BELTON, Texas - The Belhaven men's basketball team wrapped up a two-game Texas road trip with an 88-64 loss to Mary Hardin-Baylor Saturday evening in Belton. 

The Blazers (1-3) played well early, racing out to an 11-3 lead over the Crusaders (3-3). Ron Davis, Victor Price and Dyron Anderson drained a three-pointer each to begin the game.

Belhaven's offense went cold, however, as the Blazers went four minutes between made field goals. UMHB capitalized by reeling off 12 straight points to take a 15-11 lead with 13:06 remaining in the first half. The Crusaders would hold a lead over the Blazers for the remainder of the game. 

A short jumper by UMHB's Austin Stolte extended the Crusaders lead to nine points at the 8:08 mark of the half, but a Brandon Pressley jumper and Price fastbreak layup brought the Blazers back within five points.

Belhaven remained within single digits of the Crusaders until the three minute mark of the first half, but UMHB ended the period on a 9-4 run to put the Green and Gold in a 13-point hole heading into the halftime break.

The Blazers staged a comeback attempt early in the second half as John Loris and DJ Young-Beasley knocked down back-to-back shots from beyond the arc to trim UMHB's lead down to 12 points four minutes into the half. Two minutes later, Jonathan Durham drilled a three of his own to make it 52-42 game.

But that would be as close as the Blazers would get to the Crusaders for the rest of the game. UMHB rattled off 10 unanswered points to take a 20-point lead and put the game out of reach for Belhaven.

Price paced the Blazers with 11 points in his first start of the season. Isiah Brown added nine points off of the Belhaven bench while Pressley finished with seven points and six rebounds. Davis dished out a team-high four assits. 

Demarius Cress scored 20 points to lead the Crusaders while Braden Hammond added 17 points and eight boards.

Belhaven drained 10 three-pointers as a team, and have now made at least 10 three-pointers in each of the team's first four contests of the 2016-17 season. The Blazers held UMHB to just 30 percent shooting from downtown but the Crusaders attempted 51 free-throws to Belhaven's 21 attempts.

The Blazers return to action on Tuesday, Dec. 13, hosting Huntingdon College inside Rugg Arena at 6 p.m. 

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