After a sluggish start, LeTourneau pulled away from Louisiana College for an 88-68 victory and their 12^th-straight win. LETU improves their history-making streak and are now 16-4 overall and 9-3 in conference play. The 16 wins ties for the most since joining NCAA Division III. The 2008-09 YellowJackets finished 16-10 and made the second ASC tournament appearance in school history.
 
"We came out early and probably took too many three-pointers against their zone," said head coach Dan Miller. "After the first media timeout we did a better job of trying to get paint touches before shots and I thought our shot selection improved."
 
The YellowJackets held the Wildcats to just 33.8 percent (24-71) shooting from the floor and outrebounded LC 48 to 35.
 
"Louisiana college is a very strong team in the paint so I thought our interior defense was pretty good today," said Miller.
 
LeTourneau was led by Alec Colhoff who had a season-high 25 points including 5 of 9 from three-point range. The junior also pulled down five rebounds and added four assists and two blocks.
 
Joining Colhoff in double figures were Jeff Martin and Caleb Loggins who each finished with 12 points. Loggins recorded his third career double-double performance as he grabbed 10 rebounds. The sophomore forward also had three blocks, he ranks sixth in the ASC in blocks.
 
Freshman guard John Foster came off the bench and scored nine quick points for the YellowJackets, shooting 3-3 from the floor in his seven minutes. LETU assisted on 20 of their 35 field goals and had just eight turnovers in the game.
 
LeTourneau started slow missing on their first five attempts from the floor before Colhoff scored at the 16:54 mark to give LETU a 3-2 lead.
 
The scoring would pick up from there as the YellowJackets figured out the Wildcat zone and went on a 10-0 run to take a 17-8 lead on a Loggins layup. LC would battle back to tie the game at 23-23 at the 6:05 mark. LeTourneau ended the half on a 16-1 run as they took a 39-24 lead into the break.
 
LeTourneau would stretch the lead to as many as 24 in the second half on an Erick Roberson layup at the 8:14 mark.
 
"I like the way we share the ball and had assisted baskets especially in the second half.
Now we need great practices this week because we turn around and play Louisiana College at their place and they're very good at home," said Miller. "The thing I love about our team is the guys lock into just getting better each day and never looking ahead so we'll be excited to get to practice on Monday."
 
The YellowJackets will turn around and face off with Louisiana College again on Thursday, February 2^nd in Pineville. This marks the final stretch of ASC play as everyone makes the turn and plays the second half of in-division games. LeTourneau will play four out of the final five games on the road. Tip-off from H.O. West Fieldhouse will be at 7:30 on Thursday night.