Men’s basketball defeats Jarvis and Texas College over the weekend

The OLLU men’s basketball team won two road games over the weekend. The Saints snuck by Jarvis Christian College 92-90 on Friday and then destroyed Texas College 121-89 on Saturday. The wins improve the Saints record to 13-2 in the Red River Athletic Conference and 19-8 overall. Jarvis drops to 5-12 in conference and 8-15 overall, while Texas College sinks to 3-14 and 7-18 overall. The Saints are one game behind league-leader LSU-Shreveport (14-1/19-6) and one game ahead of the University of St. Thomas (13-4/17-9). Wiley College (10-5/19-6), Langston University (9-8/10-14), Bacone College (8-8/11-16), Huston-Tillotson University (6-10/8-19), Jarvis, Texas, Paul Quinn (1-21) and the University of the Southwest (0-16/2-23) follow. The Saints will return to the road on Tuesday to play Bacone College in Muskogee, Okla. Read full story online.