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EDINBURG, Texas – Senior guard Jared Maree converted a three-point play early in the second half to become the 21^st player in University of Texas-Pan American Broncs men's basketball history to score at least 1,000 points in a 77-69 loss to the Utah Valley University Wolverines on Thursday at the UTPA Fieldhouse.
 
Maree scored a game-high and season-high 23 points on 8-of-14 shooting, including 3-of-5 from behind the arc. He also hit 4-of-5 attempts from the free throw line while adding six rebounds. Maree is the first Bronc to reach 1,000 points since Mire Chatman (2000-02) and now has 1,008 career points. Maree needs 11 more points to catch Steve Heard (1,019, 1957-61) for 20^th place on the all-time list.
 
Maree's milestone came with 17:45 remaining in the second half and gave the Broncs a 39-35 lead.
 
The Wolverines (14-10, 4-0 GWC) had an early lead at 14-9, but Jesus Delgado hit a bank shot and a three-pointer to power a 7-0 run that saw the Broncs (7-17, 2-2 GWC) go ahead 16-14.
 
Delgado finished with 13 points while Brandon Provost scored 10 points.
 
Taylor Brown hit a three-pointer to put the Wolverines ahead 23-22 with 8:25 to go in the first half, but Delgado scored off his own rebound to spark a 10-1 run, punctuated by an Aaron Urbanus jumper, to give the Broncs a 34-24 lead.
 
The Broncs maintained that lead until late in the second half, when Alfonzo Hubbard scored nine points to power a 14-0 run that put the Wolverines ahead 66-57 with 1:42 remaining.
 
Maree ended the run by hitting a free throw and then a lay-up off a steal to bring the Broncs within 66-60 with 1:09 to go, but the Wolverines went 11-for-12 from the free throw line to put the game on ice.
 
Isaiah Williams led four Wolverines in double-figures scoring with 21 points. Holton Hunsaker scored 14 points, all of which came from the free throw line (14-for-15), Hubbard scored 13 points and Keith Thompson scored 10 points.
 
The Wolverines went 28-for-34 (82.4%) from the foul line. The Broncs were 15-for-18 (83.3%).
 
The Broncs return to action on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. when they host the University of North Dakota at the UTPA Fieldhouse.
 
The University of Texas-Pan American Department of Intercollegiate Athletics competes at the NCAA Division I classification. UTPA, formerly known as Pan American College and Pan American University, is a part of the University of Texas System of Schools. The Broncs compete in 14 varsity sports; men's and women's basketball, golf, tennis, track and field, and cross country, along with women's volleyball and men's baseball. In 1963, then known as Pan American College, the Broncs men's basketball program won the NAIA National Championship with a 73-62 victory over Western Carolina. In 2008 UTPA joined the new all-sports division of the Great West Conference.