PINEVILLE, La. – In its return to the court for the first time in 26 days, LeTourneau University's men's basketball team lost on the road to Louisiana College, 90-65, Thursday night.
 
The YellowJackets (6-3, 4-3 American Southwest Conference) will play at Belhaven (4-12, 2-11) at 7:30 p.m. Friday to wrap up the regular season.
 
LeTourneau committed 25 turnovers, which translated into 33 Louisiana College points. The Wildcats (8-4, 8-4) outscored the YellowJackets, 46-18, in the paint, 16-5, in transition and 18-5 in second chance opportunities. LeTourneau's bench outscored Louisiana College, 24-17.
 
 
LETU's John Argue scored 13 points, and had three blocks, and Andrew Eberhardt had 10 points. Kyce Wilson had eight points. Louisiana College's Kae'ron Baker scored 29 points, and had five assists, and Ferontay Banks added 20 points, eight steals and five boards.
 
The Jackets were 21 of 48 from the field. The Wildcats went 33 of 72.
 
Kyce Wilson scored with 6:16 to play in the first half, pulling LeTourneau within one. But Louisiana College used a 19-0 run to build a 45-25 lead. Warren Richardson scored with 49 seconds left in the half to cut it to 45-30 before the halftime break.
 
Richardson sank two free throws to open the second half, but the 'Cats scored the next 11 points to widen their lead to 24. Isaac Stolzenburg's three-pointer at the 15:18 mark cut the gap to 17, but Louisiana College stretched its lead to 31 with 8:34 to go, and the Jackets never recovered.
 
The loss snapped a seven-game win streak over the Wildcats.  
 
LETU is in need of a win Friday to extend its ASC Championship Tournament appearance streak to six straight. This year's league postseason tournament qualification is based on winning percentage. The top four teams in each of the ASC's two divisions qualify for the league tournament. LeTourneau fell from first to fifth after Thursday's loss.