Men's Basketball Falls to Colorado College

SEGUIN, Texas -- The TLU men's basketball fell to Colorado College, 97-56, at Memorial Gymnasium Sunday evening.

With the defeat, TLU dropped to 3-10 on the season and 1-3 in league play, while the Tigers improved to 6-7 and 2-2 in SCAC play.

Trey Blackmore (San Antonio/Cole) and Xavier Phillips (Austin/Dripping Springs) led the Bulldogs with 10 points each with Blackmore dishing out a team-high four assists. Freshman Jake Goode (Bulverde/Smithson Valley) scored a career-high six points off the bench.

Colorado College started the game with a 9-2 run before the Bulldogs rallied to shrink the lead to a 15-13 Tigers lead. The Tigers would lead by as many as 13 points in the first half but would only carry a five point 42-37 lead into the halftime break. Phillips, Blackmore, and Mason Wallace (San Antonio/Judson) would combine for 25 of the Bulldogs 37 first half points.

The Tigers started the second half with a 21-2 run to take a 26 point lead into the third media timeout in the second half. After showing fight in the first half, the Bulldogs offense went ice cold in the second half - scoring 19 points on 22.2 percent shooting as the Tigers outscored the Bulldogs 55-19 in the second half. Semaj Edwards (Lanham, MD/Oak Hill) paced the Bulldogs with seven points in the half.

TLU will look to bounce back from its loss to Colorado College as they kick off a four game road trip with a trip to Clarksville, Arkansas, to face the University of the Ozarks on Friday, Jan. 17. Tip-off is set for 7:30 PM. All streaming and live stats links will be available on tlubulldogs.com.