PINEVILLE, La. - Scoring 10 of the first 11 points of the game and 13 of the final 21 points in the contest, the LeTourneau University men's basketball team picked up a big 91-77 road victory over Louisiana College at the H.O. West Field House in Pineville, Louisiana on Thursday, February 7th. 

LeTourneau now sits at 15-7 overall and 9-4 in the American Southwest Conference while sweeping the season series from the Wildcats who fall to 16-6 overall and 9-5 in ASC action. 

How It Happened:

• Freshman Elijah Gerber would make big contributions in the opening minutes as a Nate West triple would be followed by a layup, block, rebound, and three from Gerber to force an LC timeout with 18:09 left in the first half.  
• After Louisiana College would get on the board with a free throw, West would hit on a fast break jumper in the paint and would be followed up by an Andrew Eberhardt triple as the YellowJackets would fire on all cylinders to grab a 13-1 lead less than three minutes into the game. 
• The LETU lead would grow to 16 at 19-3 following a West triple before seeing Louisiana College on a 7-0 run to close the gap back down to single-digits at 19-10. 
• LeTourneau would manage to keep their lead in double-digits throughout the next several minutes of play and threaten to extend their lead past the 16-point margin held early on but would see the Wildcats manage to hang around despite the 10-plus point deficit. 
• Three-point shooting would be a big boost for LETU to open the lead by going seven-for-11 from beyond the arc to start the game as the YellowJackets would grab a 49-38 lead at the break. 
• Kae'Ron Baker for Louisiana College and Caleb Loggins for LeTourneau would have a back-and-forth start to the second half by trading the first four buckets of the period to keep the LETU advantage at 11 two-plus minutes into the half. 
• A bit of a scoring drought would then find its way to the YellowJackets as Louisiana College would close the gap to as few as five at 53-48 before seeing Eberhardt connect on a three to push the lead back to eight. 
• The back-and-forth between teams would continue as LC would get the gap down to four at 59-55 with 14:02 remaining in the game but saw LeTourneau score six of the next eight points to go back up nine over the next four minutes of action. 
• LETU would then push their lead back to the double-digit mark by trading two-point Louisiana College baskets with three-point baskets of their own and look to put things away early after holding a 76-62 lead with 7:25 remaining. 
• Louisiana College would make one more run at the YellowJackets to cut the 14-point lead in half over the next 1:11 of action but see LeTourneau respond with a 10-1 run to match their largest lead of the game at 86-70 with 3:44 remaining. 
• Free-throw shooting would then allow the YellowJackets to limit the Wildcats to just a 7-5 advantage in the final minutes as LETU would avoid needing late-game heroics like they did in Longview against LC. 

Key Stats:

• The starting lineup for LeTourneau would play a big role in the victory as the YellowJackets scored just three bench points in the game while getting double-digit points out of four of the five starters. 
• West (25 points) and Loggins (24 points) would be the top two scorers in the game while adding eight and seven rebounds each despite Louisiana College holding a 52-42 advantage on the glass. 
• Turnovers would also loom large in the contest as the YellowJackets forced 17 Louisiana College turnovers and scored 22 points off turnovers while allowing the Wildcats to score just 12 off nine LETU turnovers. 

What's Next?
LeTourneau will play one more road game on Saturday, February 9th at Belhaven University with tip-off scheduled for 3 p.m. The Blazers suffered an 84-83 defeat at the hands of East Texas Baptist University on Thursday evening.