Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Texans vs. ACU

The Tarleton Texans (15-3,3-0) are putting their undefeated record in the LSC South Division conference on the line tonight against the Abilene Christian Wildcats (7-11,0-3). While the records of the two teams look different it is always a battle when these two teams meet up. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m.

- The Texans have the early lead, 17-13, midway through the first half. The Texans have been efficient on the floor thus far, shooting 57.1% from the three-point line. Tarleton has also been very effective defensively as well as aggressive on the boards.

- Texans pull ahead with a sizeable lead to end the first half by the score of 43-21. Devon Hills leads all scorers with 15 while Donta Smith is the rebounding leader after pulling down eight. The Texans finished the first half shooting 41.4% from the field and 50% from beyond the arc. Abilene Christian has had a tough game shooting the ball thus far finishing the first half with a field goal percentage of 28%. Their point leader is Eddie Thompson with seven. Grabbing the rebounds for the Wildcats is Dosh Simms with four. The Texans will look to continue their strong performance as the second half is coming up.

- Texans still going strong with nearly five minutes gone in the second half. Texans lead by 38 points with the score 53-25 Devon Hills putting in a great night scoring as he has 20 already for the game.

- Tarleton continuing their dominant performance tonight as they continue to lead by 30 with 7:24 left in the game.

- Texans walk away from this one with a 83-63 victory. Devon Hills led all scorers with 23 points and the Texans shot 41.4% from the field. Donta Smith pulled down a game high 15 rebounds as he was dominant on the glass tonight. The Texans will travel to Kingsville on Saturday as they look to take on the Javelinas of Texas A&M-Kingsville with a tip-off time of 7 p.m.

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