RICHARDSON, Texas – With the game tied at 15 in the first half East Texas Baptist University (6-8/2-6)  scored only one point over five minutes at the University of Texas-Dallas (10-4/6-3) put 16 points on the board for a 15-point advantage taking control of the game.  Texas-Dallas went onto to take the American Southwest Conference East game, 79-49. 

Jaron Joseph collected a career-high 25 points as he scored over half of the ETBU's points.  He shot 10-of-17 from the floor as he scored over 20 points for the second time this year.  Justin Felicia led the team with seven rebounds.   

The first 10 minutes of the game went back and forth with three ties and four lead changes.  Joseph gave ETBU their first lead, 3-2, with his first points canning a three-pointer.  Texas-Dallas then took a 4-3 lead before ETBU went on a 5-0 run.  Felicia started the run with a layup and then Eric Horton swooshed in a three-pointer for the four-point lead. 

Texas-Dallas responded with a 9-2 run for a three-point lead, 13-10, but the game came to a third tie on a 5-2 ETBU run to make it 15 all.  Joseph tied the game at 15 with his seventh points of the game.  From that point on, Texas-Dallas took over the half with a 16-1 run for a 15-point lead, 31-16.  ETBU went into the half trailing by 17, 35-18.

ETBU started the second half on an 11-3 run to bring Texas-Dallas' lead down to nine, 38-29.  Joseph put in six of the 11 points while Felicia hit back-to-back shots for five points in the run.  In the next 10 minutes, Texas-Dallas out scored ETBU, 28-10 for a 27-point lead, 66-39. 

Texas-Dallas shot 47% from the floor and three-point range and made 81% of their free throws.  ETBU finished making 32% of their shots while making 30% from the three-point line and 55% from the stripe.  Texas-Dallas had 37 rebounds to ETBU's 29.

ETBU travels to Arkansas for an ASC East game on Saturday against the University of the Ozarks at 3:00 p.m.