The Cowboys maintained their lead in the conference race with a 72-62 win over the Trojans, thanks in large part to the 3-point shooting of freshman Aric Walls who canned five from beyond the arc and a total of 21 points. Connors also did well inside with the play of big man Ed Daniels who led the team with 22 points.

"Aric can shoot it and give us some offense which we desperately need," said Cowboy head coach Bill Muse. "Ed played exceptionally well and scored in a lot of different ways. As it has all season, defense really carried us tonight giving up just 62 points."

The Cowboys again were slow out of the gate, scoring just seven points in the first 10 minutes and trailed by seven. But they outscored the Trojans 23-13 over the last 10 minutes to lead 30-27 at the break. Freshman Kevin Stubblefield was big in the second half, scoring 10 of his 15 points to help Connors.

An 8-2 run to start the second half staked the Cowboys to a nine-point advantage but Seminole went on a 13-5 spurt to make it a one-point game with just under 15 minutes to play. But over the next 10 minutes the Cowboys outscored the Trojans 19-9 to lead 62-51 and Seminole never got closer than seven the rest of the way.

The Cowboys upped their record to 19-3 and 8-2 in conference play while Seminole fell to 15-9 and 5-5.

Connors will play at Murray State on Thursday before the Cowboys play a single game against Central Baptist College next Monday at 6 p.m. and then both teams return to conference action the following Thursday entertaining Northern-Tonkawa.