PINEVILLE, LA (01.26.19) - The UT Dallas men's basketball team had its eight-game wining streak come to an end Saturday afternoon as the Comets dropped a 77-73 decision at Louisiana College in American Southwest Conference East Division.

With the loss, the Comets fell to 15-4 overall and sit in a tie with LC atop the ASC East, both teams now at 8-3 heading into the second half of the divisional schedule. UTD returns to home Thursday night after a four-game road trip to host these same Wildcats. Tip-off is 7:30 p.m. at the UTD Activity Center.

Comet junior Hans Burwitz led all scorers with 27 points and added 10 rebounds for his eighth 'double-double' of the season. Burwitz was 10-for-12 from the field and 7-of-8 from the free-throw line. Dimitrius Underwood added 18 points while Jalen Weber contributed 17 points. Underwood finished with a team-high 11 rebounds for his ASC-best 10th 'double-double' of the year.

Two teams traded leads throughout the opening half and battled through five ties before the Comets would roll off six straight points over the final three minutes to take a 35-29 lead with just seconds left before the break, however LC's Jacquez Coleman trimmed the UTD lead to just three points, 35-32, after a pull up three pointer just before the half.

The Comets responded with the first five points of the second half to grab their largest lead of the game, 40-32, with 18:56 remaining before host LC began to push back into the contest.

UTD held the lead until the final eight minutes of the game with Kae'ron Baker lifted the Wildcats to a 55-53 lead with a three-pointers. The two squads would trade leads nine more times after that point before LC took the lead for good, 64-63, with 3:35 left with a Travis Schultz lay up. The Wildcats would then use back-to-back three-pointers by Timothy Stokes and Schultz to force the Comet foul to keep in the contest.

The Comets clawed back within two points, 73-71, with 41 seconds left after a Burwitz layup, but LC finished 4-for-4 from the line on the Wildcats' final two possessions to secure the win.

UTD closed the game shooting 44.3 percent (27-of-61) from the floor, hitting just 4-of-18 three-pointers (22.2%), and were 15-of-20 (75%) from the free-throw line.