Bulldogs Drop Home Contest to St. Thomas, 95-71

SEGUIN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran dropped Saturday night's SCAC contest to St. Thomas, 95-71, at Memorial Gymnasium.

Teddy Tapken (Austin/Lake Travis) led the way with 17 points and six rebounds.

Easton Allen (New Braunfels/Marion), Semaj Edwards (Lanham, MD/Oak Hill Academy), and LaDarius King (Austin/St. Stephen's Epsicopal) all finished with 11 points. Edwards dished out a team-high four assists.

Teddy Tapken would score on the Bulldogs opening possession in what would be their only lead all night. St. Thomas would open Saturday night's contest with a 20-7 run and never look back.

Texas Lutheran trailed for all but 58 seconds Saturday night, with the largest deficit of 24 points coming in the game's closing moments. After leading 48-31 at the halftime break, the Celts would outscore the Bulldogs 47-40 in the second half.

The Celts shot 50.0% from the field on the night and held a 42-28 advantage in points in the paint.

Texas Lutheran concludes its season on Friday, Feb. 16 against the Southwestern University Pirates at Memorial Gymnasium. Tip-off is set for 5:30 PM. The game will be streamed on TLU+. All streaming and live stats links will be available on tlubulldogs.com.

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