Poor Shooting Leads To HPU Loss

Donovan Ford

HPU Sports Information

Box Score
BROWNWOOD, Texas – The Howard Payne men's basketball team managed just 26% shooting and fell 65-43 to conference opponent Schreiner University Thursday evening.

Howard Payne's shooting woes were not only from the field as the Jackets were 11 of 22 from the free-throw line in the game.

After the Yellow Jackets found themselves down 35-19 at the half, Schreiner extended their lead to 26 points by starting the second half with a 10-0 run.

Howard Payne was able to cut the Mountaineers lead to 17 points, 47-30 with 11:42 to play. That was as close they would get as the Jackets dropped the game 65-43.

Christian Davis and Donovan Ford led the Howard Payne with nine each. Davis also added six rebounds.

Schreiner was led by Travis Pflughaupt with a game high 14 points and 7 rebounds. AJ Myres followed with 10 points.

Howard Payne falls to 4-10 overall and 2-6 in conference. Schreiner improves to 6-8 overall and 4-5 in the ASC. The Jackets will play Texas Lutheran at home on Saturday at 3:00 pm.
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