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Belton, TX – The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor men's basketball team never trailed and the Cru never let Schreiner University get closer than seven points in the second half as UMHB cruised to a 67-57 victory over the Mountaineers Thursday night in Belton. The Cru improves to 12-2 overall and 8-2 in American Southwest Conference play with the victory. UMHB also maintains its half-game lead over Hardin-Simmons for first place in the ASC West Division with the win. The loss drops Schreiner to 6-7 overall and 4-5 in the ASC on the season.
The Cru scored first on a
James Allen three-pointer before Schreiner scored to cut it to 3-2. That would be as close as the Mountaineers would get the rest of the way. UMHB quickly built a double-digit lead and held a 13-point advantage six times in the first half before settling for a 39-28 halftime lead. The lead would grow to as many as 17 points in the second half before Schreiner used a burst to pull to within seven at 57-50 with 7:07 remaining.
Robert Moore would add a basket and Allen hit another three following a Mountaineer free throw to push the lead back to double figures and Schreiner would not threaten after that.
Moore led the Cru with 18 points and 12 rebounds and
Greg Wiernas also added a double-double with 17 points and 11 boards for UMHB. Allen finished with 13 points and ten different players scored for the Cru.
Riley Battle came off the bench to score a game-high 25 points to lead Schreiner and Darren Smith added 20 points. Battle also grabbed a team-best nine rebounds, but the rest of the Mountaineer roster combined for just 12 points in the game.
UMHB hit 35 percent from the field and went 4-17 from three-point range. The Cru out rebounded the Mountaineers 46-37 and held Schreiner to 3-23 shooting from beyond the arc. UMHB also hit 25-38 from the free-throw line while Schreiner was 12-21 from the stripe.
The UMHB men will now travel to Seguin Saturday to take on Texas Lutheran University in a 3:00 PM tip-off. The Cru will return home next week to host Hardin-Simmons and McMurry University in a pair of crucial ASC West Division showdowns.
