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For
Immediate Release: December 23, 2000 Merriweather
Scores 27 Points, But UT Pan American Falls to Arkansas State, 73-69 EDINBURG
– Brian Merriweather scored 27 points, but Arkansas State University
edged the University of Texas-Pan American, 73-69, in men’s basketball
action Saturday night at the UTPA Fieldhouse. Merriweather,
a senior from Evansville, Ind., hit on 11-of-17 shots from the field,
including five three-pointers in the game.
He finished just one point off his season high of 28, set against
Sul Ross State in the season opener. Leading by
four at the half, 32-28, the Indians came out of the locker room firing.
ASU went on a 6-0 run to start the second to take it’s largest
lead of the game at 38-28. But
after a UTPA timeout the Broncs went on a run of their own.
Mire Chatman, who scored 15 points in the game, scored seven
during a 21-7 run that gave the Broncs a 49-45 lead.
The Indians came back and retook the lead on a lay-up by Jason
Jennings with 5:51. UTPA came
right back on a three-pointer by Chatman to take the lead back at 53-51.
After ASU retook the lead, Chatman hit another trey to give the
Broncs the lead again. But Nick Rivers jumper with 2:00 left in the game gave the
Indians a lead they would not relinquish.
UTPA cut the lead to just one point on a trey by Merriweather,
but that was as close as the Broncs would get. Also
scoring in double figures for the Broncs were John Braxton with 10
points and Marcus Quinn with 12 points.
Quinn also had a team-high six rebounds.
Rivers led the way for the Indians with 18 points in 26 minutes
of play. Jennings had 15
points and five rebounds. Kolin Weaver scored 10 points and pulled down a team-high six
rebounds. “We
did a good job on Jennings all night,” said UTPA Head Coach Bob
Hoffman. “They hit three
possessions in a row. I
don’t think we had one defensive stop in the last five minutes, which
was critical for us to get the win tonight.
We fed the ball and executed well on offense, but we just
couldn’t get a stop. Any
loss is a tough loss. Our
guys worked hard and tried to improve over when we played them over
there (in Arkansas), and I thought we made serious strides.” UTPA fell to 4-6 on the season with the loss, while Arkansas State improved to 6-6 overall. The Indians swept the season series with the Broncs 2-0. UTPA will return to action on Friday, December 29th, against Southern Methodist in the first round of the All-College Tournament in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. |
Official Basketball Box Score -- GAME TOTALS -- FINAL STATISTICS
Arkansas State vs UT Pan American
12/23/00 7:39 p.m. at Edinburg, Texas, UTPA Fieldhouse
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VISITORS: Arkansas State 6-6
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
22 Matt Pruitt......... f 2-4 1-1 3-4 2 2 4 3 8 1 2 0 0 20
33 Kolin Weaver........ f 3-5 1-1 3-4 3 3 6 2 10 0 2 0 1 24
55 Jason Jennings...... c 7-12 0-0 1-2 2 3 5 2 15 2 5 2 0 29
04 Jamie Rosser........ g 3-6 2-4 0-0 1 3 4 3 8 5 2 0 1 34
11 Nick Rivers......... g 7-13 1-5 3-6 0 0 0 1 18 1 1 0 0 26
03 Jon Beck............ 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 13
10 Odie Williams....... 2-3 1-2 0-0 1 1 2 2 5 4 1 0 0 19
24 Josh Sokolewicz..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
32 Kim Adams........... 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 3 2 0 0 0 1 25
40 Claude Davis........ 2-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 9
TEAM................ 6 6
Totals.............. 28-50 7-15 10-16 10 21 31 18 73 13 14 2 3 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-26 50.0% 2nd Half: 15-24 62.5% Game: 56.0% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-9 44.4% 2nd Half: 3-6 50.0% Game: 46.7% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 2-4 50.0% 2nd Half: 8-12 66.7% Game: 62.5% 2
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HOME TEAM: UT Pan American 4-6
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 4-10 1-6 1-2 1 4 5 2 10 3 1 0 0 35
40 Marcus Quinn........ f 6-14 0-1 0-0 4 2 6 2 12 1 1 0 1 40
22 Terrell Hill........ c 0-4 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 18
01 Kwasinda Curtis..... g 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 16
23 Brian Merriweather.. g 11-17 5-11 0-0 0 1 1 1 27 1 1 0 4 38
03 James Davis......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
04 Joey Tate........... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
15 Matt Hall........... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
21 Kyle Sanders........ 0-1 0-0 4-6 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 22
32 Mire Chatman........ 3-7 3-5 6-6 0 2 2 2 15 6 3 0 2 25
TEAM................ 3 3 6
Totals.............. 24-54 9-23 12-16 10 16 26 17 69 15 9 0 7 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-28 39.3% 2nd Half: 13-26 50.0% Game: 44.4% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-10 30.0% 2nd Half: 6-13 46.2% Game: 39.1% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0% 2nd Half: 9-12 75.0% Game: 75.0% 3
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Officials: Rick Randall, Kelly Self, Derrick Collins
Technical fouls: Arkansas State-None. UT Pan American-None.
Attendance: 2552
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
Arkansas State................ 32 41 - 73
UT Pan American............... 28 41 - 69