Robin Evanyk

Box Score

Walker Blaine

Texas-Dallas UTD 13-3,8-1 ASC

LeTourneau LETU 7-9,4-5 ASC

Texas-Dallas UTD

13-3,8-1 ASC

Final

Jan. 14, 2023

LeTourneau LETU

7-9,4-5 ASC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Texas-Dallas UTD	43	46	89
LeTourneau LETU	33	48	81

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 1/14/2023 5:08:00 PM | Andrew Mindeman, Associate AD for Communications

Comeback Falls Short for Men's Hoops in Loss to UTD

Next Game:

McMurry

1/19/2023 | 7:30 PM

Next Game

Full Schedule

Jan. 19 (Thu) / 7:30 PM

McMurry

History

Recap
Roster

LONGVIEW, Texas -- The LeTourneau men's basketball team rallied from a 19-point deficit and took a brief lead late in the second half before falling to UT Dallas, 89-81, in ASC action on Saturday afternoon inside Solheim Arena.

The loss snaps a four-game conference winning streak for LeTourneau (7-9, 4-5 ASC).

UT Dallas (13-3, 8-1 ASC), which sits atop the ASC standings, raced out to a 37-18 lead in the first half as Kyle Poerschke scored 18 of the Comets' first 22 points. Poerschke finished with a game-high 43 points, including seven 3-pointers.

LeTourneau began chipping away at the margin over the final minutes of the first half. A 7-2 run over the last two minutes, capped by a bucket from Jackson Mayes, got the YellowJackets within 10 (43-33) at the break.

The stretch continued in the second half as LeTourneau used a 10-3 spurt to get within 46-43 with 18 minutes left. Deonte Jackson had five points in the stretch and a Mayes 3-pointer pulled the YellowJackets within three.

UT Dallas extended the lead back to nine on multiple occasions. LeTourneau regained the lead, briefly, after a 7-0 run as Walker Blaine's tip-in with 3:52 left gave the YellowJackets a 76-75 lead. UT Dallas answered with a 3-pointer from Poerschke and Comets held off LeTourneau the rest of the way.

Mayes finished with a team-high 24 points, including six 3-ppointers, and four steals for LeTourneau. Jackson had 15 points and four assists, while Blaine added 14 points and five rebounds. Christian Adams totaled 10 points and two assists with Warren Richardson tallying nine points, six assists, and five rebounds.

LeTourneau shot a season-high 58 percent (29-of-50) from the field with 12 3-pointers. It was the sixth straight game the YellowJackets have connected on 50 percent or better from the floor.

Poerschke went 15-of-22 from the floor for his 43 points to go with seven rebounds. The Comets made 51.7 percent (30-of-58) for the game with 12 3-pointers and 17-of-22 at the foul line.