Tex. Permian Basin UTPB 11-16,5-13 Lone Star

Midwestern St. MSUT 10-13,8-10 Lone Star

Tex. Permian Basin UTPB

11-16,5-13 Lone Star

Final

Feb. 09, 2023

Midwestern St. MSUT

10-13,8-10 Lone Star

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
Tex. Permian Basin UTPB	24	35	59
Midwestern St. MSUT	24	41	65

Summary
Box Score

Dwain Linden

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 2/9/2023 11:21:00 PM | Trey Reed / MSU Athletic Communications

Sanders pours in 25 to lead Mustangs to a clutch win over UTPB

THE LEAD >>>

WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Midwestern State's Pierre Sanders erupted for 25 points and dished out five assists to lead the Mustangs to a 65-59 win over UT Permian Basin Thursday night at D.L. Ligon Coliseum.

The win pulled the Mustangs within a half-game out of the eighth and final berth in the Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament with four games to play.

HOW IT HAPPENED >>>

Midwestern State's duo of Pierre Sanders and Jermane Carter logged season highs in minutes played with 38 and 36, respectively.

Senior Derrick Ogechi also battled for 32 minutes, while fellow starter Marquis Davison played 29 minutes of his own.

The group had plenty in the tank with a little help from fellow senior Luke Hamilton.

Sanders penetrated to score back-to-back buckets in the paint to stake MSU to a 46-44 lead with 8:14 to play before Hamilton splashed in consecutive 3-pointers to extend 10-0 run to give the Mustangs a 52-44 advantage.

UT Permian Basin responded with a 10-2 spurt of its own to pull even at 54-54 with 3:23 to play.

But Ogechi buried a 3-pointer from the left wing, then hit a pull-up jumper in the paint before Sanders set up Davison for a dunk to give the Mustangs a 61-56 edge.

UTPB junior Daniel Moody answered with a 3-pointer from the left wing to get the Falcons back to within 61-59 with 24 seconds to play.

But Sanders put the game away by making four consecutive free throws in the closing seconds.

LEADERS >>>

- Midwestern State senior Pierre Sanders poured in 25 points on 7-of-13 shooting with two 3-pointers, while going 9-for-11 from the charity stripe. The performance was his second with at least 20 points this season and both of those have come in his last two games at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. Sanders had a career-high 36 points in a win over West Texas A&M on Jan. 28.
- Senior Derrick Ogechi connected on three 3-pointers to finish with 13 points and six rebounds. It was his 14 double-figure scoring game of the season.
- Senior Luke Hamilton matched a season high with four 3-pointers Thursday against UT Permian Basin to finish with 12 points.
- UTPB junior Jalen King logged his third double-double of the season leading the Falcons with 17 points and a campaign-best 16 rebounds.
- Senior DaJuan Jones also scored 17 points for the Falcons and accounted for three of UTPB's five 3-point makes.

GAME NOTES >>>

- Midwestern State improved to 8-10 in Lone Star Conference play to move within a half-game of Dallas Baptist and Western New Mexico for the eighth and final spot in the Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament set for March 2-5 at Comerica Center in Frisco.
- Midwestern trails DBU and WNMU (8-9) by one game in the loss column with four games to play.
- The Mustangs improved to 7-4 at D.L. Ligon Coliseum this season.
- Midwestern State connected on 9-of-22 shots from 3-point range. It's the seventh time the Mustangs have shot 40-percent-or-better from the arc this season.