FORT WORTH, Texas —
Francis Doe scored a career high 23 points in the TXWES Men's Basketball Team's 99-63 win over Dallas Christian College on Saturday.
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The junior guard's previous best was 21 points vs Eastfield that he set while playing for Richland College. Doe also had a career high 2 blocks and had 6 rebounds against the Crusaders.
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Four other Rams scored in double figures-
Peyton Sallee (12 points, 5 assists)
Vydal Bradford (11 points, 6 rebounds),
Ryan Flores (11 points, 3 steals) and
David Shepard (11 points, 5 rebounds).
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Sebastian Karwoski had a team high 8 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks.
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Starting the game, TXWES struck first and DCC remained behind by at most two possessions until five minutes in when they went on a 4-minute scoring drought bringing the Rams a 12 point lead.
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During that time, the Rams went on a 17-4 run, forcing 7 Crusader turnovers, 4 by Ram steals.
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The Rams led 46-22 at the half after DCC committed 19 turnovers and fouled 15 times. TXWES only sent them to the line once and they missed their only free throw of the half.Â
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TXWES shot 36.1 percent on the floor, went 8-for-16 behind the arc and 12-for-19 at the line while DCC shot 35.7 percent and made two treys.
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The Rams kept their foot on the pedal in the last half, improving their shooting to 55.6 percent, made 5 treys and went 8-for-9 at the stripe. They also out-rebounded the Crusaders 40 to 32 in the game, finished with 14 team steals and forced 32 DCC turnovers.
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DCC finished the game shooting 41.9 percent (26-for-62) , 39.1 (9-for-23) from deep and 25 percent (2-for-9) at the line.
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The Crusaders were led by Tilyr Hobson with 12 points.
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Next, the Rams travel to Oklahoma City to face the Stars at 8 pm on Jan. 28.
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