Beeville, Tx-  Coastal Bend men's basketball aimed to get back in the win column on Saturday, November 27th for a Thanksgiving weekend matchup versus Dallas Premier Prep. The Cougars had recently dropped their previous two games against Weatherford College and Temple College.

To begin the game, both ball clubs competed highly on each end of the floor. The Cougars were able get a few stops and put the basket in the hoop to take a six point lead, 30-36 into halftime against Dallas Premier Prep.

In the second half, CBC finally picked up the pace and started to outscore Dallas Premier. Coastal Bend provided a huge scoring spree, outscoring their opponent 34-55 in the second half. The Cougars went on to win the ball game by a final score of 64-91.

CBC Guard, Robert Chapman lead the team in scoring with 23 points and grabbed seven rebounds and produced five assists for the game. Point Guard, Robert Gil netted 19 points for Coastal Bend and had a game high in assists and steals with nine and three respectively.  Forward, Faybeyon Shelton tallied 16 points and corralled six rebounds for CBC. Off the bench for the Cougars, Clay Baldwin provided a spark with 12 points to help boost the teams score. 

Coastal Bend improves to 2-6 on the season with the victory. The Cougars will host Kilgore College at the Peter S. Marecek Physical Fitness Center on Wednesday afternoon for their first conference game of the season. Tip-off is scheduled for 3:00 PM.