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THE RUNDOWN
FORT SMITH, Ark. – No. 21-ranked UAFS jumped out early and never looked back with a 79-63 win over St. Edward's Saturday at the Stubblefield Center. The Lions (21-4, 9-4) jumped out to an 11-2 lead early and never relinquished control to force a season split with the Hilltoppers.

DORIAN LOPEZ scored 15 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and had three steals to lead SEU (15-10, 5-8) in the loss, while LANDON GOESLING had a game-high 19 points. UAFS' Ladarius Coleman matched Lopez's double-double with 18 points and 14 rebounds while Darrion Strong-Moore had 15 points and DaVaunta Thomas added 14.
 
The Lions scored 48 points in the paint and shot 49.2 percent from the floor in the contest, while defensively holding the Hilltoppers 25 points below their season scoring average. In addition, UAFS limited SEU to just a 34.3 percent effort from the floor.
 
HIGHLIGHTS
• DORIAN LOPEZ scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the season.
• Lopez has scored in double figures 19 times this season (33 times in his career) and has had double-digit boards eight times this year (11^th time in his career).
• LANDON GOESLING's eighth of 19 points Saturday was the 800^th point of his career.
• Goesling has 33 games in his career with 10 or more points; 24 in 2017-18.
• SEAN WATKINS moved into sole possession of third-place on the all-time SEU career list for assists Saturday as his four vs. the Lions gave him 305 for his career.
• Watkins' four assists also gave him 129 for the season, which marks the third-best single-season total in school history.
• Watkins had 11 points giving him 30 career games with 10 or more.
 
STAT OF THE GAME I
18 – UAFS has won 18-straight games as the Stubblefield Center dating back to last season, and the Lions are 15-0 at home this season.
 
WHAT'S NEXT
St. Edward's is idle Thursday and will play host to Dallas Baptist Saturday at 3 p.m. in Austin with three games to spare.