The Sul Ross State men's basketball team was seeking to keep its momentum going.
On Saturday evening, the Lobos suffered a 91-73 loss to the University of Texas at Dallas Comets at the Pete P. Gallego Center.
>> HOW IT HAPPENED:
The Comets began the game with a 6-0 run before the Lobos scored their first point on a jumper by
Trey Nelson.
Bryce Harris cut the deficit in half with a free throw, but the Comets later increased their lead to five.
Sul Ross State used a 5-0 run where Nelson hit a three and made two free throws to put his team behind by one point with 14:03 on the clock.
Using a 6-0 run, the Comets pulled away for a nine-point lead.
Behind a clutch three by
Omar Ibarra, the Lobos put together a 7-0 run to trail by two with 9:23 to go in the first half.
UT-Dallas went on an 18-0 run to increase its lead to 20 with just under four minutes to go.
Manny Flores made a buzzer-beating three-pointer to cut the deficit to 18 at the break.
The Comets led by as much as 27 points at the 15:14 mark of the second half.
Sul Ross State didn't quit as it used a 10-0 run to chisel the deficit down to 14.
Gabe Sanchez later got the hot hand as he scored eight-straight points which included a pair of three-pointers to get the Lobos to within nine with 8:20 to go.
UT-Dallas then ramped up its lead to 22.
>> RECORDS: Sul Ross State (5-2); UT-Dallas (5-2)
>> GAME NOTES:
- There were 47 fouls in the contest as 64 total free throws were attempted.
- Four Lobos finished in double-digit scoring figures.
- Nelson had 18 points, two assists and three rebounds.
- Sanchez also chipped in with 18 points and three rebounds. He made five 3-pointers.
- Ibarra and Tyler Jackson each tallied 13 points.
- Ibarra grabbed a team-best six rebounds. The Lobos finished with 32 rebounds compared to the 38 grabbed by UT-Dallas.
- Sul Ross State finished 22 for 34 from the charity stripe while it made nine 3-pointers.
- The Lobos got 49 points from the bench.
>> UP NEXT: The seven-game homestand concludes Monday, Dec. 4 with a 6 p.m. CST tip-off with Northern New Mexico College.