Jean had 17 points, 17 rebounds, eight blocks and five assists to fuel the Cowboys offensive effort, but he scored a lay-up with 1:02 to go to make it 68-65 and sealed the game with a hammer down dunk with :09 to play as the Cowboys held off a late Austin College rally.
HSU led by as many as 15 points in the second half, but Austin College rallied and cut it to 66-65 on an Anthony Holman steal and dunk with 1:35 to play. Holman led the Kangaroos with 25 points.
The Cowboys hit 10 3-pointers in the game, including five by Zach Pickelman. The junior from new Braunfels led for Cowboys in double figures with 18 points. Tanner Kudrna had 13 points and Matt Brackett had 10 points and four assists. The Cowboys shared the ball well on the day as they had 22 assists on 28 made baskets.
HSU moved to 6-6 on the year and they are now 5-4 in league play. The scrappy Kangaroos fell to 1-11 overall and 0-9 in league play. HSU plays at Sul Ross State on Thursday.
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS Austin College vs Hardin-Simmons 1.7.06 3:00 at Abilene, Texas (Mabee Complex) VISITORS: Austin College 1-11, 0-9 ASC tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 01 Anthony Holman f 10 19 4 9 1 2 2 6 8 3 25 4 1 0 2 33 22 Emmanuel Nwelue f 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 5 0 2 2 0 22 45 James Hill f 2 11 1 1 8 9 3 2 5 1 13 0 0 0 0 26 15 Kyle May g 3 8 1 3 0 0 0 4 4 3 7 2 2 0 0 33 23 Brian Bambrick g 1 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 4 0 3 1 0 27 02 Hunter Mandeville 1 5 1 4 2 2 5 5 10 1 5 2 1 0 1 23 03 Adam Bishop 0 2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 10 05 Mark Foster 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 6 41 Newman Carrell 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 55 Parker Hammons 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 10 TEAM 1 1 2 Totals.............. 21 64 8 21 15 19 13 24 37 18 65 9 11 4 4 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-28 39.3% 2nd Half: 10-36 27.8% Game: 32.8% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-12 50.0% 2nd Half: 2-9 22.2% Game: 38.1% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 5-8 62.5% 2nd Half: 10-11 90.9% Game: 78.9% 1 HOME TEAM: Hardin-Simmons 6-6, 5-4 ASC tot-fg 3-pt rebounds ## Player fg fga fg fga ft fta of de tot pf tp a to blk s min 22 Tanner Kudrna f 6 10 1 3 0 0 0 4 4 2 13 2 1 0 2 30 40 Zach Pickelman f 5 11 5 8 3 4 0 3 3 4 18 1 5 1 1 34 44 Mardochee Jean c 8 11 0 0 1 7 8 9 17 2 17 5 2 8 1 34 20 James Peters g 2 8 1 4 1 2 0 7 7 2 6 6 0 0 0 35 23 Matt Brackett g 4 10 2 3 0 1 0 3 3 2 10 4 3 0 2 31 21 Colby Hale 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 3 3 0 0 9 30 Charlie Pannell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33 Rob Yeatts 2 7 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 4 1 1 0 0 16 50 Ryan Ocheskey 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 9 TEAM 2 1 3 1 Totals.............. 28 58 10 19 7 16 12 33 45 16 73 22 17 9 6 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-30 43.3% 2nd Half: 15-28 53.6% Game: 48.3% DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-8 50.0% 2nd Half: 6-11 54.5% Game: 52.6% REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 3-10 30.0% Game: 43.8% 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Mark Hughes, Kelly Copeland, Brian Hall Technical fouls: Austin College-None. Hardin-Simmons-TEAM. Attendance: 577 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Austin College 33 32 65 Hardin-Simmons 34 39 73 ID-352377 Points in the paint-AC 12,HSU 34. Points off turnovers-AC 26,HSU 11. 2nd chance points-AC 16,HSU 10. Fast break points-AC 4,HSU 8. Bench points-AC 11,HSU 9. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-4 times. Last FG-AC 2nd-01:35, HSU 2nd-00:09. Largest lead-AC by 1 1st-18:41, HSU by 15 2nd-07:39.