Castro lifts Houston Baptist over Incarnate Word 72-67
HOUSTON -- — Pedro Castro tallied 18 points and 11 rebounds to lift Houston Baptist to a 72-67 win over Incarnate Word on Wednesday night.
Darius Lee had 12 points for Houston Baptist (5-17, 4-10 Southland Conference), which ended its four-game losing streak.
Logan Bracamonte and Drew Lutz each scored 17 points for the Cardinals (8-12, 5-8), who have now lost four games in a row. Keaston Willis had 14 points and six rebounds.
Houston Baptist sweeps the series, having defeated UIW 73-57 on Jan. 27.
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2020-2021 Southland Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
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Nicholls | 14-2 | - | 18-7 |
Abilene Christian | 13-2 | 0.5 | 24-5 |
Sam Houston State | 13-3 | 1 | 19-9 |
Stephen F. Austin | 12-3 | 1.5 | 16-5 |
Northwestern State | 9-7 | 5 | 11-18 |
New Orleans | 8-7 | 5.5 | 10-15 |
Lamar | 6-10 | 8 | 10-18 |
Incarnate Word | 5-9 | 8 | 8-14 |
SE Louisiana | 5-10 | 8.5 | 8-18 |
McNeese | 4-10 | 9 | 10-14 |
Houston Baptist | 4-11 | 9.5 | 6-19 |
Central Arkansas | 4-12 | 10 | 5-19 |
Texas A&M-CC | 2-13 | 11.5 | 5-19 |