THE RUNDOWN
After lightning delayed the start of the match for more than an hour and a half, the DBU Men's Soccer team (4-2-1. 1-1-1 Heartland Conference) defeated Texas - Permian Basin (2-3-1, 1-2) 3-2 Thursday night in Odessa, Texas.

Ethan Martinez scored the opening tally in the third minute on a pass around the goalie by Garrett Morgan. Riley Unger made it 2-0 in the 12th minute on a bouncer over the goalkeeper. A header by UTPB's Brandon Lee cut the lead in half in the 13th minute.

Morgan scored in the 46th minute with an assist from Martinez. The Falcons cut the lead back to one goal less than a minute later on a goal by Esai Martinez, but could not get the tying goal. 

Tyler Hofmann made three of his five saves in the last 43 minutes of the game with his team up by one.


THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
 - Morgan and Martinez now have three goals and three assists each, tying them for the team lead in scoring at nine points apiece.

 - Ryan Anderson extended his streak of games started to 63. He has started every game of his DBU career.

 - Martinez accounted for half of DBU's six shots on net.


DBU HEAD COACH CHIP DUTCHIK ON A TEAM WIN
"[The] team came ready to play. [We had a] good start, and then we really came together to close out the victory!"


INSIDE THE NUMBERS
14 - Martinez's three shots on goal brought his team-leading total to 14.

7 - Unger became the seventh different Patriot to score a goal this year.

.667 - The Patriots shot .667 on shots on goal in the first half. That percentage for the game was .500.


UP NEXT
The Patriots head to Lubbock to face Lubbock Christian in a Heartland Conference match at 1:00 p.m. Saturday.