All five starters for East Texas Baptist University scored in double figures en route to a 76-58 win over LeTourneau University on Thursday night in Marshall.
 
The Tigers (14-4, 7-2 ASC East Division) were led by Junior Mitchell, who had a team-high 17 points to lead ETBU. Eric Horton and Dylan Augustine each added 11 and the tandem of Jordan Quillian and Bret Atkins scored 10 apiece. Horton finished with a double double, grabbing a game-high 10 rebounds for the Tigers, who outrebounded LETU by 11, 37-26.
 
The YellowJackets (8-11, 5-5 ASC East Division) were led by junior Jeff Martin, who scored a game-high 17 points to lead LETU. Off the bench, sophomore Alec Colhoff added 13 on the strength of three 3-pointers. Despite the loss, LETU forced 20 ETBU turnovers.
 
"ETBU was the tougher team tonight," said LETU head coach Dan Miller. "They played harder and better basketball then we did. We have to learn from that and understand that is what championship basketball looks like and we need to get there."

East Texas Baptist, who has won 30 of its last 31 at home and are the defending American Southwest Conference champions, led from start to finish in the win. After trailing by as much as 16 in the first half, LeTourneau came out of the halftime break with seven-straight points to cut the deficit to three, 36-33 with 16:52 left to play. The experienced Tigers withstood the spurt with five unanswered points and eventually went on a decisive 12-2 run for a double-figure lead for the remainder of the game.

LeTourneau will stay on the road for its next contest, where they will face Louisiana College in Pineville. The last win for LETU in Pineville was January 24, 2009.