SEGUIN, Texas â€"
Jordan Kouremetis and No. 23 Texas Lutheran remained unbeaten in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play and handed Colorado College its first SCAC loss of the season with an 81-79 Bulldog win.
TLU improved to 14-3 overall and to 6-0 in the SCAC. Colorado dropped to 11-6 overall and to 6-1 in the SCAC.
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Friday in TLU's Memorial Gymnasium, Kouremetis (San Antonio/O'Connor) continued his red-hot, long-range shooting. The junior guard hit six three-pointers and scored a game-high 25. He added three rebounds.
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Kouremetis finished 7-for-10 from the field and 5-for-5 from the free throw line.
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Each team led by as many as 10 in the first half, and the Bulldogs led by as many as eight in the second.
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The game was tied at 69 with 6:01 remaining before TLU went on a 10-2 run to a take a 79-71 lead with only 3:34 to play.
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In that 10-2 run,
Zach Behr (Temple/Temple) and
Paris Marquez (Humble/Atascocita) each hit threes, and Kouremetis and Behr each made jumpers.
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Colorado closed within two on a James Lonergan lay-up with three seconds remaining. TLU inbounded the ball with a half-court pass to Behr, and time expired as Behr raced to the basket.
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Matthew Gillette (Spring/Klein) added 14 points and five rebounds off the Bulldog bench. Marquez and
Harris Jowell (Brock/Brock) also hit double figures with 13 and 11, respectively.
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Andrew Maddock led the Tigers with 20 points. He added four rebounds and three blocks. James Lonergan and John Hatch contributed 19 and 18 points, respectively. Lonergan grabbed 10 rebounds.
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Colorado lost despite shooting 57.7 percent from the field for the game. The Tigers also hit 52.9 percent from the three-point line.
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TLU took 29 three-pointers and made 12. TLU took 10 more shots than Colorado, made three more free throws and turned the ball over seven fewer times.
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The Bulldogs host Centenary College at 4 p.m. Saturday in Memorial Gymnasium. TLU will have live video and live stats on tlubulldogs.com.Â
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