NACOGDOCHES – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros men's basketball team fell 85-75 to the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks on Monday at the William R. Johnson Coliseum.
The Vaqueros (13-12, 5-9 SLC) had four players in double-figure scoring with redshirt junior
Howie Fleming Jr. leading the way with 17 points. Graduate student
DK Thorn scored 16 points while fifth year
K.T. Raimey added 13 points with five rebounds and junior
Trey Miller scored 11 points with seven assists.
The Lumberjacks (12-13, 5-9 SLC) had five players in double-figure scoring with Keon Thompson leading all scorers with 20 points. Chrishawn Christman scored 15 points and Matt Hayman added 14 points. Dominic Pangonis and Nana Antwi-Boasiako each added 11 points.
It was a back-and-forth first half as there were four ties and seven lead changes. The Vaqueros got back-to-back three-pointers from Thorn and Davis as they jumped out to the early 8-2 lead. The Lumberjacks answered with an 8-0 to take the lead but Fleming Jr. knocked down back-to-back buckets to give UTRGV the 12-10 lead.
Later in the first half, SFA got a three-pointer from Pangonis to take the 20-19 lead, but Davis knocked down another three-pointer to give the Vaqueros the lead right back. A layup from Fleming Jr. gave the Vaqueros their final lead of the first half with just over six minutes to play as the Lumberjacks took the 32-28 lead into the half.
UTRGV came out in the second half with some fight as they got a steal from redshirt sophomore
Marshall Destremauthat led to a driving layup by Fleming Jr. It was punch-for-punch before a three-pointer by Miller tied the game at 38-38 but the Lumberjacks would get the first of 15 free throws in the second half, compared to just four for the Vaqueros, as they regained the lead.
Fleming Jr. knocked down a three-pointer to get within one before a free throw from Raimey tied the game at 44-44. After a layup from Hayman, Davis tied the game with a layup of his own with 13:35 left to play but SFA put together a 15-6 run to take the lead for good.
The Vaqueros got three-pointers from Thorn, freshman
Jaylen Washington, and Raimey down the stretch, but the Lumberjacks were able to put the game away.
The Vaqueros return home to host the Houston Christian University Huskies on Saturday, February 15 at 4:30 p.m. at the UTRGV Fieldhouse.
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at
GoUTRGV.com/Tickets. 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. The party starts in Schlotzsky's Vaquero Village at 5:30 p.m.
Fans unable to attend in person can watch domestically on
ESPN+ or internationally via
Southland International.
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