Texans fall to No. 10 UCO

EDMOND, Okla. – The Tarleton Texans were outscored 14-4 in the first seven of the second half, and Tarleton could not recover, falling to the No. 10 Central Oklahoma Bronchos, 79-68.

The Texans, who fell to 6-3 on the season, trailed by just two at the break, but Tarleton trailed by as much as 15 on two different occasions in the second period. Last year, the Texans watched Eric Cazenave hit a three in the final 10 seconds to end Tarleton’s season, and the Broncho junior scored 23 points Monday to help hand the Texans’ the defeat.

“We are just not there yet, and they have a lot of experience and are much further along than we are,” said head coach Lonn Reisman. “We have some players that are in the second and third games with us and we lost our point guard, Cortney Hill, early in the game.”

The Texans had 16 turnovers that led to 21 UCO points, and the head coach believes part of that is the fact the chemistry is still not there.

“We have a lot of maturing to do,” Reisman said. “If we do, we might be able to play this team and play them a little better. We are going to be OK. We just have to keep playing and keep practicing and hopefully our inexperience will become experience. We are going to continue to get better as time goes on. This was our first long road trip, and to go home 1-1 after these two hard games is good for building our experience.”

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