Box Score The LeTourneau University men's basketball team dropped a 73-48 decision to Mary Hardin-Baylor on Thursday night.

The YellowJackets (4-15, 3-13 ASC) were led by sophomore Ladaria Brown, who scored a team-high 13 points in the loss. The Henderson, Texas native has been in double digits in 17 of 19 games in 2013-14.

The Cru (12-8, 10-7 ASC) landed four in double digits including James Allen, who had a game-high 17. Antonie Chaney and Kitrick Bell each added 13 and Jerard Graham had a double double with 15 points and a game-high 10 rebounds.

UMHB opened the game on a 19-2 run and never looked back in the win. LeTourneau closed within 10, 31-21, late in the first half with an 11-1 spurt. In the spurt, nine of the 11 points came from Brown.

Twice in the second half, LeTourneau had the deficit down to 16 but the host Cru answered the threat by the YellowJackets.  In the second 20 minutes, UMHB shot 48.3% from the field and outscored LeTourneau by a 34-22 margin.

The YellowJackets will look to bounce back on Saturday, Feb. 8 when they travel to Concordia in Austin. Earlier this year, on January 2^nd, the Tornados defeated LeTourneau, 77-69 in Solheim Arena.