Cowboys Win Season Finale

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SEGUIN, Texas — Hardin-Simmons’ men’s basketball team pulled out a 82-79 win over Texas Lutheran to end its season Saturday afternoon at Memorial Gym in Seguin.

The Cowboys trailed 12-7 early on but had a 14-0 run to take a 21-12 lead. HSU led the rest of the first half and held a 36-33 halftime lead.

HSU used a 9-0 run midway through the second half to take a 67-58 lead, but TLU responded with a 14-0 run to take a 72-67 lead. Steven Wesley’s back-to-back buckets to give HSU a 75-73 lead with 3:08 to play.

The teams traded baskets and it was 79-79 all. Casey Riddle gave the Cowboys a lead with a pullup jumper in the lane to make it 81-79 and Steven Wesley split a pair of free throws with :17 to play. TLU missed a late 3-pointer to give the Cowboys the win.

HSU shot just 28-of-80 in the game and were 9-for-50 from 3-point range. However, they held TLU to 39 percent shooting and forced 25 turnovers.

Singer led the Cowboys with 19 points, but finished just 7-of-21 from the field. Terrence Willis had 18 points and 13 rebounds in his final career game. Rian Stubbs had 13 rebounds in his final game and Rob Yeatts had nine points in his final game.

Nate Walton had 20 points to pace TLU and Malcolm Dotson added 17.


HSU ended its season with a record of 9-16 overall and 8-13 in league play. HSU finished in a fourth-place tie with Sul Ross State, but the Lobos had the tiebreaker on the Cowboys for the final spot in the ASC Tournament. TLU ended its season with a record of 6-18 overall and 6-15 in league play.





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