LONGVIEW, Texas -- Men's hoops sent seniors Deonte Jackson and Caedmon Liebengood out as winners on Senior Day as LeTourneau defeated UT Dallas, 72-62, at Solheim Arena on Saturday afternoon.

Jackson concluded his final game at Solheim with 14 points and eight assists, while Liebengood collected 14 points on 6-of-9 field goals.

Liebengood, from Longview, Texas, currently sits at 912 career points in 76 career games. He is averaging 12 points and 5.5 rebounds per game for his career, and won All-ASC third team and All-Tournament honors in his junior season. He also won the LeTourneau Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year and CSC Academic All-District honors in 2024. 

Jackson, hailing from Nacogdoches, Texas, ranks third in program history with 2,235 career points, averaging 21.3 points per game for his career. He is currently first in the nation in active career scoring, and he also ranks in the top five in program history in threes made, assists, made free throws, made field goals, and steals. He needs two steals to set the program record. 

In terms of awards, Jackson was an ASC co-East Division Freshman of the Year and D3hoops.com South Region Rookie of the Year in 2021. He was also named to the Bevo Francis Award Top 100 Watch List and Trevor Hudgins Award Top 25 Watch List this season, and was a four-time All-ASC selection, with two of them being first team honors. 

The YellowJackets and Comets were battling for majority of the first half, but LeTourneau used an 8-0 run to jump out to a 10-point lead with 8:15 to go in the first half. Connor Miller and graduate senior Walker Blaine hit threes in this stretch.

LeTourneau would maintain the advantage throughout the rest of the half, with Jackson Mayes' half-ending fadeaway from the baseline putting the Jackets up eight at half.

After the Comets went on a second half-opening 8-0 run to tie it, Liebengood untied it with a triple from the top of the key. Mayes then hit three consecutive jumpers to keep adding to the lead. 

The YellowJackets took the reins from there, taking a double-digit lead late and allowing Jackson and Liebengood to get some warm rounds of applause as they exited the floor for the final time. 

Mayes scored a game-high 21 points on 7-of-9 field goals in just 19 minutes, while Logan Brinkoeter added nine points and nine rebounds off the bench.

Austin Page led UT Dallas in scoring with 20 points, while Zach Spitzer had nine points and eight rebounds.

UP NEXT

LeTourneau closes out the regular season on Thursday at ETBU at 7:30 p.m.

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