RIO GRANDE VALLEY – On a night during which The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) men's basketball team wore Broncs uniforms and the 1962-63 men's basketball team was honored for the 60
th anniversary of their national championship, the Vaqueros rallied back from a 19-point deficit to pull within four before falling to the UT Arlington Mavericks 64-58 on Thursday at the UTRGV Fieldhouse in front of an energetic crowd of 1,837.
Freshman
Adante' Holiman led the Vaqueros (12-13, 3-9 WAC) with 11 points with four rebounds and six assists. Sophomore
Will Johnston scored 11 points while hitting three 3-pointers. Senior
Justin Johnson scored 10 points with three rebounds. Junior
Ahren Freeman scored eight points with 11 rebounds. Junior
Daylen Williams finished with seven points, four rebounds, three assists, three steals and two blocks.
Kyron Gibson led the Mavericks (9-16, 4-8 WAC) with 13 points, seven rebounds and eight assists.
Aaron Cashscored 13 points while hitting three 3-pointers.
Dario Domingos finished with 11 points.
The Mavericks led by 19 at 58-39 with 6:37 to play when the Vaqueros went on a 14-0 run, capped by a Freeman 3-point play, to pull within 58-53. During the run, which lasted five and a half minutes, the Vaqueros went 4 for 9 from the field and 5 for 7 from the line.
After a pair of Gibson free throws, Holiman nailed a 3 to make the score 60-56, but that's as close as the Vaqueros got.
Johnson started the game with a layup before the Mavericks hit 7 of their next 10 shots, including 4 of 5 from behind the arc, to go up 18-2. A Johnson dunk and an alley-oop to graduate student
Dima Zdor brought the Vaqueros within 20-8.
The Mavericks pushed their lead to 24-8 before Johnston and Holiman 3-pointers helped the Vaqueros go on a 9-4 run to pull within 28-17. The Mavericks, however, scored the final four points of the half to go up 32-17.
The Mavericks pushed their lead to 17 at the start of the second half before Johnston started a 10-3 run with a layup and then ended it with a 3-pointer to bring the Vaqueros within 37-27. The Mavericks, however scored the next seven points to go back up by 17.
Up 47-32, the Mavericks used back-to-back baskets to go up 51-32.
UTRGV hosts defending WAC Champion Stephen F. Austin at the UTRGV Fieldhouse on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. as part of a single-admission homecoming doubleheader. Women's basketball hosts Abilene Christian at 4 p.m. The party starts in Schlotzsky's Vaquero Village with games, music, face painting and more to celebrate UTRGV spirit, pride, and tradition at 2 p.m. There will be a meet and greet for UTRGV football season tickets holders with head coach
Travis Bush in Schlotzsky's Vaquero Village between games. The Battle of the Colleges free throw competition takes place at halftime of the men's game while doubleheader attendance will count toward the attendance trophy. UTRGV football season ticket deposits are currently being accepted and tickets for the doubleheader are on sale now at
UTRGVTickets.com. Fans can take advantage of a buy one, get one free promotion by picking up a voucher at participating partners, including Bluewave Express Car Wash, the City of Edinburg, Dairy Queen, Golden Chick, Jersey Mike's Subs, RGV Tours, Schlotzsky's, University Draft House, and the UTRGV Mathematics & Science Academy. Current UTRGV students receive free general admission with their student ID. All fans need to follow the clear bag policy, details of which can be found at
GoUTRGV.com/ClearBag.
Fans unable to attend in person can watch domestically on
ESPN+ or internationally via
WAC International.
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