College basketball: UTPB men pick up Heartland win on road

JEFFERSON CITY, MO. Art Garcia scored his only four points in the closing 3 1/2 minutes to help the UTPB men’s basketball team defeat Lincoln University 89-73 in a Heartland Conference game Monday night.

Charles Harper’s two free throws gave UTPB a 72-52 lead with 9 minutes, 31 seconds remaining, but Lincoln closed to within 80-71 with 3:09 to play. Garcia sandwiched a jumper and a layup around a 3-pointer by Luther Thomas and Chris Dunlop made two free throws to give the Falcons an 89-71 lead with 34 seconds left.

Quintan Lipkins had 25 points, six rebounds and six assists for UTPB (4-10 overall, 3-1 conference).

Lipkins made 5-of-11 3-point shots.

Robert Harris had 15 points and 13 rebounds and Harper had 13 points and 13 rebounds for UTPB, which led 37-36 at halftime.

Richard Williams scored 19 points for Lincoln (5-10, 1-3).

UTPB 89, Lincoln 73

Monday

UTPB (4-10 overall, 3-1 Heartland Conference)

Robert Harris 7 1-4 15; Quintan Lipkins 7 6-7 25; Ashley Arnott 3 0-2 9; Justin Bailey 6 0-0 14; Charles Harper 5 2-2 13; Chris Dunlop 1 2-2 4; Art Garcia 2 0-1 4; Kennan Gay 0 0-0 0; Luther Thomas 2 0-0 5; Renato da Paz 0 0-0 0; Andy Spears 0 0-0 0. Totals 33 11-18 89.

LINCOLN (5-10, 1-3)

Jared Boone 5 0-2 10; Richard Williams 5 5-5 19; Kyle Wilde 2 0-2 5; Ralph Mata 4 4-6 15; Ryan Spearman 4 0-0 11; Romeo Lucchesi 2 2-2 6; Peter Akajiobi 1 0-0 2; Demarkus Madyun 0 2-2 2; Jordan Bradbary 2 0-1 4. Totals 25 13-20 73.

Halftime — UTPB 37, Lincoln 36. 3-Point goals — UTPB 12 (Lipkins 5, Arnott 3, Bailey 2, Harper 1, Thomas 1), Lincoln 10 (Williams 4, Spearman 3, Mata 2, Wilde 1). Total fouls — UTPB 23, Lincoln 19. Fouled out — UTPB, Robert Harris. Technical fouls — None. Rebounds — UTPB 53 (Harris 13, Harper 13), Lincoln 33 (Spearman 9). Assists — UTPB 15 (Lipkins 6), Lincoln 12 (Mata 7).