CONWAY, Ark. - After not playing for nearly two weeks, Hendrix hit the hardwood again to face University of Texas at Dallas for the first time this year. Hendrix shot 35.9 percent (14-of-39) from the floor in the first half as both teams were knotted up at 36 at the break. Two made free throws by Seth Stanley put the Warriors up 52-51 with 10:34 left in regulation but moments later, UT-Dallas captured the lead again and led the rest of the way as Hendrix fell to the Comets, 77-69. Stanley finished with a team-high 16 points while Sean Coman added 14. Jacob Link tallied a season-high nine dimes in the eight-point setback. Hendrix falters to 5-5 on the year while the Comets improve to 5-3.

THE BASICS
Score:  Hendrix 69, UT-Dallas 77
Records: Warriors (5-5) | Comets (5-3)
Location | Time: Conway, Ark.
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OF NOTE
- Coman scored the first points of the game over 90 seconds into the game before UTD managed a 5-0 run but a trifecta from Coman tied the game up at 5 with 17:07 left until halftime.
- Stanley scored six-straight points to give Hendrix the six-point lead, 13-7 with 13:28 left in the half.
- A mid-range jumper by Rod Cummings II put Hendrix up double-digits, 26-16, but a 15-5 Comet run tied the game up at 31 with 1:17 left in the half.
- After both teams were tied at 36 at the intermission, Hendrix grabbed its first lead of the second half, 52-51, after Stanley made a free throw with 10:34 left in regulation.
- With 5:59 to go, UTD built up an eight-point advantage, 62-54, but a 6-1 Warrior run, after an and-one opportunity by Link, brought Hendrix within three, 63-60 with 4:32 left.
- Cummings II's three-pointer with 3:21 brought Hendrix within two, as did Carl Fitch's two free throw makes as the Warriors trailed 69-67 with 1:22 left.
- After the Comets scored on the ensuing possession, a Warrior turnover allowed UTD to build up a 73-67 advantage with 44 seconds to go.
- UTD made four of its final six free throw attempts to leave Grove Gymnasium with the 77-69 victory over Hendrix.

BOX SCORE NOTABLE
- Stanley shot 2-of-17 from the floor and made 11 free throws on 14 attempts while pulling down eight rebounds.
- Alex Conrad pulled down a team-high nine rebounds and added four points, one block, one steal and one assist in 14 minutes of work.
- Coman and Link added five rebounds while Link recorded a season-high six steals as well.
- Cummings II scored eight of his 11 points in the first half and shot 1-for-1 from deep in the final half.
- Hendrix shot 22-of-59 from the floor (37.3 percent) and 6-of-19 from deep (31.6 percent).
- After losing by 44 points, 104-60 in Richardson, Texas, a season ago, Hendrix only fell by eight points and only trailed by two points, 69-67, with 82 seconds left.

WHO'S NEXT
Hendrix enjoys a week-long break before taking on University of the Ozarks in a revenge game Dec. 29 at 3 p.m.

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