No. 1 ranked Texans complete regular season with undefeated record

The 1990-91 Texan team came close to finishing their season without a loss. Led by Bo Outlaw and coached by WJCAC Hall of Famer Ron Mayberry, the Texans entered their season finale with Howard College with a perfect 29-0 record. South Plains fell to Howard, who was coached at the time by current Texan head coach Steve Green. 

South Plains came out a bit flat in their 2012 season finale, allowing the Broncos to hang around the entire first half. 

With the score tied up at 13 apiece, Marshall Henderson nailed his second 3-point goal to help the Texans begin a 10-2 run that appeared might open the game up. New Mexico Military did not let the Texans move beyond their eight point lead and late in the first half went on a run themselves that eventually helped them pull to within a single point by halftime.

The Texans exerted their dominance early and often in the second half.

Back-to-back buckets by Tymell Murphy began a 15-2 Texan run that the Texans never looked back from as the Broncos only crept back to within single digits three times for the remainder of the game. 

The final time New Mexico Military decreased their deficit to nine points the Texans answered with two field goals by Kidd, a make on a drive by Corey Spence, and a three-point play byYanick Moreira to give South Plains their largest lead of the game at 18 points. 

New Mexico Military would get no closer than 13 for the remainder of the game.

Coming up just one rebound shy of a double-double in the Texans last game versus Western Texas, Murphy finished Thursday night's game with 12 points and 14 rebounds. Moreira also had a double-double pouring in 13 points and grabbing 13 boards. 

Henderson finished the game with 11 points.
The Texans will enter the Region 5 tournament as the No. 1 seed from the WJCAC and will face NTJCAC No. 4 seed Temple College in the first round on Thursday, March 8. Game time is set for 7 p.m. at the Rip Griffin Center on the campus of Lubbock Christian University.

Bill Brownell of PSBLive will handle play-by-play duties for the live video webcast that can be found at www.psblive.com. Live audio of the Texan games can also be found on KLVT 1230AM and www.klvtradio.com with Michael Wiiest on the call. 


South Plains (29-0, 14-0)
Deshaunt Walker 3-8 0-0 7, Yanick Moreira 6-10 1-2 13, Derrell Edwards 2-4 0-0 4, Corey Spence 3-5 0-0 7, Stanton Kidd 8-14 7-10 23, Marshall Henderson 3-10 2-2 11, Tymell Murphy 5-7 2-3 12, Greg Gainey 2-2 0-0 4, Terrence Durham 0-1 1-2 1, Alex Giraudier 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 32-63 13-19 82

New Mexico Military (12-17, 4-10)
D'Marnier Cunningham 6-16 4-4 16, Desmond Barnes 4-11 5-5 13, Juwan Newman 6-11 1-3 13, Royce Williams 3-9 0-1 8, Joshua Gener 0-1 0-0 0, A.J. Peralta 5-9 0-0 12, Tyler Gaskins 3-8 0-0 6. Totals 27-65 10-13 68
SCORE BY PERIODS 1st 2nd TOTAL
South Plains 34 48 82
New Mexico Military 33 35 68

FG%: South Plains .508, New Mexico Military .415. 3-pt FG:South Plains 5-16 (Walker 1-3, Moreira 0-1, Edwards 0-1, Spence 1-2, Kidd 0-1, Henderson 3-8), New Mexico Military 4-18 (Cunningham 0-4, Barnes 0-4, Newman 0-1, Williams 2-5, Peralta 2-2, Gaskins 0-2). Rebounds: South Plains 44 (Murphy 14), New Mexico Military 31 (Peralta 8). Fouls South Plains 17, New Mexico Military 13. Fouled out: none. Technical: Henderson. Assists: South Plains 16 (Durham 5), New Mexico Military 8 (Cunningham 3, Newman 3). Steals: South Plains 7 (Moreira 2, Spence 2, Murphy 2), New Mexico Military 8 (Cunningham 2, Williams 2). Blocked shots: South Plains 4 (Moreira 4), New Mexico Military 6 (Peralta 2). Turnovers: South Plains 13, New Mexico Military 11.