Abilene – The Javelina offense reawakened in breaking a three-game losing streak with a dominating 85-74 victory over Abilene Christian at Moody Coliseum.
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   During their three-game losing streak the Hogs averaged only 63 points per game, but improved to 10-0 when scoring at least 75 points.

   Bobby Pandy, making his second start of the season, scored a season-high 21 points to lead three players in double figures.

   Stephen Story had a career-high 19 points to go along with 10 rebounds and Remi Yusuf chipped in with 15.

   The loss snapped a three-game losing streak and improved the Javelinas record to 14-4 overall and 1-2 in the Lone Star Conference South Division.

   ACU, which entered the game 9-2 at home and coming off a 92-76 thrashing of Angelo State Tuesday, fell to 10-8 overall and 1-3 in conference play.

 “We needed it,” said Javelina head coach Pete Peterson. “We have been playing too passive and we just needed to let it all hang out. We played with passion today. It feels good to get one. Now we have a chance to get back in the race. We wanted to go inside tonight and we were successful. Everybody rose to the occasion.”

   The Javelinas will now host three conference home games in five days, beginning with West Texas A&M Thursday night.

   Texas A&M-Kingsville led 49-39 at the half and opened the second half by hitting 5 of their first 6 shots and stretch the lead to 61-45.

   ACU cut the lead to 10, 63-53, but the Hogs put the game out of reach with an 11-0 run as five different players scored. Kia Griffin scored on a lay-up and hit the ensuing free throw, Eddie Lopez drained a 3-point basket, Reggie Love scored on a lay-up, Story hit a pair of free throws and Yusuf capped the run with an offensive rebound and stick-back.

   That gave the Hogs a 73-53 lead with 10:39 remaining and ACU never got closer than the final 11-point margin.

   The Javelinas out-rebounded the Wildcats 40-30, including a 19-4 advantage on the offensive glass.

   Pandy and Story each had five offensive rebounds.

   Rickey Huckaby started at point guard and had six points and seven assists while Mulkey came off the bench to scored 8 points, dish out two assists and committed only one turnover in 26 minutes. 

   After scoring just 21 points in the first half of Thursday’s loss to Angelo State, the Javelina offense did a complete turnaround in the first half against ACU scoring 49 points in grabbing a 49-39 halftime lead.

   After trailing 8-2 early on, the Javelinas put together an 8-0 to grab their first lead of the game.

   There were three lead changes and ties until the Javelinas taking the lead for good on a lay-up and free throw by Stephen Story with 10:30 left in the half to give the Hogs a 26-23 advantage.

   The lead grew to six, 35-29, before the Wildcats put together a 5-0 run to cut the lead to one.

   But the Javelinas owned the final three minutes, going on a 9-1 run with Pandy and freshman Dominick Jones scoring inside and Reggie Love hitting a jumper to make it 44-36.

   The half was capped when Story grabbed an offensive rebound and scored with two seconds left to give the Javelinas their 10-point halftime advantage.

   Pandy led the Javelinas with 14 points and 6-of-8 shooting.   Story had 11 points, five rebounds and a blocked shot while Remi Yusuf added 7.

   The Javelina bench out-scored the ACU bench 12-6 in the first half thanks to six points from Wendell Mulkey.