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BELTON — Before UMHB men’s basketball’s ASC home opener against ETBU, Sam Patterson talked to his team about resiliency. “Bending, not breaking,” as he put it. Little did Patterson know just how fitting that theme would be for the contest that played out inside the Mayborn Campus Center Saturday afternoon.
BELTON — Facing the tallest frontcourt in the ASC for the second time this season on Saturday afternoon, UMHB walked into the Mayborn Campus Center knowing it would need both a collective edge and an individual catalyst to get the job done against ETBU.
MARSHALL, Texas — The UMHB men’s basketball team walked into Ornelas Gym for its first game of American Southwest Conference play on Wednesday night with the same level of grit and toughness that they displayed in their final non-conference tilt 10 days before.
After a 19-game non-conference slate, UMHB men’s hoops is set for Wednesday’s duel in Marshall, battling ETBU. Read all about the matchup in our game preview.
MARSHALL, Texas — Challenged by ETBU’s 2-3 zone defense on the same afternoon they surrendered 12 3-pointers, UMHB women’s basketball struggled out of the gate in its ASC opener and never gained the momentum back on Saturday inside Ornelas Gym.
BELTON — For the fifth-straight season, UMHB women’s soccer is heading to the ASC Tournament title game.
BELTON — UMHB couldn’t have asked for a much better start on Saturday afternoon against ETBU.
Just over a month ago, UMHB stepped onto the field at Ornelas Stadium in Marshall for its ASC opener against ETBU. Now, they’re ready to do it again, but this time, in Belton.
With just three weeks left in the regular season, UMHB (4-3, 2-1 ASC) has already faced the entirety of its ASC opponents: Hardin-Simmons, Howard Payne, and ETBU. But starting with Saturday’s 1 p.m. home game, The Cru is about to match up with all three again.
BELTON — The moment held immense magnitude. And Jasson Hemmerling Jr. was there to meet it.
Amidst a darkened sky on Saturday night, in a second-straight 10-inning game between UMHB and No. 23/24 ETBU, the senior catcher stepped to the plate.