Box Score KINGSVILLE, Texas – Tarleton's six-game winning streak came to an end as Texas A&M-Kingsville held on to defeat the Texans 56-55 in Lone Star Conference action on Wednesday at Hampton Inn Court.
 
The Texans (14-7, 7-6 LSC) trailed 56-45 with 4:23 left to play in the contest and then went on a 10-0 run to pull within a point of the Javelinas (10-10, 6-7 LSC). Tarleton's Chuck Guy (G, Jr, Fort Worth) drained a three-pointer with 41 seconds to go, but that would turn out to be the final points scored in the game by either team.

TAMUK held on for the one-point victory and snapped an eight-game losing streak to the Texans in the process.
 
Guy scored a game-high 23 points for the Texans, but it was TAMUK's Jamahl Brown that made the different for the Javelinas down the stretch as he recorded 18 points in his first game back since Jan. 26.
 
With the help of a 13-0 run midway through the first half, the Javelinas managed to take a 31-25 into the locker room at the break.
 
The Javelinias (9-11, 5-7 LSC) led 8-3 early in the contest before the Texans (14-6, 7-5) stormed back to tie the game 8-8 on a layup from Chuck Guy (G, Jr, Fort Worth) at the 14:52 mark. The teams would trade baskets over the next few minutes before Tarleton finally took its first lead of the game at the 10:59 mark following a free throw from Michael Hardge (G, Fr, Georgetown).
 
The Texans led 14-11 with 10:13 left to play before TAMUK's 13-0 run  pulled the Javelinas ahead 24-14 with less than six minutes to play. Tarleton countered though with a 10-4 run though, and trailed 28-24 at the 1:46 mark. TAMUK then closed out the final moments of the first half outscoring the Texans 3-1 to take the six-point lead into the intermission.
 
Tarleton opened the second half with an 11-2 run to take a 36-33 lead, but TAMUK came back to tie the game at 37-37 on a jumper from Brown at the 13:45 mark. A lay-up from Guy put the Texans ahead 41-39 with 12:50 left in the game, but TAMUK countered with a three-pointer at the other end of the court from Reid Wallace, which helped spark a 12-0 run for the Javelinas.
 
Damion Clemons (F, So, Dallas) finally stopped the dry-spell for the Texans, as he banked in a layup with 6:30 left to play. The Javelinias would get just two more field goals over the final six minutes of the game, but Daymon Warren's three-point-play at the 4:23 mark would end up being all the home team would need.
 
Tarleton shot 46.3 percent from the field on Wednesday, but went just 16-for-29 (55.2 percent) from the charity stripe all night. The Texans shot just four times from beyond arc, making one three-pointer on the evening.
 
TAMUK shot 47.1 percent from the field and were 6-for-10 from the foul line.
 
Jon Cathey-Macklin (F, Jr, Milwaukee, Wis.) led the Texans with eight rebounds on the night as Tarleton won the rebounding battle, 34-25. Tarleton committed 16 turnovers though, which led to 20 Javelina points.
 
The Texans will return to the court this Saturday, Feb. 16, hosting Incarnate Word at Wisdom Gym. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Stephenville.