WAXAHACHIE, TX - Texas Wesleyan Men's Basketball (8-2, 1-1 SAC) was victorious in a wild shootout with Southwestern Assemblies of God (6-2, 0-2 SAC) Tuesday night on the road, 103-97, thanks in part to 6-of-6 shooting from the charity stripe in the final minute as the Lions desperately tried to keep winning hopes alive.

Tied at 84 with 6:09 to play, outside sharp-shooters Sam Lorenzen and Peyton Sallee hit back-to-back-to-back three-pointers in a span of 2:09 seconds to build a late advantage TXWES held on to for the remainder of the game. Texas Wesleyan had only made four outside shots prior to the flurry - the middle three drained by Sallee, his first and only make from beyond the arc on the night.

Texas Wesleyan was the more physical team, owning the paint 48-42 and the free throw line, earning 33 free throws to SAGU's 17. Joe Cook-Green made 8-of-8 from the line, Sallee shot 8-of-9 on free shots and LaMont Simmons, who also had a timely bucket in the paint down the stretch, was 6-of-8 from the charity stripe.

Lorenzen led the Rams with 25 points on 10-of-16 shooting, while Simmons provided 20 points, seven rebounds (four on the offensive glass) and five assists off the bench on just 23 minutes. Akeem White chipped in 16 points and seven rebounds, Sallee finished with 15 points and four boards and Cook-Green found open teammates early and often to the tune of seven assists coupled with 12 points and four rebounds. The Rams bench crushed the Lions', 42-13. SAGU lost despite getting 36 points and 11 rebounds from Kentton Williams.

It was the fifth time in the last four seasons TXWES has scored in triple digits on the road in a conference game - including the 101-point effort during the 2017-2018 campaign in Waxahachie - but the first time the Rams have scored 50 points in each half of a conference road game since joining the Sooner Athletic Conference for the 2013-14 season. The Rams have now won four of the last five games played at SAGU dating back to 2016.

The men will have two weeks off before traveling to San Antonio for a rematch against Our Lady of the Lake out of the Red River Athletic Conference. The Saints were beaten by Texas Wesleyan during the Champion's Classic, 80-68. OLLU has since split four games, three on the road and will be playing its first home game in nearly a month when TXWES comes to town.