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17 Nov 2009 Rally falls short in men's basketball loss --
SHERMAN, Texas – A late comeback attempt fell short as the LeTourneau University men’s basketball team dropped the season opener, 72-63, Tuesday night to Austin College at Hughey Gym.
 
Despite...
14 Nov 2009 Vanwright gets double-double in loss to Sam Houston State --
HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Dale Vanwright scored 20 points, but it wasn’t enough as the LeTourneau University men’s basketball team fell Saturday night to Sam Houston State, 73-42 in an exhibition game at Johnson...
20 Oct 2009 Vanwright earns ASC East Division Preseason Player of the Year honors --
RICHARDSON, Texas – LeTourneau University’s Dale Vanwright was selected Tuesday by the American Southwest Conference East Division head coaches, sports information directors and media members as the 2009-10 preseason...
21 Aug 2009 Men’s Basketball adds seven for upcoming season --
LONGVIEW – LeTourneau University men’s basketball coach Bob Davis announced Friday the commitments of seven players for the...
5 May 2009 Williamson commits to play collegiate basketball at LETU --
LONGVIEW – LeTourneau University men’s basketball coach Bob Davis announced Tuesday the commitment of Van Alstyne High School...
27 Mar 2009 Men’s Basketball Wins SAAC Sportsmanship Award -- RICHARDSON, TX – The LeTourneau University Men’s Basketball Team has been given the 2008-09 American Southwest Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Team Sportsmanship Award for winter sports, the conference office...
4 Mar 2009 LETU Men Rack Up Post Season Honors -- RICHARDSON, TX - LeTourneau University Men’s Basketball Team finished the most successful season in school history this past weekend. When the American Southwest Conference coaches and media voted on individual awards, LETU was well represented for...
27 Feb 2009 Jackets Fall to Cru in First Round of ASC Tournament --

RICHARDSON, TEXAS – The LeTourneau University Men’s Basketball Team took on the Crusaders of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in the first round of the ASC Tournament this evening and came up short as they ended their season with a 73-62...

25 Feb 2009 Men’s Basketball To Face UMHB In ASC Tournament On Friday -- RICHARDSON, TEXAS – The American Southwest Conference office announced the 2009 Men’s Basketball Tournament host and released the championship bracket on Saturday. The tournament will be held at the UTD Activity Center at the University of...
21 Feb 2009 Men Still Hold School Record Despite Senior Day Loss --

Longview, TX - LeTourneau University men’s basketball team still hold a school record for most wins with 16 victories despite Saturday’s loss to #1 in the ASC East UT-Dallas. The Jackets (16-9, 14-6 ASC) closed their regular season with a 66-59...

19 Feb 2009 Jackets Slip Past Ozarks, 87-80 -- LONGVIEW, TX – LeTourneau University men’s basketball team put three players in double figures as they held on to defeat the University of the Ozarks, 87-80, inside the Solheim Arena on Thursday night. The Jackets now 16-8 overall, move into a...
14 Feb 2009 Evers Scores 28 Points As LETU Holds Off LC --

LONGVIEW, TEXAS - Senior Dusty Evers contributed 28 points (12-for-21 FG, 4-for-4 FT) in 28 minutes, helping LETU hold on for a 76-64 victory over Louisiana College at the Solheim Arena in Longview.

Both squads came out ready to play...

12 Feb 2009 Second Half Surge Lifts Mississippi College Over LETU --

Longview, TX – The Mississippi College men put together a second half rally, as they shot 55.2 percent and held LETU to 34.4 percent, to claim a 75-67 victory over the Jackets on Thursday night. The win gives MC a 12-5 conference record and...

7 Feb 2009 Vanwright-Rockmore Tandem Lead LETU --

TYLER, TEXAS – Juniors Dale Vanwright and JJ Rockmore scored 19 and 18 points, respectively, leading the LeTourneau University Yellow Jackets to a 75-65 victory over UT-Tyler at the Herrington Patriot Center.

Vanwright recorded his...

4 Feb 2009 Men's Basketball Suffers Overtime Loss To ETBU --

MARSHALL, TEXAS – The LeTourneau men’s basketball team overcame an 11-point deficit late in the second half but stumbled in overtime, dropping an 87-74 decision to ETBU in the Ornelas Gymnasium.

Despite the loss, LETU had four players...

2 Feb 2009 Vanwright Captures Second ASC East Weekly Accolade --

RICHARDSON, TEXAS – Junior forward Dale Vanwright has been chosen as the American Southwest Conference East Division Player of the Week for January 27-31, the conference office announced on Monday. This is the second time this season that...

31 Jan 2009 Second Half Propels LETU Past Patriots --

LONGVIEW, TEXAS – LeTourneau University men’s basketball team had four players score in double digits as they outlasted UT-Tyler 91-80 inside the Solheim Arena in a late Saturday afternoon match-up. The win keeps the Jackets at #2 in the ASC...

27 Jan 2009 Vanwright Score’s 30 Points As LETU Tops ETBU --

LONGVIEW, TEXAS- The LeTourneau University men’s basketball team took down ETBU, their most intense rivalry, inside a packed Solheim Arena on Tuesday evening. The 76-66 win gives LETU, #2 in the ASC East, a 10-3 conference record.

The...

24 Jan 2009 Jackets Sting The Wildcats --

PINEVILLE, LOUISIANA- LeTourneau University’s Dale Vanwright scored 22 points in 29 minutes as the Jackets defeated the Louisiana College Wildcats 75-56 at the H.O. West Fieldhouse on Saturday afternoon. The win improves the Jackets to 11-6, 9-3...

22 Jan 2009 Mississippi College Out Last LeTourneau University --

CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI- LETU men’s basketball team gave up a 12 point first half lead as they fell to Mississippi College 75-68 on Thursday evening inside the A.C. Wood Coliseum. This is LETU’s second game in a row where they have given up a first...

20 Jan 2009 Late Surge Lifts Comets Over Jackets -- RICHARDSON,TEXAS - Ernie Lowery had 24 points and No. 22 UT-Dallas pulled off a late come from behind rally for a 60-59 victory over LeTourneau University on Saturday. UT-Dallas (14-1, 9-1) now takes over the top spot in the ASC East and LETU (10-5,...
17 Jan 2009 LeTourneau Men Take Down the Eagles -- CLARKSVILLE, ARKANSAS- LETU men’s basketball team stay perfect on the road in ASC play with a come from behind win against the University of the Ozarks on Thursday night. The 80-70 victory improves the Yellow Jackets record to 10-4 overall, and 8-1...
12 Jan 2009 YellowJacket Men Knock Off Cowboys -- LONGVIEW, TX – The LeTourneau University Men’s Basketball team finished off their ASC West Division portion of the schedule this afternoon with an 80-68 win over the Cowboys of Hardin-Simmons University. With the win, the YellowJackets improve...
9 Jan 2009 McMurry Men Tops LeTourneau In ASC Battle --

LONGVIEW, TEXAS – Jonathan Walker and Richard Jones both scored 16 points a piece to propel McMurry past the LeTourneau University men’s basketball team, 65-63, in an ASC match-up of two first place teams on Thursday night. LETU which held a...

5 Jan 2009 Men’s Hoops Edged By Southern Arkansas --

MAGNOLIA, ARKANSAS – The LeTourneau University men’s basketball team took their first loss of the new year as they fell to Division II Southern Arkansas 66-63 inside the W.T. Watson Athletic Center on Monday night.

LETU fought through...

5 Jan 2009 Men's Basketball Opens 2009 on the Road --

LONGVIEW, TX - The LeTourneau University Men's Basketball Team opens up the 2009 season on the road tonight taking on Division II opponent Southern Arkansas University. 

The Jackets head to Magnolia, AR to play their final...

30 Dec 2008 Jacket Men Return to Action, Fall to #6 Wisconsin-Whitewater -- BELTON, TX – The LeTourneau University Men’s Basketball opened up the holiday season with a tough loss to #6 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the first round of the Cru Holiday Classic hosted by the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor....
16 Dec 2008 LETU Men Stay Perfect In Conference Play With Win Over Texas Lutheran --

SEGUIN, TEXAS- As much as they would like to shrug it off, with a 6-0 conference record and more than half of those games being won on the road, the LETU men’s basketball team will have to play with the pressure of being targeted by the rest of...

14 Dec 2008 Men’s Basketball Overcomes Slow Start To Defeat SU By 32 --

KERRVILLE, TEXAS- Dale Vanwright scored 23 points shooting 10-for-13 from the field, including 2-for-2 from the 3-point arc, and Dusty Evers had 16 points and 7 rebounds as LETU overcame a shaky start to defeat Schreiner, 89-57, on Saturday...

9 Dec 2008 Vanwright Named ASC East Player of the Week -- RICHARDSON, TX – The American Southwest Conference announced today that junior forward Dale Vanwright (Houston, TX) has been named the ASC East Division Player of the Week.

Vanwright’s accomplishments come on the heels of LETU’s...
9 Dec 2008 Jacket Men Grind Their Way to Win Over Crusaders -- LONGVIEW, TX – The LeTourneau University Men’s Basketball flexed their defensive muscle tonight from the Solheim Arena and came out with a hard fought 60-47 victory over the visiting Crusaders of Mary Hardin-Baylor. With the win, LETU improves...
6 Dec 2008 Vanwright Scores Career-High32 Points To Lead LETU Past Concordia, 82-67 --

LONGVIEW, TEXAS – Junior Transfer Dale Vanwright scored a career high 32 points, and grabbed a game high 9 rebounds as well as 4 assist to lead the LETU men’s basketball team to an 82-67 victory over Concordia in a late afternoon match-up...

3 Dec 2008 YellowJacket Men Show Late Poise, Take ASC Victory Over Lobos -- ALPINE, TX – The LeTourneau University Men’s Basketball Team finished the longest road trip of the season by picking up their second consecutive ASC victory as they took down the host Sul Ross State Lobos 73-69.

It was a total...
30 Nov 2008 LETU Takes Conference Opener From HPU, 69-61 --

BROWNWOOD , TEXAS - LeTourneau University men’s basketball opened conference play with a 69-61 win over Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas in a late afternoon tip-off on Saturday.

The Yellow Jackets had 4 players in double...

22 Nov 2008 LETU Men’s Hoops Hold Off SAU --

LONGVIEW, TEXAS – Dale Vanwright scored 17 points and JJ Rockmore added 13 to lead LeTourneau University to a 72-66 victory over Southern Arkansas University Saturday night inside Solheim Arena.

Jesses Hayes added 12 points and had a...

20 Nov 2008 Vanwright's Debut Strong, but Jackets Fall to OBU -- HENDERSON, AR – The LeTourneau University Men’s Basketball Team kicked off the 2008-09 season tonight as they hit the road to take on Ouachita Baptist University. The NCAA Division II Tigers fought back from an early deficit and held off the...
17 Nov 2008 Jackets Travel to Arkansas For Season Opener --

LONGVIEW, TEXAS – LETU men’s basketball officially open their season on Tuesday, November 18th, as they travel to Arkadelphia, Arkansas to take on Ouachita Baptist University.

The Jackets who ended the 2007-08 campaign at 12-13,...

16 Oct 2008 Yellow Jackets Picked To Finish 5th In ASC East --

RICHARDSON, TEXAS – According to the American Southwest Conference preseason polls the LeTourneau University men’s basketball team has been picked to finish 5th in the east division by the leagues coaches, sports information directors, and...

21 Jul 2008 Thirteen Named to ASC Academic Honor Roll -- RICHARDSON, TEXAS – The American Southwest Conference released its Academic All-Conference award winners on Wednesday for men’s and women’s basketball.  The LeTourneau University basketball teams combined to put 13 student-athletes on the...
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