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Caleb Loggins
LeTourneau Athletic Communications
82
LeTourneau LETU 3-4
87
Winner Concordia (TX) CTX 2-4
LeTourneau LETU
3-4
82
Final
87
Concordia (TX) CTX
2-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
LeTourneau LETU 41 41 82
Concordia (TX) CTX 46 41 87

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Contact: Matt Kinney, Sports Information Director, mattkinney@letu.edu

Potent Concordia Offense Too Much For LeTourneau Men's Basketball

AUSTIN, Texas – Trailing by five points at halftime, the LeTourneau University men's basketball team could not manage to reclaim a second-half lead in an 87-82 road loss at Concordia University Texas at the Concordia Fieldhouse in Austin, Texas on Thursday, November 29th.
 
LETU falls to 3-4 on the year and 0-1 in the American Southwest Conference after losing to the Tornadoes for the first time since January 5th, 2015 while CTX improves to 2-4 overall and 1-0 in the ASC.
 
How It Happened:
  • Concordia wasted no time jumping all over the YellowJackets, scoring 10 of the first 11 points heading into the first media timeout of the game to stun a LETU team that typically gets off to fast starts of their own.
  • Senior Caleb Loggins would pull LeTourneau within six at 13-7 with 14:39 left in the first half by using a 6-2 run but could not close the gap any more in the opening 10 minutes of the game.
  • A layup and foul from C.J. Bird cut the Concordia lead to three 23-20 as the YellowJackets would start to see momentum swing in their favor before Joe Neal of CTX capped off a 9-2 run with a triple to put the Tornadoes up 32-22 with 7:57 left in the first half.
  • LETU would make one last push in the first half and cut the deficit back down to four at 37-33 following a Nate West triple, eventually cutting the lead down to three before trailing by five at the break.
  • Justin Moore got LeTourneau going offensively to start the second half, hitting an open three to cut the lead down to as little as two at 48-46.
  • Concordia would continue their relentless offensive attack to maintain their two or three possession lead but could not manage to build their lead any larger early in the second period.
  • Things would start to get away from the YellowJackets as CTX took their largest lead of the game at 73-60 with 7:09 remaining before LETU would clamp down on defense and manage to go on a 10-0 run with West scoring the first eight points of the rally.
  • Loggins would cut the Concordia lead down to a single-point at 74-73 on a three-point play before seeing the Tornadoes respond with seven-straight points to go back up eight with 3:15 remaining.
  • One final rally by the YellowJackets would see LETU close within four at 86-82 on a Moore layup in the final minute of the game before seeing CTX score the lone remaining point of the contest to hold on for a five-point victory.
 
Key Stats:
  • West led all scorers with 27 points and added six rebounds while Loggins recorded his second double-double of the season with 21 points and 10 rebounds.
  • Seidl nearly missed out on a double-double after finishing with nine points and a team-high 13 rebounds as the YellowJackets held a 49-42 rebounding advantage over Concordia.
  • CTX would be carried by all five starters in double-figures as the Tornadoes scored only 12 points from bench players.
 
What's Next?
LeTourneau will look to salvage opening weekend of ASC play with a 7:30 p.m. game at Mary Hardin-Baylor on Saturday, December 1st. The Cru picked up a 95-85 home victory over East Texas Baptist on Thursday night to stay undefeated at 6-0.
 
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