MARSHALL, Texas. - The Belhaven University men's basketball team fell 97-78 on Thursday night to the East Texas Baptist Tigers in American Southwest Conference play. The loss was the Blazers second of the season to the Tigers.

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INSIDE THE MATCHUP

Final: ETBU 97 , Belhaven 78

Records: ETBU 18-4, Belhaven 4-18

Location:  Marshall, Texas 

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HOW IT HAPPENED

- It was a fast paced offensive contest in the early stages of the matchup between the Blazers and ETBU. The Blazers led 16-13 midway through the first half.

- The Blazers looked to be in control for the entire first half as they were about to extend their lead to eight points on multiple occasions. With just 1:18 remaining in half number one, Belhaven continued to find its stride as the Blazers led 40-32.

- ETBU would nail a three pointer, cutting the lead to 40-35, but a made free throw, by John Works, in the final minute of the first half would give Belhaven the 41-35 advantage heading into the locker room.  

- The Blazers were led by Jonathan Durham in the first half, as Durham was able to pace Belhaven's offense with 15 total points and finished 5-8 from behind the arc.

- ETBU began the second half on an 12-0 run to regain the lead, 47-41.

- Despite being down by twenty-two points with 5:10 remaining in the contest, Belhaven would go on a 10-2 run to close the gap to a fourteen point deficit, 90-76.

- ETBU would go on to win the contest by a final score of 97-78.

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KEY STATISTICS

- Four Blazers scored double digit points in the contest. 

- Jonathan Durham led all Blazers shooters with 18 points, followed by Isiah Brown with 16 points, Joshua Roberts with 14, and John Works with 12 points.

- Joshua Roberts led the team with three steals while Jonathan Durham finished with a team high 5-13 from behind the arc. 

- As a team, Belhaven shot 39.4 percent from the field and 36.1 percent from three point territory.

- The green and gold were assisted with 25 points from its bench and 26 points in the paint.

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UP NEXT

Belhaven will head to Longview, Texas this Saturday to take on LeTourneau in another American Southwest Conference matchup. The two will go head to head with a start time slated for 4:00 p.m.

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