WICHITA FALLS, Texas - Anthony Harris poured in a season-high 33 points to lift No. 23 Midwestern State to a 72-68 Lone Star Conference win over Texas A&M-Kingsville Saturday night at D.L. Ligon Coliseum.
For the third straight game, the Mustangs overcame a second-half deficit to improve to 9-0 for the fourth time in school history and for the first time since opening the season with 14 consecutive wins in 2009-10.

MSU moved to 4-0 in the LSC for just second time since making the jump to NCAA Division II in 1996-97. The 1999-00 squad ran off 13-straight league wins before falling in the regular season finale.

But the Mustangs had to overcome a long, dominant stretch by the Javelinas, which fell to 6-6 and 1-3.

Texas A&M-Kingsville closed the first-half on a 15-2 run to turn a 26-19 MSU lead with 5:57 into a 34-28 halftime lead for the Javelinas. It was second-straight game that the Mustangs trailed at the intermission.

TAMUK extended the run to 27-9 over over a 9:09 stretch over into the second half and led by 11 when when Marshall Bonds III gave the Hoggies a 46-35 edge with 16:48 to play.

Behind 15 second-half points by Harris, the Mustangs continued to chip away and used a 9-2 run to overtake TAMUK when Darrick Thomas' free throw with 5:44 to play gave the Mustangs 59-58 lead.

The Mustangs would never trail again.

Harris connected on 7-of-16 shots from the field and went 17-of-23 from the free throw line and added eight rebounds in a season-high 34 minutes of court time.

He was the lone MSU player in double figures as JaMichael Rivers aded nine points while MIchael Loyd and Kevin Grayer had seven points each.

Ashton Brown paced Texas A&M-Kingsville with 23 points while Robert Williams tallied 15 points and four rebounds.

Midwestern State takes on Abilene Christian in a Lone Star Conference contest Monday night at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m.