YellowJacket Basketball News

5 Jan 2009	Men’s Hoops Edged By Southern Arkansas -- MAGNOLIA, ARKANSAS – The LeTourneau University men’s basketball team took their first loss of the new year as they fell to Division II Southern Arkansas 66-63 inside the W.T. Watson Athletic Center on Monday night. LETU fought through...
5 Jan 2009	Men's Basketball Opens 2009 on the Road -- LONGVIEW, TX - The LeTourneau University Men's Basketball Team opens up the 2009 season on the road tonight taking on Division II opponent Southern Arkansas University. The Jackets head to Magnolia, AR to play their final...
30 Dec 2008	Jacket Men Return to Action, Fall to #6 Wisconsin-Whitewater -- BELTON, TX – The LeTourneau University Men’s Basketball opened up the holiday season with a tough loss to #6 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the first round of the Cru Holiday Classic hosted by the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor....
16 Dec 2008	LETU Men Stay Perfect In Conference Play With Win Over Texas Lutheran -- SEGUIN, TEXAS- As much as they would like to shrug it off, with a 6-0 conference record and more than half of those games being won on the road, the LETU men’s basketball team will have to play with the pressure of being targeted by the rest of...
14 Dec 2008	Men’s Basketball Overcomes Slow Start To Defeat SU By 32 -- KERRVILLE, TEXAS- Dale Vanwright scored 23 points shooting 10-for-13 from the field, including 2-for-2 from the 3-point arc, and Dusty Evers had 16 points and 7 rebounds as LETU overcame a shaky start to defeat Schreiner, 89-57, on Saturday...
9 Dec 2008	Vanwright Named ASC East Player of the Week -- RICHARDSON, TX – The American Southwest Conference announced today that junior forward Dale Vanwright (Houston, TX) has been named the ASC East Division Player of the Week. Vanwright’s accomplishments come on the heels of LETU’s...
9 Dec 2008	Jacket Men Grind Their Way to Win Over Crusaders -- LONGVIEW, TX – The LeTourneau University Men’s Basketball flexed their defensive muscle tonight from the Solheim Arena and came out with a hard fought 60-47 victory over the visiting Crusaders of Mary Hardin-Baylor. With the win, LETU improves...
6 Dec 2008	Vanwright Scores Career-High32 Points To Lead LETU Past Concordia, 82-67 -- LONGVIEW, TEXAS – Junior Transfer Dale Vanwright scored a career high 32 points, and grabbed a game high 9 rebounds as well as 4 assist to lead the LETU men’s basketball team to an 82-67 victory over Concordia in a late afternoon match-up...
3 Dec 2008	YellowJacket Men Show Late Poise, Take ASC Victory Over Lobos -- ALPINE, TX – The LeTourneau University Men’s Basketball Team finished the longest road trip of the season by picking up their second consecutive ASC victory as they took down the host Sul Ross State Lobos 73-69. It was a total...
30 Nov 2008	LETU Takes Conference Opener From HPU, 69-61 -- BROWNWOOD , TEXAS - LeTourneau University men’s basketball opened conference play with a 69-61 win over Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas in a late afternoon tip-off on Saturday. The Yellow Jackets had 4 players in double...
22 Nov 2008	LETU Men’s Hoops Hold Off SAU -- LONGVIEW, TEXAS – Dale Vanwright scored 17 points and JJ Rockmore added 13 to lead LeTourneau University to a 72-66 victory over Southern Arkansas University Saturday night inside Solheim Arena. Jesses Hayes added 12 points and had a...
20 Nov 2008	Vanwright's Debut Strong, but Jackets Fall to OBU -- HENDERSON, AR – The LeTourneau University Men’s Basketball Team kicked off the 2008-09 season tonight as they hit the road to take on Ouachita Baptist University. The NCAA Division II Tigers fought back from an early deficit and held off the...
17 Nov 2008	Jackets Travel to Arkansas For Season Opener -- LONGVIEW, TEXAS – LETU men’s basketball officially open their season on Tuesday, November 18th, as they travel to Arkadelphia, Arkansas to take on Ouachita Baptist University. The Jackets who ended the 2007-08 campaign at 12-13,...
16 Oct 2008	Yellow Jackets Picked To Finish 5th In ASC East -- RICHARDSON, TEXAS – According to the American Southwest Conference preseason polls the LeTourneau University men’s basketball team has been picked to finish 5th in the east division by the leagues coaches, sports information directors, and...
21 Jul 2008	Thirteen Named to ASC Academic Honor Roll -- RICHARDSON, TEXAS – The American Southwest Conference released its Academic All-Conference award winners on Wednesday for men’s and women’s basketball. The LeTourneau University basketball teams combined to put 13 student-athletes on the...