Even though HPU was out rebounded 45 to 31 by UT-Tyler, HPU’s defense forced 19 turnovers while only having 9. Both team shot over 50% from the floor in the game, and HPU shot 14 more free-throws in the game than UT-Tyler.
UT-Tyler went up by 4 on a jumper by Brandon Weasby at 18:25 in the first half. HPU tied it up at 8-8 with 16:50 left in the first before jumper out to an 18-11 lead with 13:53 on the clock. The Jackets built their lead to as much as 8 before the UTT when on a 14-3 run to close out the half and to go into the locker room up 51-46 UTT.
HPU scored 5 points in the first minute of the second half to take a 1 point lead 52-52. UTT made another small run to increase their lead to 6 with 14:44 to play in the game. The Jackets took the lead again with 9:09 on the clock on a lay-up by Cliff McGuire and increased it to 5 on a free-throw by Jamarcus Johnson. UTT tied it up at 80-80 with 5:25 left to play before HPU was able to take the lead for good and close out the game with a 97-91 victory.
So. F Sean Wheeler scored a career high 30 points while also grabbing 10 rebounds. Cliff McGuire rounded out the great inside play for the Jackets by scoring 25. Kendrick Johnson scored 25 and Jamarcus Johnson scored 13. Matt Zinser had 7 steals and 8 rebounds.
UTT had five players score in double digits. The leaders were Jamal Vanderbilt had 27 points with 10 rebounds, and Mirada Reed with 18 points.
Newspaper Box Score UTTMEN vs Howard Payne Yellow Jackets 1/7/06 3:30 PM at Brownwood, TX At Brownwood, TX HOWARD PAYNE YELLOW JACKETS 97, UTTMEN 91 UTTMEN (4-7 (4-4 ASC)) Jamal Vanderbilt 11-17 5-6 27; Mirada Reed 7-9 0-0 18; Joe Henderson 4-12 3-4 12; Ryan Salters 4-6 2-2 10; Brandon Weasby 4-14 0-0 10; Patrick Branche 3-5 0-0 6; Mike Smith 2-4 0-2 4; Brandon Hobbs 2-3 0-0 4; Demetris Blair 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 37-71 10-14 91. HOWARD PAYNE YELLOW JACKETS (8-3 (7-2 ASC)) Sean Wheeler 13-19 4-6 30; Cliff McGuire 8-11 9-12 25; Kendrick Johnson 10-23 0-0 24; Jamarcus Johnson 3-12 7-8 13; Matt Zinser 1-4 1-2 3; Tom Hermann 1-1 0-0 2; Andrew Baker 0-1 0-0 0; Victor Hayes 0-0 0-0 0; Josh Weatherred 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-72 21-28 97. UTTMEN........................ 51 40 - 91 Howard Payne Yellow Jackets... 46 51 - 97 3-point goals-UTTMEN 7-22 (Mirada Reed 4-5; Brandon Weasby 2-7; Joe Henderson 1-4; Demetris Blair 0-1; Ryan Salters 0-2; Jamal Vanderbilt 0-3), Howard Payne Yellow Jackets 4-14 (Kendrick Johnson 4-8; Jamarcus Johnson 0-3; Matt Zinser 0-1; Andrew Baker 0-1; Josh Weatherred 0-1). Fouled out--UTTMEN-Patrick Branche, Howard Payne Yellow Jackets-None. Rebounds-UTTMEN 45 (Jamal Vanderbilt 10), Howard Payne Yellow Jackets 31 (Sean Wheeler 10). Assists-UTTMEN 10 (Brandon Weasby 3), Howard Payne Yellow Jackets 17 (Matt Zinser 8). Total fouls-UTTMEN 22, Howard Payne Yellow Jackets 10. A-363