MONTICELLO – In his first game at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, junior DeAngelo McIntosh scored 25 points and recorded 13 rebounds to lead his team to a 94-65 victory over Crowley’s Ridge College in the 2009-10 season opener.
 
McIntosh connected on 12-of-20 attempts from the field (60 percent) and hit 1-of-2 from three-point range to lead all players in the game.
 
UAM (1-0) also had three other players reach double-figures in the win over CRC (3-4). Following McIntosh was sophomore Hamid Ford with 17 points, junior Jarrell Turner with 14 and sophomore Jeremy LaGarde with 11.
 
As a team, the Boll Weevils shot 57.7 percent from the field (41-of-71), 34.8 percent from three-point range (8-of-23) and 28.6 percent from the charity stripe (4-of-14.)
 
The Pioneers struggled all night and finished the game shooting just over 34 percent from the field (25-of-73), 25 percent from three-point range (6-of-24) and 53 percent from the free-throw line (9-of-17). Their leading scorer was Chad Turner with 15 points. Quentin Franks and Justin Duke also reached double-figures with 13 and 10 points, respectively.
 
The Boll Weevils begin their participation in the O’Reilly Auto Parts College Basketball Experience Classic this Wednesday, November 18 against Wichita State in Wichita, Kan. Opening tip-off is set for 7 p.m. at the Charles Koch Arena.