victory, the teams combined to take 41 shots from behind the arc.

“We shoot a lot of threes, and we kind of live and die by them, and in the first half we were dying,” said Baker coach Rick Weaver after his team made just four of 12 in the first half. “Last game, we were 14 out of 19 from three-point (range), but today they weren’t falling early. But a lot of that was due to the Haskell defense.”

Indeed, an aggressive defense and 50-percent shooting gave the Fightin’ Indians (3-7) a 15-point halftime lead.

But the Wildcats (8-3) scratched their way back by penetrating the Indians’ defense and provoking Haskell foul trouble.

“We’ve got a really solid team to stay focused and know what we have to do,” Baker’s D.J. Watkins said. “In the second half, I think we came out and executed our offense and played defense really the way we have been playing all year.”

Baker capitalized on Haskell’s foul problems, shooting in the bonus only five minutes into the second half. Led by Watkins’ 8-for-10 performance at the line, the Wildcats made 31 free throws in the second half.

Baker University's Andy Hannon, left, tries to block Haskell Indian Nations University's Lonnie Favel. Baker won, 93-86, Thursday night in Baldwin.

Watkins and David Ward each scored 12 points to spark the second-half surge.

“To be honest, early I was terrible,” Ward said. “But at half coach kind of sent a message – he benched me and D.J., who started, and we saw that second unit come out fired up and we knew we had to match it.”

Weaver praised Haskell and said the Indians could make some noise this season.

“It’s always a good game. I think coach (Jamie) Morrison does a great job,” Weaver said. “It was fun to watch, I guess. I think I aged about a year.”