AUSTIN, TX -
Sebastian Karwoski hit all nine of his field goals and both his free throws to help Texas Wesleyan Men's Basketball improve to 7-2 with a 94-76 win over Huston-Tillotson (1-8) Saturday afternoon in Austin.
Karwoski, who had a season-high 26 points in the Rams' last game against Arlington Baptist, has made 19 of his 21 shots in 47 minutes played this week. He scored the first four points of the game and poured in 12 of his 20 in the second half. Texas Wesleyan led 49-33 at the break, after a 12-0 run helped pull TXWES ahead 30-19 with 9:33 remaining in the opening stretch. The Rams of Fort Worth out-scored the Rams of the state capitol 12-3 in the final 4:21 of the half.
Sam Lorenzen scored 18 points, all on three pointers (6-for-10).
Davon Berry contributed 14 points, seven rebounds and four steals while
Akeem White knocked in 12 points, grabbed nine boards and dished out a team-high five assists.
Lorenzen's trey with 15:17 to play put TXWES ahead 65-38, a 27-point rout. HTU got as close as nine, 80-71 with 4:57 left, but baskets from Karwoski, Lorenzen and
Joe Cook-Green helped stretch the advantage for Texas Wesleyan back to 15, 88-73.
Both teams hit 10 threes, but Huston-Tillotson couldn't buy a basket inside, getting outscored by 24 points within the arc. Texas Wesleyan limited HTU to just two second-chance points despite 11 offensive rebounds (TXWES had nine offensive rebounds and six second-chance points).
The 7-2 start is the best through nine games since TXWES started 7-2 during the 2016-2017 season.
The Rams won despite a season-high 23 turnovers but made up for the miscues by shooting a shopping 62 percent.
Texas Wesleyan has scored over 90 points in three consecutive games for the first time since December 12, 2016 - when the Rams scored 115 points against Barclay, after putting in 90 and 92 points in their previous two games.
Texas Wesleyan will next be in action in Sooner Athletic Conference play Tuesday December 3 against rival Southwest Assemblies of God in Waxahachie. SAGU is 6-1 to start the 2019-2020 season. John Brown (9-0) and Mid-American Christian (9-0) are still the conference's only unbeaten squads.