Covering UMHB Athletics and the stories behind the score
BELTON — With Christmas having passed and the D3hoops.com Classic ahead, UMHB men’s basketball is gearing up for what comes next. Starting next Monday in Las Vegas, The Cru is set to play eight games in a three-week span, including matchups against No. 11 Redlands, Concordia (TX), LeTourneau, and Christopher Newport. The back half of […]
SHREVEPORT, Louisiana — The opportunity presented by Friday night’s non-conference clash inside Centenary’s Gold Dome was not lost on the UMHB men’s basketball team. Quite the opposite. In fact, it was a talking point for the Crusaders as they hit the road five days after handing Concordia (TX) its first defeat in a 96-82 win.
AUSTIN — Concordia’s push came with just under seven minutes left on Sunday afternoon. The Tornados, 6-0 to start the 2025-26 campaign, trailed by 13 with 6:45 to go. But with an up-tempo style that can flip a game in an instant, and playing in front of a home crowd, there was little doubt they would eventually make a charge at UMHB’s double-digit lead.
SAN ANTONIO — It had all the makings of being a must-see finish inside Calgaard Gym Tuesday night.
SPOKANE, Wash. — “How are we going to respond?”
That was the phrase of the day, so to speak, for the UMHB men’s basketball team heading into Saturday evening’s road duel at 25th-ranked Whitworth, head coach Sam Patterson said afterwards.
WALLA WALLA, Washington — The defining run of the second half on Thursday night got its start in the closing minutes of the first.
HOUSTON, Texas — There were a multitude of reasons as to why the challenge UMHB men’s basketball faced on Saturday evening was particularly immense.
BELTON — With roughly 10 minutes left in Tuesday night’s clash between UMHB and Centenary (La.), Cam Stinson caught a pass a few feet in front of the Crusader bench.
BELTON — Sam Patterson earned his first career win as a head coach on the same day that the UMHB men’s basketball team tied the mark for the second-most points in a single game, as The Cru began a two-game homestand with a 117-80 victory over Belhaven.
LONGVIEW, Texas — When UMHB’s starting lineup was announced inside Solheim Arena on Thursday night, it was a noticeably different group than the quintet that took the floor the last time The Cru played on the road at LeTourneau a season ago.