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Sul Ross State Uses
FT's to Post Important
Home OT Win
Sul Ross State got
redemption for a four
point loss last Saturday
in Kerrville with a
78-74 overtime win in
Alpine that tightened up
the race for the final
ASC West playoff spot.
The game was a tight
affair throughout, but
free throw accuracy was
one place where the game
turned for visiting
Schreiner. SU hit
only 60% of its free
throw attempts (57% in
regulation) while SRS
hit over 82% - and was
11-for-12 in the second
half.
Schreiner broke on top
and maintained a slim
lead for the first eight
minutes of the game.
The Lobos (6-11 in ASC)
took their first lead
with 11:15 to go before
halftime and the two
teams traded the lead
back and forth over the
next eight minutes.
Sul Ross State used a
10-2 run over the
closing minutes of the
first half to take a
32-26 lead at
intermission.
Schreiner (6-11 in ASC)
didn't take long to
catch up in the second
half and continued to
build a lead early in
the period. SU had
its biggest lead of the
night, 49-42, when
sophomore David Flannery
hit two free throws with
12:22 left in
regulation. Over
the next 17 minutes, Sul
Ross State outscored the
Mountaineers, 17-1, to
build its biggest lead,
57-50, with just over
6:30 left. It was
a two-point lead, 61-59,
when SU junior Ralph
Turner scored with 1:19
to go to tie the game.
Neither team would score
in the final minute and
the game went to
overtime.
In the extra period, SU
built a quick five-point
lead, 66-61, but Sul
Ross State did its
damage at the free throw
line from that point on,
making 11-of-12 FT
attempts and SU couldn't
hold off the home team.
The loss drops Schreiner
into a four-way tie for
the fourth and final ASC
playoff spot with four
games to play.
Flannery had one of his
highest scoring games
and led all scorers with
19 points. Turner
had 15 points, 5 assists
and 7 rebounds.
Sophomore Riley Battle
had 13 points and 6
rebounds. Freshman
Trevor Conner came off
the bench to score 11.
Schreiner hosts
Concordia-Texas, which
is in third place and
just one-half game ahead
of the Mountaineers in
the ASC West standings
next Thursday in
Edington Center.
The Tornadoes beat
Schreiner, 84-79, in
Austin on January 22nd. |
