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For
Immediate Release: January 13, 2001 Merriweather,
Chatman Lead UT Pan American Men’s Basketball Past Albany, 84-69 EDINBURG
– Brian Merriweather and Mire Chatman combined to score 47 points as
the University of Texas-Pan American men’s basketball team rolled to
an 84-69 win over the University at Albany, 84-69, in men’s basketball
action Saturday night at the UTPA Fieldhouse. Merriweather,
a senior from Evansville, Ind., scored 19 of his 24 points in the second
half, including six three pointers.
Chatman, a junior from Garland, had a solid all-around game with
23 points, five rebounds, four steals and two assists. UTPA
struggled in the first half with 11 turnovers and made just 39.3%
(11-28) of its shots from the field.
But trailing 34-24 with just 56 second left in the half, the
Broncs began to turn it around. First, Merriweather hit a three-pointer with 48 seconds left.
Then, after a defensive stop, Chatman hit a long three-pointer as
the buzzer sounded to cut the lead to just 34-30 at the half. The Broncs
used the momentum from the late run to take control in the second half. Trailing 47-43 with 14:30 left in the game, UTPA went on a
16-2 run to take a commanding 63-49 lead at the 8:05 mark of the first
half. Albany never cut the
lead to less than 10 points the rest of the way. Two other
Broncs scored in double figures. John
Braxton had his best game in recent weeks with 14 points, while Kyle
Sanders continued his strong play of late with 10 points.
Terrell Hill led the team with seven rebounds, while Kwasinda
Curtis had 10 assists. For the
Great Danes, Will Brand scored 21 points and pulled down seven rebounds. E.J. Gallup also chipped in with 16 points. “We
had some momentum plays (early in the second half),” said UTPA Head
Coach Bob Hoffman. “We
got some dunks and started to have fun with it. We started playing and it just loosened up the defense.
We need all the guys playing and (Chatman and Merriweather) are
two integral parts that were hitting shots that were hard to beat and
they were on it tonight, which is great. We need to win and we need to take advantage of our home
games.” The Broncs, who improved to 7-10 on the season, will next take the court on Monday, January 15th at Louisiana-Lafayette at 7:05 p.m. Albany will take on Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Monday at 8 p.m. in Corpus Christi. |
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
Albany vs UT Pan American
1/13/01 7:39 p.m. at Edinburg, Texas (UTPA Fieldhouse)
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VISITORS: Albany 4-12
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
20 Sam Hopes........... f 0-5 0-2 3-4 0 2 2 2 3 3 2 0 0 33
44 Will Brand.......... f 6-11 0-0 9-11 4 3 7 3 21 4 7 1 3 33
40 Joe Vukovic......... c 3-5 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 6 0 2 0 1 17
04 Antione Johnson..... g 4-8 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 4 8 1 3 0 1 38
12 E.J. Gallup......... g 6-12 2-5 2-5 0 0 0 0 16 1 1 0 2 36
13 Karim Ouattara...... 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 11
22 Alex Barnhill....... 5-10 0-0 3-7 5 4 9 0 13 2 2 0 1 29
24 Brian Barnes........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
25 Kiki Picard......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
TEAM................ 1 4 5
Totals.............. 24-51 2-7 19-29 11 19 30 14 69 11 17 1 10 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-23 52.2% 2nd Half: 12-28 42.9% Game: 47.1% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-3 66.7% 2nd Half: 0-4 0.0% Game: 28.6% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 8-10 80.0% 2nd Half: 11-19 57.9% Game: 65.5% 4
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HOME TEAM: UT Pan American 7-10
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
11 John Braxton........ f 4-8 3-5 3-4 2 2 4 5 14 2 3 0 0 22
21 Kyle Sanders........ f 4-5 0-0 2-4 3 2 5 2 10 2 2 0 1 29
22 Terrell Hill........ c 2-3 0-0 0-1 2 5 7 5 4 0 1 0 0 24
01 Kwasinda Curtis..... g 2-5 1-2 0-0 0 3 3 4 5 10 6 0 2 31
23 Brian Merriweather.. g 8-17 6-14 2-2 0 3 3 1 24 1 1 0 3 35
04 Joey Tate........... 1-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 10
15 Matt Hall........... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 4
32 Mire Chatman........ 10-16 3-8 0-1 2 3 5 4 23 2 4 0 4 31
40 Marcus Quinn........ 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 13
52 DeFrance Gurley..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TEAM................ 1 2 3
Totals.............. 32-58 13-30 7-14 13 22 35 22 84 19 20 1 10 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-28 39.3% 2nd Half: 21-30 70.0% Game: 55.2% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-16 31.3% 2nd Half: 8-14 57.1% Game: 43.3% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd Half: 4-8 50.0% Game: 50.0% 1
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Officials: Brent Meaux, K.C. Ely, Randy Reynolds
Technical fouls: Albany-None. UT Pan American-None.
Attendance: 3109
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Albany........................ 34 35 - 69
UT Pan American............... 30 54 - 84
Broncs 6-1 at home this season.