SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor men's basketball team used an 11-0 first-half run to take control of the game as the Cru recorded a 79-68 victory over Trinity University Wednesday night in San Antonio. UMHB is now 3-0 to open the season. The loss drops the Tigers to 0-1 on the year.
 
The Cru opened the game with a 7-2 run, but Trinity stormed back to take a 26-21 lead. The two teams would trade leads before the Tigers tied the game at 30 with 4:52 left in the opening half. Byrale Carter hit four straight free throws to start UMHB's 11-0 run and he capped the stretch with a three-pointer to push the lead into double figures. Trinity closed to within 41-34 at halftime. The Cru scored 12 of the second half's first 18 points and Demarius Cress sliced through the Trinity defense to hit a lay-up with 12:01 left to give UMHB a 20-point cushion at 63-43. The Tigers would not get closer than the final margin the rest of the way as the Cru controlled the game despite a late-game cold spell from the floor.
 
Sam Moore topped UMHB with 21 points and he also grabbed a team-best eight rebounds. Cress had 20 points as he hit 4-6 from three-point range and Carter also reached double figures with 11 points. Nine different players scored for the Cru and the team shot 51 percent from the field. UMHB also out rebounded Trinity 39-35 in the victory.
 
Isaiah Specks led the Tigers with 18 points. Brook Mays hit all three of his three-point attempts to finish with 17 points and Karthik Reddy came off the bench to pull down a game-high 10 rebounds. Trinity shot just 39 percent from the field and went 9-32 from three-point range.
 
UMHB will now go ten days before playing its next game. The Cru will return to action with the 2018 home opener against Southwestern University on November 24^th. That game is currently set for a 6 pm tip-off at the Mayborn Campus Center.