Box Score

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs men's basketball team came back from down 13 to pull within one before falling to the Saint Louis University Billikens 75-69 on Wednesday at Chaifetz Arena.
 
Sophomore Janari Joesaar led the Broncs (5-5) with 26 points on 6-of-9 shooting, including 4-of-7 from behind the arc, plus 10-of-11 from the line, to go with six rebounds, five assists, two blocks and one steal. Freshman Dan Kimasa posted his second double-double with a career-high 18 points on 8-of-12 shooting and 10 rebounds. Senior St. Louis-native Shaquille Boga scored 13 points with three rebounds and four assists.
 
Mike Crawford led the Billikens (6-5) with 19 points while hitting a trio of three-pointers and going 8-for-10 from the line. Ash Yacoubou scored 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting to go with eight rebounds and three assists. Austin McBroom scored 12 points while also hitting three three-pointers.
 
Junior Everett Osborne hit an early three, but the Billikens hit their first five shots, including three baskets and a free throw by Yacoubou, to go up 13-4.
 
The Billikens went up by took their largest leads at 19-6 on a pair of free throws by Milik Yarbrough, and 21-8 on a jumper by Yacoubou, but a three by Boga with 9:22 remaining sparked a 16-4 run as the Broncs pulled within 25-24 five minutes later. Boga also hit a jumper during the run, while Joesaar nailed a pair of threes and two free throws.
 
The Billikens responded with a 13-2 run to go up 38-26 on a layup by Yarbrough in the opening seconds of the second half, but Joesaar hit a three and a layup as the Broncs scored the next seven points to pull within 38-33.
 
The Broncs were still within five at 42-37 on a jumper by Osborne when a John Manning layup and a three-point play by Marcus Bartley pushed the Billikens' lead back out to 10.
 
The Billikens still led by 10 at 49-39 when Kimasa hit a jumper, Boga nailed a three and Joesaar converted a three-point play to make it a two-point game with 11:50 remaining.
 
The Broncs pulled within one six minutes later on three free throws by Joesaar to make it 64-63, and again on a Boga jumper to make it 66-65, but that's as close as they got.
 
The Broncs are back in action on Friday at 8:01 p.m. when they visit Creighton. The game will be televised nationally on Fox Sports 2, which can be found on Dish Network Channel 397, DirecTV Channel 618, AT&T U-Verse Channels 651 (SD) and 1651 (HD), and Verizon FiOS channel 84. Fox Sports 2 is available through various channels on most other major carriers as well, including channel 401 on Time Warner Cable, and channels 67 (SD) and 707 (HD) on VTX Communications in the Rio Grande Valley. Additionally, Fox Sports 2 can be accessed online by anyone with a pay TV subscription through Fox Sports Go.

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