MARSHALL, Texas - The biggest win of the year for the men's basketball team is the #7 team moment in the East Texas Baptist University 2021-22 athletic season Top 10 Team countdown. ETBU upset #17 University of Mary Hardin-Baylor handing them their first American Southwest Conference loss of the year and only one of three losses overall.
 
With a two-game win streak on the line, ETBU carried that momentum into the January 13 game vs. UMHB. In their lowest turnover game of the year, Charlie Cochran posted 21 points on 7-of-11 shooting off the bench while Chris Haynes also contributed 14 points, six rebounds, and two blocks. ETBU tied their season best in three pointers going 10-of-19.
 
In the first half, ETBU hit seven three-pointers shooting 63% from beyond the arc posting a three-point advantage at the half, 40-37. The game didn't start out that way as UMHB had a nine-point lead, 14-5, at the 13:47 mark. UMHB had a five-point lead, 23-18 (9:49), when ETBU went on a 18-8 run over six minutes for a five-point lead, 36-31. Cochran converted a four-point play for the five-point lead after Jayden Williams put the Tigers up, 32-31, with a three-pointer with 3:50 left. UMHB scored on a fast break with 16 seconds left to bring ETBU's lead down to three at the half.
 
UMHB came out strong in the second half taking a four-point lead, 48-44, in the first five minutes on an 11-4 run. They made it a five-point lead, 54-49, with 12:13 left in the game. In just three minutes, ETBU tied the game at 58 on a 9-4 run. After that tie, ETBU went on a 16-7 run for an eight-point lead, 74-65, in five minutes. Haynes gave ETBU that lead with a lay-up inside and had six of the 15 points in the run. Overall in a seven-minute period, ETBU provided a 19-9 run for their largest lead of 10 points, 77-67, with 2:14 left in the game on another Haynes lay-up. UMHB did cut the lead to five, 77-72, with 1:17 left but that is as close as they would get as ETBU went four-of-six from the free throw line for the nine-point win, 81-72.
 
ETBU went on to qualify as the 5th seed in the ASC Conference Tournament and finish with a 14-12 record.