HOUSTON, Texas – Playing their seventh game on the road this season, East Texas Baptist University had 24 turnovers as the University of St. Thomas Texas defeated the Tigers, 88-53. ETBU is now 1-7 on the year.
 
ETBU shot 41 percent from the floor but only 12 percent from the arc (2-of-16) and 50 percent from the line. UST made 57 percent of their shots with eight three-pointers (40 percent), going 16-of-25 from the free throw line (64 percent). ETBU outrebounded UST 33-24, but the Celts recorded 29 points on the Tigers' 24 turnovers.
 
Jason Justice led ETBU with 14 points and six assists, and Colin Roberts added 13 points and five rebounds. Sedric Curry also had five rebounds and eight points.
 
The first three minutes were the closest of the game as Justice tied the score at six. Over the next four and half minutes, UST went on an 18-4 run to take a 14-point lead, 24-10. JT Curry cut the lead to 10, 24-14, at 9:58, but five minutes later, UST pushed the lead back to 15, 33-18. UST kept the double-digit lead the rest of the half for a 42-25 halftime advantage.
 
UST hit six three-pointers in the second half, while ETBU had just one, but they improved their shooting from the floor to 45 percent. Four minutes in, UST went up by 21 points and didn't look back, as the lead was never under 20, again.
 
ETBU will host Belhaven University on Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 5:00 p.m.