Bulldogs Drop Road Contest to Howard Payne

BROWNWOOD, Texas -- Texas Lutheran dropped Saturday night's contest at Howard Payne, 97-76, at Brownwood Coliseum in Brownwood.

Mason Wallace (San Antonio/Judson) led the way with a season-high 20 points, including a career-high four made threes on eight attempts. Wallace would also have a team-high three assists.

Kris Jones (Port Aransas/Port Aransas) and Darnell Horton (Detroit, MI/East English Village Prep) would finish in double figures - finishing with career-highs of 14 and 10 points respectively.

A steal on the opening possession led to a transition dunk from Xavier Phillips (Austin/Dripping Springs), who finished with ten points on the night, giving the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead. They would not lead again after the 52 second mark in Saturday night's contest.

Texas Lutheran trailed for all but 52 seconds Saturday night, with the largest deficit of 22 points coming late in the second half. The Bulldogs were able to pull the score within four points with 15:26 remaining in the second half before the Yellow Jackets pulled away. After leading 48-39 at the halftime break, Howard Payne would outscore the Bulldogs 49-37 in the second half.

The Yellow Jackets shot 55.4% from the field on the night and held a 44-26 advantage in points in the paint.

Texas Lutheran returns to Seguin on Friday, December 1, as they welcome the Schreiner Mountaineers to Memorial Gymnasium as the Bulldogs turn their attention to conference play. Tip-off is set for 5:30 PM with a crowd theme of "Christmas/Ugly Sweaters."The game will be streamed on TLU+. All streaming and live stats links will be available on tlubulldogs.com.

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