Kingsville – Sophomore Dominick Jones led five Javelinas in double figures with 17 points as Texas A&M-Kingsville improved to 4-0 with a 69-60 win over East Central at Kleberg Bank Court. Click here for stats.
It marked the second consecutive game that Jones set a career high in leading the Javelinas in scoring.
Juan Lanauze had 14 points, Wendell Mulkey and Adan Montalvo each had 12 and Reggie Love added 10 points as all five Javelina starters scored in double figures.
Terrell Carpenter led East Central with 14.
The Tigers fell to 2-1 on the season.
The Javelinas led 25-20 at the half and came out of the locker room on fire, hitting their first four 3-point shots to start the second half and 8 of their first 10 shots overall to grab a 43-27 lead.
Love had two of the 3-point baskets while Jones and Montalvo each hit one.
East Central would get to within seven on four different occasions, twice in the final minute, but Montalvo made four consecutive free throws to seal the victory.
A&M-Kingsville shot 57 percent from the floor in the second half and 47 percent for the game while holding East Central to just under 36 percent.
Love and Mulkey each set career highs with eight rebounds apiece.
The Javelinas made 7 of 14 3-point shots while East Central was just 5 for 20.
Both teams struggled early on as the Hogs and Tigers combined to hit just four of their first 20 shots and turned the ball over 10 times in the first five minutes.
The game was tied at 15-15 when the Hogs went on a 7-0 run to grab a 22-15 lead with 2:22 left in the half.
A 3-point basket by Jones and back-to-back jumpers by Mulkey sparked the run.
Jones hit two free throws with just under a minute to go to give the Javelinas a 25-20 halftime advantage.
The Javelinas held the Tigers to just under 26 percent shooting from the floor over the first 20 minutes and forced 11 turnovers. The 20 points were the fewest allowed by the Javelinas in a half this season.
Jones had nine points and Lanauze had eight to lead the Javelinas.
Newspaper Box Score
East Central vs Texas A&M-Kingsville
11/29/07 8:00 p.m. at Kingsville, Texas
At Kingsville, Texas
TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE 69, EAST CENTRAL 60
EAST CENTRAL (2-1)
CARPENTER, Terrell 4-10 3-3 14; SPANN, Lougwin 4-7 3-3 11; DYSON, Michael
4-10 2-2 10; FUQUA, Nathan 4-8 0-0 9; RILEY, Don 3-9 1-1 8; WILKERSON,
Justin 2-6 0-1 4; REYNOLDS, James 1-5 0-0 2; ADAMS, Ian 1-3 0-2 2; BENCOMA,
Rodney 0-0 0-0 0; NAQQASH, Tariq 0-5 0-0 0; BENCOMA, William 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 23-64 9-12 60.
TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE (4-0)
JONES, Dominick 6-9 2-3 17; LANAUZE, Juan 6-12 2-4 14; MULKEY, Wendell 6-12
0-1 12; MONTALVO, Adan 3-6 4-4 12; LOVE, Reggie 4-10 0-0 10; LEE, Naquawn
1-4 2-2 4; JOHNSON, Clyde 0-2 0-0 0; LEDET, Justin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-55
10-14 69.
East Central.................. 20 40 - 60
Texas A&M-Kingsville.......... 25 44 - 69
3-point goals--East Central 5-20 (CARPENTER, Terrell 3-4; RILEY, Don 1-2;
FUQUA, Nathan 1-3; WILKERSON, Justin 0-2; REYNOLDS, James 0-2; NAQQASH,
Tariq 0-3; DYSON, Michael 0-2; SPANN, Lougwin 0-2), Texas A&M-Kingsville
7-14 (JONES, Dominick 3-4; LOVE, Reggie 2-6; MONTALVO, Adan 2-4). Fouled
out--East Central-FUQUA, Nathan, Texas A&M-Kingsville-None. Rebounds--East
Central 42 (RILEY, Don 10), Texas A&M-Kingsville 32 (LOVE, Reggie 8; MULKEY,
Wendell 8). Assists--East Central 9 (RILEY, Don 3), Texas A&M-Kingsville 11
(MULKEY, Wendell 5). Total fouls--East Central 17, Texas A&M-Kingsville 17.
Technical fouls--East Central-None, Texas A&M-Kingsville-None. A-420
