Patriots Prayer Is Answered At The Buzzer
By: Eric Boynton
Updated: December 8, 2012
TYLER, Texas --Texas-Tyler's Travis Dykman hit a
running 30-footer at the buzzer to beat Hardin-Simmons 73-72 in American
Southwest Conference men's basketball action at the Herrington Patriot Center in
Tyler on Saturday afternoon.
Dykman took a pass at
midcourt with 3.7 to play drove against two defenders and flung up a
high-arching shot that found the bottom of the net as time expired to give the
Patriots the win. The Cowboys had just scored on a basket by Darius Singletary
with 3.7 to play.
The Patriots used a
10-2 run at the end of the first half to take a 33-28 halftime lead. The Cowboys
took the lead on a Matt Sinclair layup with 15:01 to play and that started a 9-0
run that gave HSU a 50-42 lead with 12:52 to play.
UTT then scored the
next seven points over the next 1:33 to make it 50-49. HSU led 57-55 when Darren
Houliston made a layup with 8:43 to play. The Cowboys had three straight
3-pointers (one each by John Derr, Eric Taylor and EZ Garcia) and took a 66-57
lead with 6:15 to play.
Once again the
Patriots had the answer and went on a 13-2 run to take the lead on a Houlitson
layup with 1:14 to play. Singletary retied the game :12 later and Jordan Cannon
missed on the Patriots next possession.
HSU drained the clock
down to eight seconds and Singletary got in the lane and made the shot to setup
the UT-Tyler dramatics.
Singletary had 19
points, five rebounds and six assists. Eric Taylor had 16 points and 11 rebounds
for the Cowboys and hit four 3-pointers and Matt Sinclair had 11 points and
eight rebounds off the bench.
Houlitson paced the
Patriots with 30 points, including a 14-of-20 effort from the field. He also had
nine rebounds. Dykman and Cannon had 12 points each for the Patriots.
HSU is now 4-2 overall
and 3-1 in ASC action. The Patriots improved to 6-1 overall and 4-0 in ASC
action. The Cowboys will take the week off for finals and return to action next
Saturday against Louisiana College at 5:30 at the Mabee Complex.
