Texans Fall to Howard College 59-47

January 11, 2010

LEVELLAND, Texas - The South Plains College Texans are 10-5 overall and 0-1 in the Western Junior College Athletic Conference after losing to the Howard College Hawks by the score of 59-47 Monday at the Texan Dome.

Neither team played particularly well in the first half as SPC made only 8-of-25 (.320) shots from the field, which was only slightly worse than Howard's 9-of-23 (.391). The Texans trailed by as many as 14 points, but fought back and went to the locker room down only six, 27-21.

After falling into an 11 point hole early in the second half, the Texans went on a 7-0 scoring run to get within four points, 34-30. That would be as close as they managed to get to the Hawks the rest of the game as they eventually fell by the score of 59-47.

Sophomore Tramar Sutherland led SPC with 16 points and also had six rebounds as he played all 40 minutes of the contest. Myles Walker added a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds.

The Texans will look to return to their winning ways when they travel to Midland on Thursday, January 14^th to take on the NJCAA number one ranked Chaparrals of Midland College, who are 17-0 overall and 1-0 in WJCAC action after Monday nights 85-72 road victory at Frank Phillips College.