Texans rout Frank Phillips College 101-78

South Plains led by as many as 29 points in the first half before settling for a 49-29 lead heading to the locker room. The Texans again jumped all over their opponent in the second half, extending their lead to as many as 33 and never trailed in the game.

Sophomore Marshall Henderson - a 46-percent 3-point shooter on the season - had another big night making 5-of-9 from downtown and 7-of-13 overall to finish with a game high of 19 points. Stanton Kidd finished with 18 points on 7-of-11 from the field and Tymell Murphy got back on track finishing with 14 points. Devonte Smith finished with 10 points and five assists.

Of the 14 Texans receiving playing time, all but two scored.

South Plains will go on the road again Thursday, January 26 when they take on the New Mexico JC T-Birds (14-5, 2-1) in Hobbs, N.M. New Mexico suffered their first conference loss when they fell to Odessa 56-54.

In other action, Midland College (13-4, 1-2) knocked off Howard 66-60 making the Texans the only unbeaten team remaining in the league.

Thursday's game versus the T-Birds is scheduled for a 8:45 p.m. CST tip-off. Live video will be available at www.spctexans.com. HPRN's Michael Wiiest will provide a live audio feed on KLVT 1230 AM and www.hprnetwork.com.

South Plains (18-0, 3-0)
Deshaunt Walker 4-5 0-0 9, Yanick Moreira 4-9 0-0 8, Derrell Edwards 1-2 0-0 2, Devonte Smith 4-5 2-2 10, Stanton Kidd 7-11 4-4 18, Marshall Henderson 7-13 0-0 19, Tymell Murphy 6-9 2-2 14, Greg Gainey 3-4 1-2 7, Malcolm Miller 4-6 0-0 9, Chase Campbell 0-1 1-3 1, Darius Harris 1-1 0-0 2, Terrence Durham 0-2 0-0 0, Anthony Walker 1-2 0-2 2, Alex Giraudier 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 42-72 10-15 101

Frank Phillips (8-11, 0-3)
Montero Rice 3-8 2-2 8, James Boonstoppel 3-4 1-2 9, Ronald Scott 5-14 5-5 16, Earl Hill 3-6 0-0 9, Akeem Johnson 5-8 4-5 14, Rodshard Davis 0-0 1-2 1, Ben Murphy 1-1 0-0 2, Greg Nelson 2-4 0-0 4, Taquan McDew 3-9 0-0 6, Alex Zivkovic 0-0 0-0 0, Demetris Lafontant 0-3 0-0 0, Kris Harris 1-3 0-0 3, Patrick Elledge 0-0 0-0 0, Mike Evans 3-4 0-0 6. Totals 29-64 13-16 78

FG%: South Plains .575, Frank Phillips .453. 3-pt FG:South Plains 7-17 (TEAM 0-1, Walker 1-2, Kidd 0-1, Henderson 5-9, Miller 1-3, Durham 0-1), Frank Phillips 7-22 (Rice 0-3, Boonstoppel 2-2, Scott 1-5, Hill 3-4, Johnson 0-1, Nelson 0-1, McDew 0-4, Harris 1-2). Rebounds: South Plains 38 (Moreira 8), Frank Phillips 33 (TEAM 6). Fouls South Plains 15, Frank Phillips 13. Fouled out: none. Technical: none. Assists: South Plains 26 (Smith 5, Durham 5), Frank Phillips 12 (Scott 3, McDew 3). Steals: South Plains 15 (Miller 5), Frank Phillips 4 (McDew 2). Blocked shots: South Plains 3 (Smith 1, Murphy 1, Gainey 1), Frank Phillips 3 (Evans 2). Turnovers: South Plains 13, Frank Phillips 22