Covering UMHB Athletics and the stories behind the score
Growing up as the son of a UMHB alum in Central Texas, Josh Goings spent more than a few Saturdays on the UMHB campus in his early years as a young athlete. He remembers being in the stands for memorable football games as The Cru continued its rise to national prominence on the gridiron. And inside the Mayborn Campus Center, he watched Ken DeWeese’s men’s basketball teams play with their trademark up-tempo style.
MARSHALL, Texas — It would’ve been easy to throw in the towel. To quit on themselves, on the coaching staff, on the season, in the midst of a frustrating three-game losing skid.
LONGVIEW, Texas — It wasn’t always this way. There was a point, not all that long ago, when it seemed opponents were lucky to get even a handful of 3-point shots to fall in successive order against UMHB’s perimeter defense. With the defensive guard play The Cru took pride in, opposing offenses more often than not found themselves looking for alternative scoring options that didn’t involve the 3-point arc.
A key conference road trip awaits UMHB, who is looking to snap a two-game losing skid and maintain its place at No. 2 in the ASC standings. Storylines, notes on both LeTourneau and ETBU, and info on where to watch, can be found in our gameweek preview.
ABILENE, Texas — Over the course of a college basketball season, teachable moments come about in a variety of scenarios, some more favorable on the scoreboard than others. And inside the Mabee Complex on Saturday afternoon, UMHB found itself faced with one of those moments—a “wake up call” perhaps—in an outcome that left The Cru on the wrong end of a 25-point game.
BROWNWOOD, Texas — It takes a certain level of tenacity to win against the style UMHB faced on Thursday night.
BELTON — On four occasions over his two seasons at UMHB, Eli Beard has turned in a 30-point performance. The first two came last season. The last two have been during the current season, one that has seen Beard average 22.4 points per game for The Cru, who are 12-5. But only one of those […]
BELTON — In a back-and-forth ASC opener that saw UMHB trail 37-30 at halftime but lead by 15 with 10:31 left, it was East Texas Baptist who wrote the game’s final chapter.
RICHARDSON, Texas — Since Christmas, Clif Carroll and his team have taken the floor just three times. The Cru played on consecutive days in late December, going 2-0 at the Cru Classic, including a massive 78-77 win over ninth-ranked Illinois Wesleyan.
RICHARDSON, Texas — After going 16 days without stepping on the court for a game, UMHB Men’s Basketball returned to action inside the UTD Activity Center on Thursday night, coming up just short in a 72-69 loss.