LAREDO The UTPB men’s basketball team couldn’t close the gap against Texas A&M International Saturday in its seventh nonconference game.
The Dustdevils held off the Falcons to win 59-58 behind 17 points from Greg Bowie II.
Texas A&M International built up a 34-28 lead in the first half and did enough to stay ahead of UTPB in the second period.
The Falcons outscored the Dustdevils by five points in the second half, including a 9-0 scoring run in the game’s final minutes.
Jordan Horn led UTPB with 16 points on 6-of-15 shooting, with DaJuan Jones and Kendal Frey contributing 11 points each.
The Falcons (4-3 overall) will start a four-game home stretch against St. Edward’s at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Falcon Dome.
Texas A&M International 59, UTPB 58
Texas A&M International (7-1)
Greg Bowie II 7-12 0-0 17, Jermaine Drewey 5-9 0-0 15, La-Quiem Walker 4-6 0-1 10, Daniel Kiely 2-4 2-4 6, Robert Boyd 1-2 0-0 2, Journee Phillips 4-7 1-2 9, Tiras Morton 0-2 0-0 0, Michael Ozomah 0-0 0-1 0, Anthony Scott 0-3 0-0 0, Grey Parrish 0-0 0-0 0, Cameron Bowles 0-1 0-0 0, Keldrick Hayes Jr. 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-46 3-8 59.
UTPB (4-3)
Jordan Horn 6-15 2-2 16, DaJuan Jones 4-9 2-2 11, Lemmie Howard 2-5 0-0 4, Miles Daniels 1-7 1-2 3, Max Warren 1-2 1-3 3, Kendal Frey 4-7 0-0 11, Zavon Godwin 2-5 0-0 4, Quinntez Grimes 2-3 0-0 4, Keyon Craddock 1-3 0-0 2, Alvarez Powell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-56 6-9 58.
Halftime — Texas A&M International 34, UTPB 28. 3-Point goals — Texas A&M International 10-21 (Bowie 3-5, Drewey 5-7, Walker 2-4, Kiely 0-1, Boyd 0-1, Phillips 0-1, Morton 0-1, Scott 0-1), UTPB 6-19 (Horn 2-7, Jones 1-2, Daniels 0-3, Frey 3-5, Craddock 0-2). Total fouls — Texas A&M International 18, UTPB 15. Fouled out — None. Technical fouls — None. Rebounds — Texas A&M International 29 (Drewey 7), UTPB 24 (Jones, Frey 4). Assists — Texas A&M International 15 (Kiely 6), UTPB 14 (Jones 7).
