LeTourneau earned their eighth win of the season with an 89-84 victory over TLU on Friday to go 2-0 at the LETU Holiday Classic. The YellowJackets improve to 8-4 overall and 2-3 in the ASC.
 
Alec Colhoff led five YellowJackets in double figures with 17 points, 15 of which came in the second half. Colhoff also had a team-high six rebounds.
 
Jeff Martin and Christian Seidl each added 15 points. Seidl also dished out a career-high five assists. Caleb Loggins was 7 of 8 from the floor in the game scoring 14 points including an emphatic steal and dunk to seal the victory.

Nate West was the final YellowJacket in double figures as he scored 12 points including a perfect 7-7 from the free-throw line.
 
LeTourneau converted on 29 of 31 from the charity stripe, the most made free-throws since a 30 of 41 effort in 2010.
 
"Very proud of the guys as it took all 40 minutes to earn the win. We did a good job of attacking the paint and basket tonight," said head coach Dan Miller after the win. "The guys made their free throws and battled back every time we had a deficit. Texas Lutheran is an excellent team so I love the perseverance and resilience that we demonstrated tonight."
 
The Bulldogs came out firing as they jumped out to an early 7-0 lead forcing at YellowJacket timeout just three minutes into the game.

The YellowJackets would respond and tie the game on a Christian Seidl three-point field goal at the 14:27 mark of the first half.
 
Seth Mattson came off the bench to spark LETU as he sank two consecutive long-range jumpers to give the YellowJackets their first lead of the game 30-25.
 
The first half ended on a rebound and put back by Jordan Kouremetis at the buzzer to tie the game at 38-38.
 
TLU would once again grab the lead early in the second half and that lead would grow to as many as nine on a pair of Bulldog free-throws at the 15:12 mark. Alec Colhoff and Caylab Herrera would hit back-to-back three's to cut the lead to three.
 
There were eight lead changes in the second half as each team made big shots down the stretch. A Kouremetis' and-one gave the Bulldogs a five-point lead with 4:24 remaining.
 
Alec Colhoff hit a huge three-pointer with just 33 seconds remaining to regain the lead for the YellowJackets and late-game free-throws gave LeTourneau it's fifth win over a SCAC opponent and first over TLU since 2012.
 
"The SCAC is a really good conference this year so to finish 5-0 against the SCAC was a great accomplishment for the guys," said Miller.
 
LeTourneau will now turn its focus to ASC play for the remainder of the season and a UT Tyler game on Monday, January 2^nd at the Louise Herrington Patriot Center. Tip-off is tabbed for 7:30 p.m. in Tyler.
 
The YellowJackets won the first matchup with an 89-86 victory in Longview before the Christmas break. The Patriots come in with a 7-4 record overall and 3-2 in the ASC.