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Natalie Connelly
101
Winner LeTourneau LETU 16-7
78
Belhaven BU 8-16
Winner
LeTourneau LETU
16-7
101
Final
78
Belhaven BU
8-16
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
LeTourneau LETU 53 48 101
Belhaven BU 42 36 78

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

LeTourneau Basketball Wins Road Finale At Belhaven 101-78

JACKSON, Miss. – Needing a victory to keep their ASC East Division Title aspirations alive, the LeTourneau University men's basketball team would use a 57 percent shooting performance from the field to break open an 11-point halftime lead and cruise to a 101-78 victory over Belhaven University at Rugg Arena in Jackson, Mississippi on Saturday, February 9th.
 
Improving to 16-7 overall, LETU is now 10-4 in the American Southwest Conference while the Blazers slipped to 8-15 overall and 2-13 in ASC play.
 
How It Happened:
  • Quick paced action would get the game going as sophomore Justin Moore would score the first five points for the YellowJackets while seeing Belhaven match his efforts to tie things at 5-5 1:44 into the game.
  • The back-and-forth would continue as the Blazers would take a 7-6 lead on a Jonathan Durham layup but see Andrew Eberhardt respond with a layup of his own as LETU would briefly grab a 10-7 lead before a Belhaven triple tied the score once again.
  • Five more ties would be had over the next four-plus minutes of action before Elijah Gerber broke a 20-18 deadlock with his fourth-straight point as the YellowJackets used a 7-3 run to take a 22-18 lead.
  • The rest of the first half would see LETU expand upon their lead and go up by as 14 in the opening 20 minutes of action and eventually settle at 53-42 in favor of LeTourneau.
  • In similar fashion to the beginning of the game, both the YellowJackets and Blazers would open the second period by matching each other point for point as LETU would maintain their double-digit lead throughout the opening five minutes of play.
  • The YellowJacket lead would reach 19 at 67-48 with 14:36 left in the game before a 7-2 Belhaven run quickly closed the gap to 13 just 90 seconds later.
  • Momentum for the Blazers would continue as the deficit would be cut to 10 on a Justin Jones layup with 11:03 remaining in the second half but it would be LeTourneau who would in turn go on an 11-1 run to grab their first 20-point lead of the game ta 83-63.
  • The final five minutes of play would see the YellowJackets keep the defensive pressure on as BU would only manage to cut the lead back down under 20 just once which would allow LETU to grab a win in their last regular-season road game.
Key Stats:
  • 92 of LeTourneau's 101 points would come either in the paint or via fast break as LETU would take full advantage of Belhaven's 10 turnovers.
  • The rebounding edge would also see LETU hold their own as the YellowJackets grabbed 34 rebounds including nine offensive rebounds compared to just 31 for Belhaven.
  • Leading LeTourneau offensively would be junior Nate West with a 27-point, 12 rebound performance for a double-double while Moore added 21 points and three assists.
What's Next?
East Texas Baptist University makes their way to Solheim Arena to take on LeTourneau for a 7:30 p.m. contest on Tuesday, February 12th. ETBU is 12-11 overall and 8-6 in ASC play after dropping an 81-76 road decision to Louisiana College Saturday afternoon.
 
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