Playing for the second time in less than 20 hours against an opponent which was coming off of an 11-day break proved to be too big of a hurdle for the Colorado College men's basketball team to overcome.

Texas Lutheran scored the first 13 points and went on to record a 87-53 victory in a Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference contest on Saturday afternoon at Memorial gym.  

Freshman guard Edgar Romero matched his season high of 14 points to lead the Tigers. It was his fourth game of the season with double-digit points.

Adrian Price connected on five of seven field-goal attempts and finished with 12 points. It marked the fourth time this season the first-year forward reached double figures.

Compounding the adversity was TLU's long-range shooting. The Bulldogs drained nine shots from behind the arc and outscored the CC, 27-9, from three-point land.

Isaac Orozco went 3-for-4 from long distance and led TLU with a game-high 15 points. He also produced four assists and three rebounds.

After falling behind 25-4 midway through the first half, the Tigers trimmed their deficit to 13 points when Sam Kinney scored with 2:48 remaining before halftime. That, however, was as close as Colorado College would get.

The Tigers will play host to TLU on Sunday, Feb. 6, in the final home game of the season.
    
   
Colorado College Standouts
Sam Kinney produced eight points, four rebounds and a pair of steals
Scott Ruegg finished with six points, four rebounds and two steals.
   
Texas Lutheran Standouts
Riley Fornerette came off the bench to score 12 points.
Garrett Prince led the Bulldogs with eight rebounds.
   
Notes
Colorado College dropped to 2-9 overall and 0-3 in the SCAC.
Texas Lutheran improved to 8-4 overall and 2-0 in conference play.
   
Next for the Tigers
Colorado College is idle until Dec. 31 when the Tigers open a six-game home stand against the University of Dallas at Reid Arena. The last game if the 2021 calendar year tips off at 1 p.m. MT.