Jackets Gain Win On Senior Day

Brandon Gould

HPU Sports Information

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BROWNWOOD, Texas – The Howard Payne Yellow Jackets used free-throws to down Hardin-Simmons University 85-80 in men's basketball action Saturday afternoon at the Brownwood Coliseum.

HSU jumped out to an early 19-8 lead and led by as many as 12 at 26-14 with 7:52 to play in the first half. However, the Yellow Jackets used a 16-4 run to take a 30-28 with 3:22 to play in the first half. The run was capped by a Donovan Ford 3-pointer. HSU led 35-33 at halftime.

Hardin-Simmons pushed their lead to 44-37 early in the second half before HPU started to chip away and the Jackets eventually took a 60-59 lead on a Brandon Gould layup with 9:28 to play.

A HSU 3-pointer gave them a 72-71 with 2:53 to play. HPU then scored the next seven points and closed the game with five of six at the free throw line in the final 30 seconds.

Howard Payne won the game with a huge difference at the free throw line. HPU made 26-of-37, while HSU was just 10-of-18. HPU outscored HSU 23-10 in fast break points and had a 23-13 advantage in bench scoring.

Eric Taylor led HSU with 31 points and Andy Spears had 15 points and 15 rebounds. John Derr added 11 points.

Christian Davis led the Yellow Jackets with 19 points. Brandon Gould added 14 points, eight assists, six rebounds and five steals and Ross Whittet added 11 points.

Howard Payne improves to 7-16 overall and 5-12 in conference while HSU falls to 14-9 overall and 11-6 in conference. Howard Payne will finish out the regular season on the road next week playing at Mary Hardin-Baylor on Thursday and Concordia University on Saturday.
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