MARSHALL, Texas – Hitting a season best 16 three-pointers and having six players score in double figures led to East Texas Baptist University's 12-point victory, 92-80, against the University of the Ozarks (8-8, 2-7) in American Southwest Conference East Division play. With its fifth-straight win in as many tries, ETBU moves to 13-4 overall and 6-2 in the ASC East.

Dylan Augustine and Bret Atkins combined to hit eight of the 16 three-pointers as both of them finished leading the team with 20 points. Earning double-doubles were Jordan Quillian and Will Thomas as they each finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Tyler Day swooshed in four three-pointers for 12 points and Jay McKnight made three three-pointers for 11 points. Junior Mitchell added a season-high nine assists, too. Ozarks' Berard scored a game-best 31 points to lead all scorers.

As a team, ETBU accomplished several season highs in the victory, including most 3-pointers (16), assists (24) and assist-to-turnover ratio (24-to-16). ETBU edged Ozarks in rebounding, 48-to-25. They finished shooting 45 percent from the floor making 43 percent from beyond the arc and 76 percent from the line. Ozarks finished making 48 percent of their shots but could only find the three-point basket 38 percent of the time and hit 73 percent of their free throws. ETBU took the rebound battle, 48-35.

The first five minutes of the first half saw Ozarks with the lead for a little over a minute in three different spots. A the 14:43 mark Ozarks posted a three-point lead, 13-10, only to see Augustine hit the first of his five three-pointers in the game to tie it at 13. Ozarks scored quickly on a jump shot for the two-point lead but Day canned his first three-pointer at the 11:19 mark making it 16-15. This sparked a 13-0 run over four minutes as ETBU went up 26-15 never to give the lead up again. In the four minute run ETBU hit three three-pointers right in a row by Day, Anthony Davis, and McKnight. Day made it a 12-point game 29-17, on another three-pointer at the 5:44 mark but Ozarks cut the lead to six, 29-23, with 4:19 left. Each team scored 10 points each in the last four minutes as ETBU took a six-point lead at the half, 39-33.

Ahead by six at halftime, ETBU later led, 45-35, after a jump shot by Atkins with 16:41 remaining. Ozarks made tow free throws right after Atkins bucket to pull within eight but a 12-2 run by ETBU pushed its lead to 18 points after a basket by Thomas at the 12:20 mark, 57-39. Later on in the second half, McKnight converted a 3-point shot to put ETBU up by 21 points, 68-47, with 9:38 remaining in regulation. ETBU held a 77-58 advantage with less than seven minutes left, but Ozarks used a 21-8 spurt to trim its deficit to six points at 85-79 after a 3-pointer by Berard in the final minute. ETBU would, however, score five of the final six points to seal its victory and would finish the half shooting 55 percent.

ETBU plays its next game on Thursday against LeTourneau (Texas) University at 7:30 p.m.

POST GAME INTERVIEWS WITH JORDAN QUILLIAN and JAY MCKNIGHT