MONTICELLO – Senior Raymond Wright recorded his fifth double-double of the season with 28 points and 12 rebounds in a 58-49 win over Ouachita Baptist in Gulf South Conference action.
 
Wright (New York, N.Y.) nailed 11-of-23 field goal attempts and picked up five points from foul shots and three points from his lone three-pointer. It was his second best point total of the season and also marked the sixth time he has reached at least 20 points in a game this season.
 
The Weevils (13-3, 2-1 GSC) picked up the victory even being out-shot by the Tigers (10-6, 0-3 GSC) by almost 10 percent by a final margin of 43 percent for OBU and 36 percent for UAM.
 
OBU started strong, even holding as much as a four-point lead more than halfway through the opening period. Over the following five minutes, the two squads exchanged three lead changes before the Weevils pulled away late, taking a seven-point lead of 26-19 into the locker room at halftime. The Weevils used an 8-0 run in the last four minutes, capped off by a jumper in the paint from Wright with 2:37 left. Neither team scored for the remainder of the half.
 
In the second half, the Weevils were able to stretch their lead to as much as nine points with a jump-shot by senior guard Deron Brown (Paris, Ky.) to put UAM on top 39-30 with 14:25 to go.
 
Later in the half, UAM was held scoreless for almost seven minutes, allowing Ouachita to tie the game for the fifth time at 49-all with a jump-shot from OBU’s Quintin Smith with 3:52 remaining.
 
However, UAM was able to gain its final advantage with back-to-back slam dunks, first by junior Derek Easter (El Dorado, Ark.) with 33 seconds left, followed by Wright’s slam just 10 seconds later to finalize the scoring.
 
The next highest scorer for the Weevils was senior Don Riley (Pine Bluff, Ark.) with nine points. Senior Duke Sturdivant (York, Ala.) chipped in with eight points, while Easter finished with six.
 
OBU was led by Roger Eiland with 13 points, followed by Daniel Maddox with 10.
 
The Weevils remain in Monticello for their next contest. The team hosts Henderson State this upcoming Thursday, January 22 for a 7:30 p.m. contest at Steelman Fieldhouse.
 
Fans can catch the action live on the radio in southeast Arkansas at KHBM-FM, 93.7. That broadcast can also be heard live on the Internet at UAM’s official athletics website, uamsports.com.