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MARSHALL, Texas – Fighting for first place in the American Southwest Conference East Division, East Texas Baptist University edged the University of Texas Dallas (11-4, 5-3), 61-57, to improve to 12-4 overall. UTD was within two points with five seconds to go but Bret Atkins sunk two free throws with two seconds remaining to seal the four-point win. It is the second straight win vs. UTD as ETBU won the second meeting last year in Marshall, 63-58.

Bret Atkins shot five-of-10 from the field, including a pair of three-point shots, and converted three-of-four free throws on his way to a team-best 15 points. Wilbert Thomas finished with just five points but led ETBU with nine rebounds. Coming off the bench, CJ Sweet chipped in 10 points on four-of-seven shooting to go along with three rebounds. For Texas Dallas, Reagan Keogh scored a game-high 18 points, including 14 in the second half. He also added seven rebounds and two blocked shots. Chase Davis contributed 11 points on five-of-six shooting from the floor and also had five rebounds.

After shooting 48.1 percent in the first half (13-of-27), ETBU dropped to a 36.4 percent success rate in the second half and ended the game with a team shooting percentage of 42.9 percent (21-of-49). For the night, Texas Dallas shot 39.7 percent from the field (23-of-58) and held a 34-to-30 edge in rebounding.

During the opening half, neither team held a lead greater than four points as there were seven ties. ETBU jumped out to a quick on Eric Horton and Junior Mitchell buckets and Atkins made it a 6-2 game at the 16:57 mark. After that point the seven ties took place with the final two and a half minutes two ties happened. C. J. Sweet made it a two-point lead at the half with a jumper at the 33 second mark and Mitchell stole the ball with two seconds left to give ETBU the advantage heading to the locker room.

In the second half, a Caleb Banks basket at the 16:02 mark put Texas Dallas in the lead, 38-37. ETBU then scored 10-consecutive points to assume a 47-38 advantage with less than 10 minutes remaining, a lead that it did not relinquish.Texas Dallas would draw as close as a single point at 52-51 following a Davis 3-point shot with 4:36 on the clock, but ETBU scored nine of the game's final 15 points to claim the 61-57 victory.

Next on the schedule for ETBU is another home game against the University of the Ozarks (Ark.) at 3 p.m., on Saturday.

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