EDINBURG – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) men's basketball team knocked off two-time defending Atlantic Sun Conference Champion University of North Florida (UNF) 98-84 on Monday at the UTRGV Fieldhouse.
Sophomore
Antonio Green led UTRGV (4-8) with 24 points while going 8-for-12 from behind the arc, tying for the third-highest single-game three-pointer output in program history. Green now has 52 three-pointers this season, the most in the NCAA. He is also averaging 4.33 three-pointers per game, which also leads the NCAA.
Junior
Nick Dixon scored 22 points on 8-of-11 shooting, including 5-of-5 from the line, with seven assists and three steals. Sophomore
Lew Stallworth scored 12 points on 4-of-8 shooting with four assists and two steals.
Dallas Moore led UNF (3-9) with 24 points on 10-of-23 shooting.
Garrett Sams scored 17 point.
Karlos Odum finished with 11 points, nine rebounds, three assists and two steals.
UNF led 4-3 at the outset on an
Aaron Bodager layup, but junior
Mike Hoffman and Green hit three-pointers as part of a 10-2 run to put UTRGV up 13-6.
Then, with the lead cut to 17-14, freshman
Xavier McDaniel Jr. hit a jumper to help UTRGV score seven in a row to go up 24-14.
After Odum, Moore and
Wajid Aminu all made layups to bring UNF within 24-20, Dixon converted a three-point play and then hit three more free throws as UTRGV scored 14-straight points to go up 38-20. UTRGV then extended the run to 24-7, capped by a Green three that made it 48-27 late in the first half.
UTRGV took its largest lead of the game with 14:38 remaining when a Green three made it 71-42.
UNF scored the next 13 points to pull within 71-55 on a Moore layup, but freshman
Lesley Varner Jr. and junior McAllen-native
Moe McDonald answered with baskets to put the game away.
UTRGV is back in action Friday at 7 p.m. when it hosts Lamar at the UTRGV Fieldhouse in a game that will be televised nationally on American Sports Network and regionally on Spectrum Sports channel 323. Fans that donate a new or lightly use coat will receive free general admission. Current UTRGV students, who already receive free general admission, will receive free popcorn. All coat donations benefit Tim's Coats.
It's also Grad Night. The first 150 UTRGV fall graduates to RSVP will receive commemorative 2016 tassel key chains. To RSVP, send an email to UTRGV Athletics Marketing and Promotions Coordinator
Kara Lara at
kara.lara@utrgv.edu with your first name, last name, and student ID number. Graduates are encouraged to bring their cap and gown for complimentary graduation photos in front of a UTRGV backdrop. A photographer will be on site from 6-to-7:30 p.m. Additionally, graduates will be recognized at halftime. Parents and guests of graduates can enjoy a discounted ticket price of just $5 when they arrive with their pre-registered graduates.
Doors open at 6.
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