TEXARKANA, Texas – The Louisiana Christian University men's basketball program received an almost flawless shooting display from Charles Jones on the night, but it was not enough to overcome Texas A&M-Texarkana as the homestanding Eagles erased a two-point halftime deficit to soar past the Wildcats, 75-70, in both teams' first Red River matchup of 2023-24.

The Basics:
 

• Score
  • Texas A&M-Texarkana – 75
  • Louisiana Christian – 70

 

• Records
  • Louisiana Christian (2-4, 0-1 Red River)
  • Texas A&M-Texarkana (3-3, 1-0 Red River)

 

• Location
  • Texarkana, Texas – Patterson Student Center

 

• Series History (Since 2007-08)
  • Texas A&M-Texarkana Leads 3-2 (40%)

 

• Winning Streak (Since 2007-08)
  • Texas A&M-Texarkana (W1) | Louisiana Christian's Last Win: February 18, 2023 (73-61)

 
Wildcats Top Performers:
 

• Jones was in his bag on a rainy Thursday on the Texas-Arkansas border, splashing all five of his three-point attempts and 7-of-9 (77.8%) overall en route to a team-high 23 points off the bench.

 

• Drew Tebbe has now made his last four long-range buckets on the campaign, being the only other Wildcat to score in the double-figures with 14 including two offensive rebounds.

 

• Konnor DeJean set a new career-high for points with seven, most of which came from the charity stripe as he hit five freebies.

 

• Branthony Brown cracked the starting lineup for the first time this year and came away with his first career multi-assist affair (2) in his 44th game for the Cats.

 

• Jude Akabueze logged eight points and five rebounds during his 13 minutes of game time, D'Marcus Fugett topped the visitors at six boards, and Tre Pullins contributed a squad-most four assists as well as the solo block.

 
Notes:
 

• In five all-time meetings between the Eagles and Wildcat, each side has alternated wins and losses after TAMUT took the first ever contest back in January of 2021.

 

• LCU held the Red, White, and Blue to less than 20 rebounds (19) on the evening for a plus-12 margin, however they committed almost twice as many turnovers (13-7).

 

• The visitors from Pineville were blistering hot from the field and on deep balls, hitting 8-of-14 (57.1%) from downtown while draining 52.2% from the court (24-for-46).

 
Next:
 

• Coach Mason's men will face a daunting task trying to avoid the unenviable 0-2 hole to start league play when they travel to the 7th-ranked LSUS Pilots for a 4 p.m. showdown on Saturday.

 
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