MBB: American Southwest Conference

[Ralph Turner]

McMurry Press Release for Johnny Ray Watson.

McM Remembers HOH Basketball Player & Gospel Singer, Johnny Ray Watson


McMurry University Athletics Hall of Honor member Johnny Ray Watson, a standout basketball player for McM, died on January 21. He was 63.

Watson was elected to McMurry Athletics "Hall of Honor" in 1993. He played under McM Hall of Honor head coach Herschel Kimbrell and was the team's leading scorer as a senior in 1970-71 (with 429 points). He was also honorable mention All-Lone Star Conference as a senior.

At 6'7", Watson was not just an imposing figure on the basketball floor, but went on to gain notoriety as a gospel singer. He was a part of three Billy Graham Crusades and was also selected to sing at Lady Bird Johnson's graveside service.

His powerful voice was a staple at Riverbend Church in Austin. He also performed at United Methodist Church revivals.

The funeral service for Johnny Ray Watson will take place on Thursday, January 30 (2 p.m) at the First United Methodist Church in Lubbock, Texas. First UMC is located at 1411 Broadway in Lubbock. That will be followed by a memorial service on Saturday, February 8 (3 p.m.) at Riverbend Church in Austin.

[Ralph Turner]

Congratulations to UT-Dallas.

[Ralph Turner]

UT-D 45, Chapman 32 at the half.  Started out trailing 8-2 but almost doubled Chapman after the sluggish start.


Final UT-D 85-70.

Whitworth, a 75-73 winner over Trinity, is the opponent tomorrow.

[Ralph Turner]

Congratulations Comets!  What an OT buzzer beater and an amazing comeback for the 78-77 win!

[Dave 'd-mac' McHugh]

For those who may not know... UMHB will be participating in the Hoopsville Classic on November 21-23. Here is more information and the pairings: www.d3hoops.com/notables/2014/06/hoopsville-classic-pairings-announced

[GillCJ1]

I'm not a big basketball fan, but I support UMHB in all sports regardless of my personal interest.  New season opens Monday night vs. Trinity.  Go Cru!

When they made it to the national championship game a few years ago I had a blast watching it at Grand Avenue Theater in Belton.

[tony_baldwin]

Four games on tap in the ASC on Saturday.

1 p.m. - Texas-Dallas vs. Texas Lutheran
3 p.m. - Concordia Texas vs. McMurry
3 p.m. - East Texas Baptist vs. Millsaps
7 p.m. - Hardin-Simmons vs. Trinity

[tony_baldwin]

Overall, ASC teams played five games this weekend.

Saturday's results
Texas-Dallas 92, Texas Lutheran 77
- Nolan Harvey scored a career-high 38 points and broke the school record with 21 made free throws
- Freshman Reagan Keogh grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds

McMurry 101, Concordia Texas 93
- Donovan Ford (25 points) and Josh Sanchez (22) led the Tornados in scoring
- Sanchez eclipsed 1,000 points in his career
- Tornados forced 32 turnovers in the loss

East Texas Baptist 78, Millsaps 68
- Dylan Augustine had a game-best 20 points in 23 minutes off the bench
- Tigers shot 48.1 percent from the field, including 56 percent in the second half

Hardin-Simmons 100, Trinity 74
- Four of five starters scored in double figures, led by Clarendon JC transfer Christian O'Neal (21 points)
- Cowboys shot 56.7 percent from the floor
- HSU hit 17-of-39 3-pointers (43.6 percent)

Sunday's results
LeTourneau 73, Millsaps 46
- YellowJackets outscored the Majors in the first half, 24-8
- Freshman Sam Talbert scored a game-high 18 points, knocking down 6 3-pointers
- Millsaps limited to 27.9 percent from the field, including only 16.7 percent from beyond the arc

Monday's games
7 p.m. - Mary Hardin-Baylor at Trinity
7 p.m. - Ozarks vs. Dallas Christian

[tony_baldwin]

Monday's results
Mary Hardin-Baylor 78, Trinity 51
- 11 different players scored for the Cru, led by Jerard Graham's 16 points
- UMHB shot 51.7 percent in the first half to build a 37-20 lead at the half
- The Cru also won on the boards, 53-40

Dallas Christian 86, Ozarks 78
- Eagles trailed 42-31 at halftime and were down by as many as 18 in the second half
- Josh Berard scored 24 points to lead Ozarks
- Eagles shot only 34.2 percent in the loss

Tuesday's games
7 p.m. - Louisiana College at McNeese State
7:30 p.m. - Concordia Texas at Texas Lutheran

[tony_baldwin]

Tuesday's results
Concordia Texas 109, Texas Lutheran 93
- Four Tornados scored in double figures, led by Josh Sanchez's 26 points (including 6 3-pointers) in 28 minutes of action
- CTX outscored TLU 13-3 in the final 2:43 of the game
- Concordia shot 59.4 percent in the second half (51.6 percent for the game)

McNeese State 90, Louisiana College 63 (exhibition game)
- Anthony Gaines Jr. posted a double-double (15 pts./13 reb.) to lead the Wildcats
- LC shot only 27.5 percent from the floor
- The Wildcats had more offensive rebounds (25) than defensive boards (23) and scored 26 second-chance points

[tony_baldwin]

Plenty of ASC action happening this weekend. The only team that will not have opened up the 2014-15 season after this weekend is Louisiana College, which begins its ledger on Nov. 25.

Friday's games
5 p.m. - Mary Hardin-Baylor (1-0) vs. #11 Randolph-Macon (Hoopsville National Invitational Classic in Owings Mills, Md.)
6 p.m. - Howard Payne (0-0) vs. Dallas (Bob Mason Classic in Sherman)
6 p.m. - #22 Texas-Dallas (1-0) vs. MacMurray (Cavallo Classic in St. Louis)
7 p.m. - Texas-Tyler (0-0) at Rhodes
7:30 p.m. - LeTourneau (1-0) at Hendrix
8 p.m. - Ozarks (0-1) vs. Barclay
8 p.m. - Sul Ross State (0-0) at Austin College (Bob Mason Classic)

Saturday's games
1 p.m. - #22 Texas-Dallas at Webster (Cavallo Classic in St. Louis)
2 p.m. - Sul Ross State vs. Dallas (Bob Mason Classic in Sherman)
3 p.m. - East Texas Baptist (1-0) vs. Centenary
3 p.m. - Ozarks vs. Champion Baptist
4 p.m. - Concordia Texas (1-1) at Schreiner
4 p.m. - Howard Payne at Austin College (Bob Mason Classic)
4 p.m. - Texas-Tyler at Hendrix
5 p.m. - LeTourneau at Rhodes
5 p.m. - Mary Hardin-Baylor vs.    Gwynedd Mercy (Hoopsville National Invitational Classic in Owings Mills, Md.)
7 p.m. - Hardin-Simmons (1-0) at Southwestern

[tony_baldwin]

ASC teams went 8-9 against non-conference competition this weekend. The ASC posted a 2-5 record in Friday's games, but rallied to win 6 of the 10 games on Saturday. Texas-Dallas and Ozarks each went 2-0 over the weekend.

Friday's results
#11 Randolph-Macon 66, Mary Hardin-Baylor 62 (OT)
- The Cru trailed by double digits in the second half, but battled back to tie the game on Sidney DeLoach's layup with 8 seconds left
- Randolph-Macon held UMHB scoreless in the final 1:20 of OT
- The Cru shot 33.9 percent from the floor, but only 7.1 percent (1-of-14) from beyond the arc
- Jerard Graham scored a game-high 19 points

Dallas 71, Howard Payne 56
- The Yellow Jackets shot only 31.8 percent in their season opener
- Ty Davis led HPU with 13 points

#22 Texas-Dallas 86, MacMurray 81
- Comets held on after building a 21-point lead in the second half
- Four UTD players went into double figures, led by Rafael Farley's double-double of 18 points and 10 boards

Rhodes 64, Texas-Tyler 46
- The Patriots also exhibited shooting woes in their season opener, hitting only 33.3 percent of their attempts in the game
- UTT was 16.7 percent from downtown, and the Patriots were out-rebounded 38-24
- Chris Rios led UTT with 11 points

Hendrix 75, LeTourneau 67
- Roozario Wiggins recorded a double-double of 18 points/10 rebounds
- LeTourneau trailed 50-32 in second half, but scored 27 of next 39 points to pull within 3 with 4:14 to play
- Hendrix thwarted the comeback with a 6-0 run

Ozarks 89, Barclay 55
- Eagles shot 54.4 percent en route to picking up first win of the season
- Four of five starters registered double figures, led by Josh Berard's 20 points
- Ted Beard IV posted a double-double of 17 points/10 rebounds

Austin College 77, Sul Ross State 73
- Lobos trailed 70-55 with 5:52 left, but ripped off a 17-4 run that cut the deficit to 2 with 1:23 to go
- Sul Ross State got within one with 40 seconds left, but a pair of free throws by the 'Roos and a missed 3-pointer by the Lobos ended the game
- Stephon Holland led the Lobos with 15 points

Saturday's results
#22 Texas-Dallas 69, Webster 48
- UTD hit 14 3-pointers in the win
- Rafael Farley again led the way with 21 points
- Matthew Medell scored 12 of his 14 points from beyond the arc
- Comets led by as much as 28 in the game

Dallas 79, Sul Ross State 76 (OT)
- Dallas hit a 3-pointer with 28 seconds left in the second half to send game into OT
- Crusaders then opened OT on a 6-0 run; Lobos got back within one with 39 seconds left, but Dallas hit another layup to seal it
- Rocky Feliciano scored 23 points to pace Sul Ross State

East Texas Baptist 78, Centenary 64
- Jamil Samuel's double-double (18 points/11 boards) led the Tigers to their second win of the year
- Samuel also had 7 blocks
- ETBU shot 43.9 percent from the field

Ozarks 102, Champion Baptist 59
- Four starters combined for 57 points in the 43-point victory
- Kelby Robinson and Ted Beard IV tied for game-high 16 points; Beard also pulled down 12 rebounds

Concordia Texas 103, Schreiner 86
- Four Tornados scored in double figures, and CTX hit 15 3-pointers in the win
- Andre Potts scored a career-best 29 points and hit 7 3-pointers (6 in the first half)
- CTX shot 61 percent from the field, including 48.4 percent from beyond the arc

Austin College 72, Howard Payne 64
- HPU trailed by as much as 22 in the second half
- Yellow Jackets struggled from the field, shooting only 30.8 percent, including 15.4 percent (2-of-13) from downtown
- Brandon Gould scored a team-high 16 points

Texas-Tyler 76, Hendrix 72 (OT)
- Chris Rios hit a 3-pointer with 30 seconds left in second half to send game to OT
- Four Patriots scored in double figures, led by Anthony Gonzales' 20 points
- UTT forced 21 turnovers

Rhodes 83, LeTourneau 53
- Rhodes shot 57.9 percent from the field and forced 22 turnovers
- Shaquille Reed (11 points) was the only YellowJacket to reach double figures

Gwynedd Mercy 85, Mary Hardin-Baylor 65
- The Cru trailed 42-30 at halftime and never recovered
- GM led by as much as 30 points in the second half
- Kevin Waller led UMHB with 13 points, including 12 from beyond the arc

Hardin-Simmons 70, Southwestern 57
- The Cowboys led 51-46 with 10:52 to play in the second half, but a 13-5 run over the next six minutes put the game out of reach
- Christian O'Neal paced HSU with 21 points, while Derrick Jefferson added 20 before fouling out
- HSU never trailed in the contest

[tony_baldwin]

Week three for the ASC starts with a pair of non-conference games, but three league tilts are on the ledger this weekend.

Monday's games
7:30 p.m. - Hardin-Simmons at Schreiner
7:30 p.m. - Sul Ross State at Texas A&M-Commerce

[Ralph Turner]

Good job Tony.

Please remember. MacMurray is a Methodist school in Illinois.  UTD played that game in St Louis.

[tony_baldwin]

Good job Tony.

Please remember. MacMurray is a Methodist school in Illinois.  UTD played that game in St Louis.

Correct. I tried to note games played at classics/invitationals in the daily schedule. I didn't put it in the results.