Christian Seidl and Jeff Martin had career-high performances as the YellowJackets take down the Concordia Texas 121-106 in a fast-paced game in Longview on Thursday night. The 121 total points is the most for LETU since joining NCAA Division III and the American Southwest Conference in 1998.
 
Seidl scored 32 points on 14-16 from the floor and a perfect 14-14 from inside the arc. Not to be outdone, Martin had a 30-point game of his own converting on 9-17 from the floor and 11-14 from the free throw line. The senior point guard also had eight assists, eight rebounds and three steals.
 
"Concordia is a very athletic team that plays very hard so we had to have focus for 40 minutes. I was proud of the guys for the ball movement and shot selection as we attacked the basket first," said head coach Dan Miller following the victory.
 
LETU tied a season-high with 26 assists on 48 made field goals. The YellowJackets lead the ASC in assist-to-turnover ratio and are fifth in the nation at 1.6 assists per turnover. LeTourneau was 48-74 from the floor as a team. The 64.9 percent shooting from the field is an all-time best for LETU men's basketball.
 
The YellowJackets improve to 10-4 on the season and have now won six straight games including three consecutive conference wins. The six-game winning streak is the longest since joining the ASC in 1998. LeTourneau is also sitting atop the East Division at 4-3 in ASC play.
 
C.J. Bird also had a career-high as he attacked the rim to score 11 points in just 15 minutes. Bird shot 4-5 from the floor and a perfect 3-3 from the charity stripe.
 
Caleb Loggins and Nate West had 16 and 13 respectively with West adding five assists and zero turnovers despite the traps and press of the Tornados. Caylab Herrera added nine points and four rebounds. Alec Colhoff was 3-4 from the floor scoring seven points and dishing out three assists.
 
After a Loggins jumper at the 14:19 mark to tie the game at 18-18 the YellowJackets would never trail, leading by as many as 19 in the opening half. CTX ended the half on a run cutting the lead to 61-53 at the break.
 
LeTourneau would surge out to a 16-point lead thanks to eight unanswered points in the first 1:30 of the second half to force a Tornado timeout. The LETU lead grew to as many as 23 in the final period as Nate West splashed home a three-pointer to put the YellowJackets up 117-94.
 
"We had some great individual performances shooting the ball but most importantly it takes a total team effort to be Concordia and that's what we did," said Miller. "We have to continue to focus on cleaning some things up defensively and just get better each day to be ready for the next one."
 
Next up for the YellowJackets will be a January 7^th home matchup with Mary Hardin-Baylor who brings a talented Crusader group into Longview with an 8-4 record overall and 1-2 in conference play. Tipoff is tabbed for 3:00 from Solheim Arena on Saturday afternoon.