Bolivar, Mo. – The Southwest Baptist University "League of Legends" Bearcats defeated Mississippi State University's "Equinox Gaming", 2-1, on Saturday.
 
The Bulldogs dominated the Bearcats in Game 1, but were not able to keep SBU's counter-strategies suppressed in Games 2 and 3, leading to a Bearcat win.
 
In Game 1, MSU, led by Jungler, Jay Jeltz (Trap God Jay), owned SBU's side of the map and won in the 31st minute. MSU outscored SBU in kills 25-7, assists 49-7, damage 76k-51k, and a 15k gold lead.   The Bearcats appeared out-matched after Game 1.
 
SBU rallied Game 2 and shut down MSU's high-pressure jungle invade with its own counter-invade.  Led by Jungler, Joseph Reyes (LordVadarem), the Bearcats made proactive team plays and controlled almost every map objective, allowing ADC Shane Roberts (BaconOP) to execute a personal best 16 kills. SBU secured the win in the 39th minute and dominated the Bulldogs in kills 34-11, assists 77-15, damage 130k-67k, and a 17k gold gap.
 
Game 3 had SBU and MSU trading small leads through the 34th minute.  In the 35th minute, the Bearcats, led by strong plays from Support Sean Bates (Bouse Ranger), disrupted the Bulldogs' attempt to take the Baron Nashor and secured 4 kills. This allowed SBU to take the Baron and utilize a 4/1 split push into the enemy's base in the 36th minute. SBU secured the win in the 41st minute with a final score of kills 36-28, assists 63-63, and a gold differential of only 7k.
 
 SBU will tackle the University of Mississippi's "Solar Eclipse" team at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5th, from its home arena in the Goodson Student Union.