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Paul Smith
Sports Information Director

Weevils Stop Buccaneers

   Brandon Mayweather (Sr., Crossett, Ark.) scored a career-high 23 points alongside 11 rebounds as the University of Arkansas at Monticello Boll Weevils (11-7, 4-3 GSC) captured a 71-66 victory over the Christian Brothers University Buccaneers Jan. 26 at Steelman Fieldhouse.

   The back-and-forth contest featured nine lead changes and 11 ties.

Neither team was able to gain much of an advantage over the first 10 minutes, as the teams were tied (21-21) with 9:15 remaining. However, the Weevils finished the half with an 11-6 swing to go into the intermission ahead 32-27.

   Christian Brothers whittled away at the UAM lead over the first five minutes of the second half, finally taking a lead (46-44) after a Kevin Weybright layup with 13:35 remaining. However, DeMarcus Wilson (Sr., Lancaster, Texas) hit a three with 9:32 remaining to break a 49-49 tie and the Weevils would never trail again.

   Weybright led all scorers with 24 points. Mayweather’s 23 led the Weevils, while Billy McDaniel (Sr., Hearne, Texas) scored 19 points in the winning effort. J.B. Williams (Jr., Compton, Calif.) also scored 14 points.

   UAM returns to action Saturday, Jan. 28, facing Ouachita Baptist at Vining Arena in Arkadelphia. A 5 p.m. tip-off is scheduled.

Weevils Drop Heartbreaker to Central Arkansas

CONWAY -- Down 54-52 with 3.6 seconds to play, the Boll Weevils were only able to convert one of two free throws as they fell to the University of Central Arkansas Bears 54-53 Jan. 23 at the Farris Center in Conway.

   The Weevils took the momentum early, pushing ahead to a nine-point (18-9) lead after a trio of free throws by Wilson. However, the Bears fought back to take the lead (25-24) with 4:10 remaining in the opening half, pushing ahead by as many as seven (31-24) before the Weevils narrowed the gap to five after a pair of freebies by Williams with 47 seconds remaining.

   UAM shot 25 percent in the first half on 7-of-28 shooting while UCA shot 41.7 percent on 10-of-24 shooting.

   The Bears seemed poised to put the Weevils away, extending their lead to 11 (46-35) with 10:02 remaining, but the Weevils clawed back, pulling to within two with 2:02 remaining, but the Weevils were unable to edge any closer until there were 3.6 seconds left, when Williams split a pair of free throws sealing the UCA victory.

   McDaniel hit a pair of free throws at the 7:25 mark of the second half to score his 1,770th and 1,771th career points, passing UAM Hall of Famer Ikie Corbin for second on UAM's all-time scoring list.

Nate Newell (Jr., Monticello) led all scorers with 16 points. Mayweather and McDaniel both scored 11 points in the loss.

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