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Texas Lutheran University

63
McMurry MCMMBB 0-2
67
Winner Texas Lutheran TLU-MEN 2-2
McMurry MCMMBB
0-2
63
Final
67
Texas Lutheran TLU-MEN
2-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
McMurry MCMMBB 23 40 63
Texas Lutheran TLU-MEN 25 42 67

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Josephs, Bulldogs notch 67-63 home victory over McMurry



SEGUIN, Texas -- Junior point guard Nathan Josephs (San Antonio/Clark/Texas State) scored 22 of his game-high 24 points in the second half to lift the Texas Lutheran Bulldogs to a 67-63 home win Saturday over McMurry University.

Joseph scored the Bulldogs' last 11 points. He hit three three-pointers and made 13-of-14 free throws in the second half.

TLU won its second straight and improved to 2-2 overall.

McMurry fell to 0-2.

With TLU clinging to a one-point lead with 1:04 to play, Josephs drained a three-pointer off a feed from Alex Cage (Austin/McNeil). With McMurry fouling to stop the clock, Josephs went 8-for-8 at the line in the closing 42 seconds.

Cage and Sebastian Andrade (El Paso/Americas) each scored 13 for TLU.

Matthew Gillette (Spring/Klein) chipped in six points and a game-high 12 rebounds.

TLU out-rebounded McMurry 37-32 and overcame 23 turnovers.

The Bulldogs held a 25-0 edge in free throws made.

LaRandall Scoggins paced the War Hawks with 14 points and nine rebounds.

TLU's next game is a Tuesday road contest at the University of Texas at Tyler. Tip-off in UT Tyler's Herrington Patriot Center is set for 7 p.m.
 
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