Stary leds all scorers with 26 points while grabbing eight rebounds.
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BROWNWOOD, TX…Led by Tim Stary (Kerrville, TX) and Johnathen Maxwell (Burnet, TX), the Howard Payne Yellow Jackets (1-5/1-4 ASC) claimed their first victory of the year 94-89 over the Tigers of East Texas Baptist (2-5/2-3 ASC). Stary scored a game-high 26 points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds. Maxwell added 20 points.
ETBU would jump out to a quick 9-1 lead putting the Jackets on the ropes but HPU would fight back with a 13-4 run to claim a 14-13 lead at the 13:28 mark in the first half. Nine of those 13 points came off three-point plays. John Berkman (Marble Falls, TX) would drive the lane make and lay and the following free-throw for the first of the three plays. Frank Jones (Lockhart, TX) and Kendrick Johnson (Missouri City, TX) would each drain two of the Jackets three tres to cap off the run.
Johnson and Sean Wheeler (San Angelo, TX) each came off the bench scoring 25 points combined, 14 and 11, respectively.
HPU barely out shot the Tigers 54% to 50%, but won the game from the line out shooting ETBU 70% to 57% from the charity stripe.
HPU will be back in action on Saturday afternoon as they face off against LeTourneau at 3:00 pm. ETBU will travel to Alpine to play Sul Ross later this weekend.