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THE RUNDOWN
AUSTIN, Texas – After an up-and-down first half, St. Edward's University improved to 6-1 on the season with a 102-84 win Saturday over Concordia-Texas at the RCC. Landon Goesling tied a career-high with 27 points and James Taylor recorded his first career double-double in the Hilltoppers' win.

Lucas Doria scored back-to-back buckets in the first half to help SEU build a 25-point advantage with 9:39 left as the Hilltoppers jumped out to a 37-12 lead. However, over the final 8:47 of the half, CTX outscored the home team 30-10, and SEU's lead headed into the locker room for halftime was just 47-42.

In the second half, SEU took over, hitting 23 of 33 shots from the floor (69.7 percent) and limited the Tornados to a 43.2 percent effort on 16 of 37 shooting. The Hilltoppers showed their size over the NCAA Division III Tornados by outscoring CTX 70-32 in the paint, and SEU turned 20 CTX turnovers into 31 points.

Sean Watkins scored 13 points and grabbed two steals; his first steal gave him 100 for his career, and his second tied the senior for ninth all-time on SEU's career list.


HIGHLIGHTS
• Landon Goesling tied a career-high with 27 points on 8-of-13 shooting, and he now has 15 career games with double-figures scoring and seven this season.
• Goesling's third field goal of the night was the 100th career field goal made for the junior guard.
• Sean Watkins passed the century mark for career steals with his 100th and 101st Saturday; he tied Shawn Weinstein (101, 2005-08) for 9th all-time on SEU's career steals list.
• Watkins' 13 points marked the third time this season and the 19th time of his career that he's scored in double-figures; he shot 6-of-7 from the floor.
• Watkins' start Saturday was the 40th of his career.
• James Taylor tied a career-high with 21 points, and he grabbed 10 rebounds for his first career double-double.
• Taylor now has double figures in 5 of 7 SEU games this season, and it marked the 30th time in his career he's had 10 plus.
• Taylor's 10 rebounds give him double figures for the first time this season and second time of his career.
• Dorian Lopez's 13 points gave the sophomore 20 career games with double-digit scoring and six this season.
• SEU now leads the all-time series with CTX, 31-17, and the Hilltoppers are 20-10 vs. the Tornados at home.

STAT OF THE GAME I
950 – Saturday's win was the program's 950th win in its 87-year history.

STAT OF THE GAME I
21 – The Hilltoppers had 21 assists, and SEU has 20+ assists in five of seven games this season.

THEY SAID IT
SEU head coach Andre Cook reacting to a fast start and a sluggish finish in Saturday's win over CTX…
"I saw that we did what we were supposed to do. We jumped out on them the first 6-7 minutes. I think we got it up to maybe twenty plus points, and then we clearly made it a scrimmage from there. Took our foot off the gas petal; our second team was not very good today … Disappointed in that. We seemed to think that just because we got up by 20 that we were going to breeze through and win by 50. Credit to Concordia, they played a lot of different guys today, but the last 30 minutes or so, unfortunately, looked more like a scrimmage."

SEU head coach Andre Cook on the week ahead; a conference opener on the road and hosting undefeated Kingsville at home …
"I think we are a good team, but every game is some sort of lesson. We should learn today that we can't just show up and win. No matter who we're playing, we have to do certain things. I love our guys, we won't be one of the most talented teams in the league, but when we play together we have a lot of other talents. But, when we just go out there and step on the court and say 'we are really good,' we are not very good. So, lesson learned today. It was a great win against Eastern New Mexico [Friday], it was a great 6-7 minutes today. And, big week with not only starting the league on Thursday, but undefeated Kingsville team in our house next Saturday."

SEU senior guard Sean Watkins on the win over Concordia, and looking ahead to next week …
"We jumped out on them early like we wanted to do. Then, we had a lull a little bit. We didn't have a lot of energy or enthusiasm. They made a little run and they came back, but we stuck together throughout the good and the bad and came out with the win … I think we are going to be good. We have a lot of talented guys and a lot of young guys, so we are learning. Today was a learning experience, but I'm glad we are winning while learning."

WHAT'S NEXT
SEU opens Heartland Conference play on the road at Newman in Wichita Kan. Thursday at 7:30 p.m.