Roadrunner Rally Falls Short in Loss to Coastal Bend

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Angelina College’s Deedy Gauno hit a three pointer with 13 seconds to play, and Riley Dewitz nailed one with one second left to get the Roadrunners to within a single point, but Coastal Bend’s Cougars were able to hit free throws and kill the clock to escape Shands Gymnasium with a 77-74 win on Wednesday.

AC trailed by 10 points with six minutes remaining in the game before putting together a 7-2 run in the final two minutes. The threes from Gauno and Dewitz weren’t enough to offset free throws from the Cougars’ Royce Hunter and Brian Payton in the waning moments.

The Roadrunners (8-12, 2-7) will play at Lamar State College-Port Arthur on Saturday. Game time is 4 p.m.

The e-mail address for AC’s Sports Information Director is gstallard@angelina.edu.

Gary Stallard
Sports Information Director Gary Stallard, who also serves as a Liberal Arts Instructor, begins his eleventh season with Angelina College. Following a career as a U.S. Marine, Stallard completed his bachelor’s degree at Stephen F. Austin University, where he majored in English and Journalism. For more than 16 years, he has worked as a sports writer/columnist/photographer for the Lufkin Daily News; he continues to contribute free-lance articles on occasion. Stallard has won several awards for writing, including the Golden Hoops Award for basketball writing in 2003, Regional Sports Writer of the Year in 2004, and the Texas Press Association’s first-place award for column writing in 2007 and in 2014. He has also done basketball, football and baseball radio and live streaming play-by- play and color commentary for an ESPN affiliate. Currently Stallard serves as play-by-play broadcaster for AC basketball, baseball and softball games. Prior to arriving at Angelina College, Stallard taught English at Lufkin High School for four years. He currently teaches Developmental Writing classes at AC. He and his wife Susan live in Lufkin.

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