CANYON The UTPB men’s basketball team suffered its most lopsided loss of the season, falling 85-55 against West Texas A&M Saturday in Lone Star Conference play.
It was a back-and-forth affair early in the first half, with the Falcons taking a lead to start the game until the Buffaloes took control before the break.
West Texas A&M closed out the opening half on a 15-0 scoring run to lead by 19 points at the break.
Things didn’t get better for the Falcons in the second half, as they were outscored 50-39.
DaJuan Jones led the Falcons with 12 points scored in the contest, followed by Keyon Craddock with 11.
UTPB (10-8 overall, 2-4 conference) will host Eastern New Mexico at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Falcon Dome.
West Texas A&M 85, UTPB 55
UTPB (10-8, 2-4 Lone Star Conference)
Quinntez Grimes 1-3 0-0 2, Miles Daniels 2-5 0-0 5, Dajuan Jones 3-10 5-6 12, Lemmie Howard 3-8 0-0 6, Kendal Frey 0-5 0-0 0, Kaylein Marzette 0-0 0-0 0, Zavon Godwin 1-3 0-0 2, Keyon Craddock 4-7 0-0 11, Alvarez Powell 0-0 0-0 0, Brandon Burrell 0-0 0-0 0, Drew Crippen 3-4 0-0 8, Max Warren 0-1 1-4 1, Jordan Horn 3-8 0-0 8, Bryson Morehead 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-54 6-10 55.
WEST TEXAS A&M (17-3, 4-2 Lone Star Conference)
Jesse Iweze 4-6 3-4 11, Julius Brown 2-9 2-2 6, Kavon Booker 1-4 4-4 6, Zach Toussaint 1-7 2-2 4, Larry Wise 5-10 0-0 11, Trevone Fuller 1-2 0-0 3, JT Warren 1-2 0-0 3, Parker Nielsen 1-1 0-0 2, Dalin Williams 4-5 2-3 10, Jonas Carlisle 2-2 0-0 4, Hayden Blankley 2-2 0-0 4, Cameron Bell 0-0 0-0 0, Austin Shelley 1-2 1-2 4, Addison Wallace 7-10 2-2 17. Totals 32-62 16-19 85.
Halftime — West Texas A&M 35, UTPB 16. 3-Point goals — West Texas A&M 5-19 (Brown 0-3, Toussaint 0-1, Wise 1-6, Fuller 1-2, Warren 1-2, Shelley 1-1, Wallace 1-4), UTPB 9-24 (Grimes 0-1, Daniels 1-3, Jones 1-3, Frey 0-4, Craddock 3-5, Crippen 2-3, Horn 2-5). Total fouls — UTPB 19, West Texas A&M 14. Fouled out — None. Technical fouls — None. Rebounds — UTPB 23 (Howard 6), West Texas A&M 45 (Williams 11). Assists — UTPB 10 (Jones, Burrell 2), West Texas A&M 13 (Brown 6).
