C.J. Acosta was the Lobo floor general posting a career and season best 31 points and 12 rebounds, his fourth double-double for 2005-06. Sidney Hooper supplied 27 points while posting 8 boards. Tury Escobar contributed 13 points while Aaron Hardwick and Moises Morales posted 10 points each.
The Tornadoes started with a 3-point jumper by CUA’s Joel McDonald 27 seconds into the contest. The Lobos stole the lead with a 3-point jumper by Hooper to put Sul Ross on top 8-7 at the 17:41 mark. Concordia then built a healthy 15-point advantage including an 18-6 run. The Lobos rallied and tied the game at 54 with 57 seconds left until the break. Sul Ross regained the lead and went to intermission with a 56-54 lead.
Concordia tied the game 17 seconds into the second period. Sul Ross held CUA to a 7-point spread and notched the contest at 62 at the 18:16 mark. Sully then spread the gap by 10 and went on a 10-3 run and led 88-73 with 12:06 left in regulation. The Lobos held the Tornadoes at bay climbing out to 16-point spreads twice with under 3 minutes left in the contest. Sul Ross increased the lead to 21 in the closing seconds for the 126-105 final.
Steve Nolan led the Tornadoes with 18 points while Max Valentino had a team best 5 rebounds.
Sul Ross improves to 9-11 for the year and 9-8 in league play.
The Lobos will face Hardin-Simmons next Thursday in Abilene.
Newspaper Box Score Concordia vs Sul Ross State 02/04/06 3:00 p.m. at Alpine, Texas (Pete P. Gallego Center) At Alpine, Texas (Pete P. Gallego Center) SUL ROSS STATE 126, CONCORDIA 105 CONCORDIA (4-15, 3-14 (ASC)) Steve Nolan 7-12 2-3 18; George Freeman 6-10 0-0 15; Valentino Maxwell 7-12 0-1 14; Joel McDonald 4-10 4-4 13; Sanora Baptiste 4-7 2-2 10; Brandon Graves 3-11 0-0 9; Michael Moore 3-6 0-0 7; Michael Mann 3-6 0-2 7; Keighton Hatten 2-5 1-2 5; Devin Marburger 1-3 1-2 3; Bart Taylor 1-2 0-0 2; Jack Montagna 1-1 0-0 2; Dezshon Madison-McGr 0-0 0-0 0; Luis Urquieta 0-0 0-0 0; Chris Thomas 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 42-85 10-16 105. SUL ROSS STATE (9-11, 9-8 (ASC)) C.J. Acosta 12-19 9-13 33; Sidney Hooper 10-20 2-3 27; Arturo Escobar 5-10 1-1 13; Aaron Hardwick 2-2 6-8 10; Moises Morales 4-4 1-2 10; Jermaine Packer 4-6 0-1 8; Matt Santa Cruz 2-2 2-5 6; Jesus Banuelos 2-2 2-2 6; Richard Hooper 0-0 5-6 5; Art Gonzalez 1-1 0-0 3; Abraham Ely 1-2 1-2 3; Travis Johnson 1-2 0-0 2; Cornell Hunt 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 44-70 29-45 126. Concordia..................... 54 51 - 105 Sul Ross State................ 56 70 - 126 3-point goals-Concordia 11-29 (Brandon Graves 3-8; George Freeman 3-6; Steve Nolan 2-4; Michael Mann 1-1; Joel McDonald 1-5; Michael Moore 1-3; Keighton Hatten 0-2), Sul Ross State 9-18 (Sidney Hooper 5-9; Arturo Escobar 2-5; Moises Morales 1-1; Art Gonzalez 1-1; Travis Johnson 0-1; C.J. Acosta 0-1). Fouled out--Concordia-Devin Marburger; Brandon Graves, Sul Ross State-None. Rebounds-Concordia 42 (Sanora Baptiste 10), Sul Ross State 41 (C.J. Acosta 12). Assists-Concordia 19 (Keighton Hatten 6), Sul Ross State 24 (Matt Santa Cruz 5). Total fouls-Concordia 32, Sul Ross State 19. A-319 Saturday's game marks the fourth time in the last four games in the CUA-SRSU series that both teams have broken the century mark in scoring.