MONTICELLO – Senior Raymond Wright scored a career high 32 points to aid the University of Arkansas at Monticello men’s basketball team to a 71-62 win over Montevallo on Saturday afternoon.
 
Wright (New York, N.Y.) recorded his fourth double-double of this season and 16th of his career with his 32 points and 13 rebounds. He shot 13-of-20 from the field, 4-of-6 from the foul line and even added a pair of three-pointers.
 
Also racking up a double-double in the game was junior Derek Easter (El Dorado, Ark.) who tallied 11 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Junior James Early (Arlington, Ga.) reached double-digits by tallying 10 points after shooting 4-of-5 from the field and 2-of-5 from the foul line.
 
Montevallo stayed close for the majority of the game, even having two leads, but never more than one point. On the other hand, the Weevils led by as much as 12 points, coming just after the start of the second half.
 
The Weevils used a 5-0 scoring to end the half, allowing UAM to take a 10-point lead of 37-27 into the locker room at halftime. Montevallo did outscore UAM by one point in the second half, but the Weevils shot 51 percent and scored 20 second chance points to seal the victory.
 
UAM out-shot Montevallo by a final margin of 52 percent to 37 percent. UAM improved its first half three-point shooting more than 100 percent in the second half to finish with a team mark of 32 percent from beyond the arc.
 
Montevallo was led by Brian Carlyle’s 13 points, followed by Terrill Humphrey with 12 points and Freddy Little with 10 points.
 
UAM improves its record to 10-2 overall, while Montevallo drops below .500 to 7-8. The Weevils play one more non-conference game before beginning their 14-game GSC schedule. The team hosts Ecclessia College on Monday, January 5 at 6 p.m. at Steelman FIeldhouse.