HOUSTON – HBU outscored Arlington Baptist 46-8 at one point during the second half, as the Huskies ran away with a 107-55 victory over the Patriots in non-conference basketball Tuesday night at Sharp Gym.
 
Sophomore guard Rob Lewis led HBU (6-22) with 24 points on 9-of-11 shooting from the field, including 4-for-5 from three-point range, to go along with four rebounds and six assists in only 22 minutes. Freshman forward Colter Lasher hit all four of his 3-points attempts to tie his career high with 14 points, while junior guard Tyler Russell had 11 points off the bench. Junior center Ricmonds Vilde posted his second career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Junior guard Marcel Smith had five assists, freshman guard Reveal Chukwujekwu had four steals, and freshman guard Jacob Gonzalez scored a career-high seven points.
 
Jeremiah Ford was the only player to score in double figures with 11 points for ABC (14-11). Raphael Garcia scored nine points, but was held scoreless in the second half, and Eric Wood finished with eight points. Patrick Howard led the Patriots with 11 rebounds.
 
HBU shot 56 percent from the field for the game, including 63 percent in the second half, 13-for-24 from 3-point range, and 12-for-16 from the free throw line. ABC shot 29 percent overall for the game, 5-for-22 from long range, and 12-for-17 from the stripe. The Patriots missed all 11 of their 3-point attempts in the second half. The Huskies outrebounded the Patriots, 48-35, in the game and 28-15 in the second half.
 
Vilde scored the first three points of the game, but ABC answered with seven-straight to take a four-point lead. Lasher ended the spurt with a three, but a layup by Josh Green and a pair of free throws by Ford put the Patriots up, 13-8, with 14:10 left.
 
ABC led 15-12, but a three-point play by Lewis tied it, then HBU regained the lead on a long jumper by Russell with 9:39 remaining. Sophomore forward Cody Joyce made a layup, but couldn't convert a three-point play, and pair of free throws by Green kept the Patriots within two. Chukwujekwu found Joyce cutting to the basket for a layup, but Garcia nailed a three on the other end to make it a one-point game. Sophomore forward Dauson Womack drove to the hole and scooped it in, but Garcia once again hit a three to tie it, 23-23, at the 7:47 mark.
 
Russell's short floater, Chukwujekwu's free-throw line jumper and Lasher's layup put HBU ahead by six, but Ford hit a three from the top of the key to make the score, 29-26, with 4:11 to go. The Huskies went on an 11-1 run as Lasher and Lewis drilled back-to-back threes, Russell knocked down a pair of free throws and Lasher hit another triple to make the lead 42-29. Russell's three just before the buzzer gave HBU a 49-34 halftime lead.
 
HBU shot 50 percent from the field, while ABC shot 36 percent in the first half. Both teams were 5-for-11 from behind the arc, but the Patriots were 9-for-12 from the free-throw line and the Huskies were 6-for-8. Each team had 20 rebounds at the break. Russell and Lasher had 11 apiece for HBU, while Garcia had nine to lead ABC at intermission.
 
Back-to-back threes by Lewis and Crayton ignited a 16-0 run that put HBU up, 70-42, with 14:27 left in the game. Lewis capped the run with a three-point play and a strong drive to the hole for a layup off the glass. After the Patriots ended their drought with a bucket, HBU followed with an 11-0 run, during which Lewis buried threes on back-to-back possessions to give the Huskies a 37-point lead at the 10:39 mark.
 
During a 14-0 spurt, Chukwujekwu provided the highlight play of the night, poking the ball away for a steal and getting it back from fellow freshman Alex Fountain for a two-handed slam with 9:14 left. Womack followed that with a three-point play and a pair of free throws, then Chukwujekwu got a dunk off of freshman center Cody Stetler's blocked shot, Fountain took a feed from Chukwujekwu for a tomahawk jam, then Fountain blocked a shot on the other end. Gonzalez capped it with a runner for his first career points, then he nailed a three to make the score 100-50 with 3:30 left. Thirteen Huskies scored in the game, as Turner hit a three and Stetler made a turnaround jumper in the final three minutes.
 
The Huskies return to Southland Conference action when they travel to face Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Saturday at 7 p.m. at American Bank Center in Corpus Christi. HBU will be at home for its final two games of the season against Nicholls State on March 6 and McNeese State on March 8.