LAGRANGE, Ga. - Taking control from start to finish, the East Texas Baptist University men's basketball team ended their Georgia experience with a 92-77 victory over Huntingdon College. Four players were in double-doubles as ETBU is now 3-1 on the year.
 
Westin Riddick led ETBU with 24 points hitting eight three-pointers. Robby Dooley (six rebounds) finished with 16 points while both Jordan Gray and Christopher Haynes scored 15 points. Landin Brown finished one assist and two points shy of a double-double on the night with eight points and nine assists. 
 
Shooting 50.7% from the field, ETBU outscored the Hawks on points from turnovers (22-12), second chance points (12-11), and points in the paint (46-30). They finished with 13 steals, 16 assists, and made 86.7% from the free throw line.  
 
With Gray (19:45) and Haynes (19:01) hitting on ETBU's first two shots for a 4-0 lead, ETBU would push the lead to 12-2 (17:20) as Riddick hit two three's (18:18-17:20) in the run. ETBU would keep the double-digit lead sharing five points apiece with HC until the Hawks would put a 9-3 run (14:10-12:04) to come within four, 20-16. Dooley (11:22, 7:25) and Riddick (11:09, 6:10), who would finish with five three's in the half, then notched the next 10 points for ETBU extending their lead to 37-20. In that run, Haynes (4:56, 4:18) contributed five points. The Hawks would make the score 46-33 at the break with a 13-9 run to end the half.  
 
The Tigers would not let the Hawks back into the game in the second half as they kept their double-digit lead. HC would come as close as 12 on three occasions with the last one being 54-42 (17:21). ETBU would then grab momentum on a 16-4 run (17:06-12:13) to lead 70-46, their largest lead of the game. The Tigers maintained the lead before HC would put together one final run coming to within 12, 84-72 (3:18). ETBU would finish off the Hawks and come away undefeated in Georgia.  
 
ETBU will return home for their final game before Thanksgiving break against Hendrix College at 7:00 PM on Tuesday.