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ALPINE, Texas- University of Mary Hardin-Baylor stalled a late-game Sul Ross rally and defeated the Lobos, 79-78 handing Sully its first home setback Thursday at the Gallego Center.

Trailing by 13 in the last five minutes of the contest, Sul Ross fought its way down to a two-point deficit with a three-point basket by Tristen Licon with eight seconds left in regulation.

The Crusaders' Demarius Cress converted a free throw with six seconds remaining extending the Cru's lead to three, 79-76.

A three-point foul sent Licon to the stripe with one and a half seconds left on the clock.

The El Paso freshman knocked down two of the three foul shots to pull the home team to within a point. The Crusaders were able to find an open pass off the inbound following Licon's final free throw and held on for the 79-78 victory.

The Lobos took a 12-point lead off a triple by B.J. Hollis with 12:22 remaining in the first half.

Sully would then go on to hold a pair of 13-point advantages off of back-to-back free throws by Licon and Stephen Walker at the 11:11 and 9:10 marks.

The visitors battled their way down to a three-point deficit off a Kendal Lytle layup with 1:29 left before the half.

A three-pointer off a fast break by Licon at the :50 second mark sent Sul Ross to the break leading 37-32.

The Lobos struggled to gain momentum early in the second half as Lakendric Hyson scored on a layup capping a 5-0 run and put the Cru ahead, 38-37 with 17:45 left in the game.

Mary Hardin-Baylor never lost the lead although the Lobos threatened with  a pair of one-point deficits.

The Cru then mounted a 9-0 run to take a 66-55 lead with 7:12 left in the contest.

A three-pointer by Aubrie King gave UMHB its largest lead of the night, a 13-point, 72-59 advantage with 5:21 remaining.

For the game, Licon and B.J. Hollis led with 19 points each. Caleb Thomasson secured 12 points and seven rebounds.

Sully drops to 18-6 and 13-3 while the Cru improves to 17-7 and 10-6 and avenged a 97-95 loss to the Lobos in Belton back on January 27.

Sul Ross will close out the regular season run Saturday against visiting Concordia. Tip off is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.

Final seedings for next week's ASC Men's Championship tournament in Alpine will be released Saturday night.