GAME NOTES

BOISE, Idaho - The University of Texas - Pan American (UTPA) men's basketball team ends their four game road swing on Sunday night when they travel to the capital city of Idaho to take on the Broncos of Boise State University. Tip-off at the Taco Bell Arena is scheduled for 8:05 PM CT.

The Broncs (3-9) are currently on a three game losing skid, with all three losses coming on the road. One week ago the Broncs lost a matinee game to the Beavers of Oregon State 89-69 in Corvallis. Senior guard Perry Petty accounted for 46% of the UTPA offense as he scored both his career high and the Broncs season high with his 32 points in the loss to the Beavers. It was the highest point totally for a Bronc player since Brian Burrell scored 31 in a home win over Texas State on November 18, 2006. It was the fifth time this season a Petty scored 20+ points in a game. Petty was 10-17 from the field and made five of his 10 three point attempts while adding a team high six rebounds.

Ruben Cabrera was the only other Bronc to score in double figures in the loss to OSU as he scored 10 and hauled in three boards. Aaron Urbanus, who was the team's leading scoring at the beginning of the road trip was held scoreless for the first time this season. Enique Mason started his second straight game for UTPA and scored six points with four rebounds.

UTPA is still looking for their first true road victory this season. The Broncs are 0-5 playing on their opponents' home floor in 2010-11. The last regular season road victory for UTPA came last season when they beat North Dakota 71-68 on March 6th 2010. The Broncs have one victory away from the UTPA Fieldhouse in their neutral site 67-53 win over Eastern Kentucky on November 13th in Chicago.

Petty is now the Broncs leading scorer at 15.4 points per game. Petty also averages five rebounds per contest. Sophomore guard Aaron Urbanus scores 12.5 points per contest, while Brandon Provost scores 10.3 per contest.

Boise State (6-4) is currently on a four game losing streak after starting the season with six straight wins. The four losses are a combined 11 points, including an 86-84 loss to Utah on Friday night.

The Broncos began the season with a six game win streak. The 6-0 start was the best start for the Broncos since 87-88 season when the Broncos started with an identical 6-0 start, they won the Big Sky Conference tournament that season and advanced to the NCAA tournament.

Robert Arnold is the leading scorer and rebounder for the Broncos at 17.0 and 5.3 respectively. La'Shard Anderson is the second top scorer for BSU at 13.5 points per game. The Broncs post a stout defense as they allow only 59.1 points per game which is the 28th best scoring defense in the country. BSU also averages 10 steals per game as a team, which is good for 14th in the country.

Sunday is UTPA's final game of a four game road trip. The Broncs return home on Wednesday night to host Loyola-Chicago at the UTPA Fieldhouse.