Stolhandske dominated the small frontcourt of the Tornados. He made 14-of-17 field goal attempts and hit 10 of his 14 free throw attempts.
Stolhandske fell one rebound shy of tying the ASC single-game record for rebounds, 24, shared by McMurry’s Travis Tennison and Texas Lutheran’s John Laramore. The TLU single-game rebounding mark is 29, set by Bill Newton during the 1969-70 season.
Stolhandske’s 38 points are the most scored by an ASC player in a game this season.
Texas Lutheran improved to 10-4 overall and to 9-2 in the American Southwest Conference West Division.
Concordia-Austin fell to 3-10 overall and to 3-7 in the ASC West.
Nik Summers added 19 points for TLU on 7-of-9 shooting.
Texas Lutheran made 68.8 percent of all its field goal attempts and shot 72.7 percent in the second half. Yet Concordia-Austin rallied from an 18-point deficit in the second half to close within five points with 5:52 to play. George Freeman scored 11 points in the Tornados’ 24-11 run. Freeman finished with a team-high 22 points and six assists.
Concordia’s Mike Moore hit a three to cut into the Texas Lutheran lead, at 71-66. Moore scored 13. Valentino Maxwell and Brandon Graves added 19 and 12 points, respectively.
TLU point guard Jason Morales hit a three-pointer on TLU’s next possession to push the lead back to eight. Will Hudson added two offensive rebounds and two put-backs to get the TLU lead back to 12 points with 1:24 to play.
With the win, Texas Lutheran stayed a game behind ASC West leader McMurry in the division race. Texas Lutheran continues ASC play next week with road games at Sul Ross State (Thursday, 7:30 p.m.) and at Howard Payne (Saturday, 3 p.m.).
Newspaper Box Score Concordia-Austin vs Texas Lutheran 1-15-05 3 p.m. at Seguin, Texas (Memorial Gymnasium) At Seguin, Texas (Memorial Gymnasium) TEXAS LUTHERAN 89, CONCORDIA-AUSTIN 75 CONCORDIA-AUSTIN (3-10 (3-7 ASC)) George Freeman 9-22 0-0 22; Valentino Maxwell 7-11 2-4 19; Mike Moore 6-10 0-0 13; Brandon Graves 5-12 2-2 12; Keith Darden 2-13 1-2 5; Jack Montagna 1-2 0-0 2; Greg Favry 1-2 0-0 2; Geoff Harner 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-72 5-8 75. TEXAS LUTHERAN (10-4 (9-2 ASC)) Tommy Stolhandske 14-17 10-14 38; Nik Summers 7-9 3-4 19; Jerrod Carpenter 4-7 1-1 9; Will Hudson 4-5 1-2 9; Mike Ekanem 1-4 3-4 5; Jason Morales 1-1 0-0 3; Jason Grohman 1-1 1-1 3; Matt Nelson 1-3 0-0 2; Kevin Glienke 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 33-48 20-28 89. Concordia-Austin.............. 32 43 - 75 Texas Lutheran................ 43 46 - 89 3-point goals-Concordia-Austin 8-30 (George Freeman 4-12; Valentino Maxwell 3-4; Mike Moore 1-5; Greg Favry 0-1; Keith Darden 0-4; Brandon Graves 0-4), Texas Lutheran 3-8 (Nik Summers 2-3; Jason Morales 1-1; Will Hudson 0-1; Mike Ekanem 0-2; Kevin Glienke 0-1). Fouled out--Concordia-Austin-Greg Favry, Texas Lutheran-None. Rebounds-Concordia-Austin 21 (Mike Moore 7), Texas Lutheran 42 (Tommy Stolhandske 23). Assists-Concordia-Austin 22 (George Freeman 6), Texas Lutheran 18 (Mike Ekanem 5). Total fouls-Concordia-Austin 22, Texas Lutheran 13. A-490