KERRVILLE, Texas – McMurry held on for a 74-64 win over Schreiner in American Southwest Conference play Saturday afternoon at the Edington Athletic Complex. Jamal Anene and Jeremie Hart each had a double-doubles to help McMurry take its seventh win in league play.

Hart scored 24 points and had 10 boards for his second-straight double-double while Anene had 19 points and 12 boards. Steven Luckey had 17 points including a 9 of 14 effort from the free-throw line.

McMurry jumped out to a 27-12 lead in the first half, however, the Mountaineers closed the gap and trailed by just one point at halftime 33-32. In the second half, McMury led by as many as nine points, however, Schreiner fought back to cut the lead to one point with 4:52 remaining after a successful jumper from Trevor Connor to make the score 59-58 in favor of Mcmurry. However, from there McMurry closed the game with a 15-6 run keyed by six points from Luckey.

McMurry shot 44 percent from the floor and hit 27 of 38 free throws  for the contest. Schreiner's 20 turnovers in the game resulted in 28 points for McMurry on the other end. The Mountaineers shot just 37 percent from the floor for the game partly due to its 4 of 28 performance from 3-point land. Riley Battle and Trevor Connor each scored 12 points in the loss for McMurry.

Darrick matthews had 10 points and five rebounds off the bench for McMurry. Robert Moreno scored three points, had four assists and had five steals. That gives the senior point guard 17 steals in his last three games.

Schreiner dropped to 3-11 overall and 3-8 in ASC play while McMurry improved to 9-5 overall and 7-4 in league play.

McMurry will continue its four-game road trip Thursday in Alpine when it takes on Sul Ross State at 7:30 p.m.

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McMurry University vs Schreiner University
01/16/10 3:20 p.m. at Kerrville, Texas - Edington Complex
At Kerrville, Texas - Edington Complex
MCMURRY UNIVERSITY 74, SCHREINER UNIVERSITY 64
MCMURRY UNIVERSITY (9-5, 7-4)
Jeremie Hart 8-18 7-8 24; Jamal Anene 7-12 5-8 19; Steven Luckey 3-9 9-14
17; Darrick Matthews 3-4 4-4 10; Robert Moreno 1-4 1-2 3; Ryan Boyd 0-1 1-2
1; Jerome Leach 0-0 0-0 0; Ryan Chavez 0-1 0-0 0; Chris Hergenreter 0-1 0-0
0; Jacob Montez 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-50 27-38 74.
SCHREINER UNIVERSITY (3-11, 3-8)
Trevor Connor 5-15 1-3 12; Riley Battle 5-13 1-2 12; David Flannery 4-4 0-0
8; Javian Johnson 3-5 1-1 7; Tyrie Prince 3-6 1-1 7; Aaron Hamilton 3-8 1-4
7; Colton Kemp 2-12 0-0 5; Alex Hammond 1-5 1-2 4; Mark Hopkins 0-2 2-2 2.
Totals 26-70 8-15 64.
McMurry University............   33   41  -   74
Schreiner University..........   32   32  -   64
3-point goals--McMurry University 3-13 (Steven Luckey 2-6; Jeremie Hart 1-2;
Darrick Matthews 0-1; Robert Moreno 0-3; Chris Hergenreter 0-1), Schreiner
University 4-28 (Alex Hammond 1-5; Colton Kemp 1-7; Trevor Connor 1-9; Riley
Battle 1-5; Aaron Hamilton 0-1; Javian Johnson 0-1). Fouled out--McMurry
University-None, Schreiner University-Riley Battle. Rebounds--McMurry
University 37 (Jamal Anene 12), Schreiner University 44 (Aaron Hamilton 8;
Trevor Connor 8). Assists--McMurry University 12 (Robert Moreno 4),
Schreiner University 15 (Colton Kemp 4; Aaron Hamilton 4). Total
fouls--McMurry University 16, Schreiner University 23. Technical
fouls--McMurry University-None, Schreiner University-TEAM. A-350