Alabama State 91, Texas-Pan American 79Recap | Stats
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – (UTPA Media Relations) Four Broncs reached double-digit scoring, but the University of Texas-Pan American men’s basketball team fell to the Alabama State University Hornets 91-79 on Friday at the Jon M. Huntsman Center on the campus of the University of Utah
Sophomore Janari Joesaar led the Broncs (3-2) with his third double-double, scoring a career-high 28 points while hitting a career-high nine baskets in 16 attempts, including a career-high four three-pointers in seven attempts, to go with a 6-for-6 performance from the line, a game-high 11 rebounds, three assists and two steals.
Senior Shaquille Boga scored 16 points with a team-high six assists, two rebounds and two steals. Junior Shaquille Hines scored 15 points on 6-of-11 shooting with four rebounds, two blocks and one steal. In his first-career start, freshman Isaiah Hobbs scored a career-high 10 points while going 8-for-12 from the line and adding five rebounds, two assists, one block and three steals.
The Hornets took an early 10-6 lead, but a layup by Hobbs and a dunk by Hines tied the game. The Hornets followed with a 9-3 run to go up six, but the Broncs went on an 8-0 run to take their first lead when a Hines jumper made it 21-19 with 11:17 remaining in the first half. The Hornets responded by scoring the next nine points as part of a 27-8 run to go up 46-29 eight minutes later.
The Broncs pulled closed early in the second half, getting to within 59-52 on a Boga three, but the Hornets scored the next four points and led by double-figures the rest of the way.
The Broncs are close out the tournament on Saturday at 4 p.m. when they face off against North Dakota.