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71
Cameron Camer 6-11,3-6 Lone Star
72
Winner Sul Ross St. SRSU 3-11,1-8 Lone Star
Cameron Camer
6-11,3-6 Lone Star
71
Final
72
Sul Ross St. SRSU
3-11,1-8 Lone Star
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Cameron Camer 34 37 71
Sul Ross St. SRSU 34 38 72

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Lobos Take A Bite Out Of Aggies

ALPINE, Texas – It went right down to the buzzer as the Sul Ross State University men's basketball team (1-8 Lone Star Conference, 3-11) beat Cameron (3-6 LSC, 6-11), Saturday afternoon at the Pete P. Gallego Center.  The win snapped a nine-game losing streak for the Lobos.

Cameron out of the gates at full speed.  The Aggies scored the first 10 points of the game.

Sul Ross State settled down and came storming back with an 18-6 run.  Freshman Steph Yosia knocked one down from the parking lot.

That put the Lobos up 18-16 at the 10:42 mark.  CU and SRSU slugged it out the rest of the half.  The score was 34-34 at the break.

In the second half, Sul Ross State came out sizzling, scoring the first 12 points.  Junior Keagan Moncrief scored in traffic to make it 46-34, Lobos at the 16:49 mark.

Cameron fired back with 12 straight of its own to tie it at 46 with 13:29 to go.  SRSU and the Aggies played on even terms for the next four minutes.

Sul Ross State got some separation and looked to be in control, 69-61 at the 5:08 mark.  CU closed to one and its jumper at the buzzer missed to preserve the win.

The Lobos were on fire on triples, shooting 51.9%, their highest percentage of the season.

Sul Ross State Head Coach Xavier Webb
"When the going gets tough the tough get going. Proud of the guys. We had guys step up and battle together through the ups and downs. Been close in a lot of games in the most brutal stretch of conference games (top 5 toughest schedule in D2). Good to pull one out with all the adversity we have been going through. This was for our boy Manny! The crowd was electric and the Gallego Goons had that place jumping!! Viva Los Lobos!"

For Sul Ross State, junior Tim Mikhailov scored 19 points with five 3-pointers and Moncrief had 15 points with three treys.  Off the bench,  Junior Ernests Locmelis and Yosia combined for 22 points and were 6-of-10 on triples.

Junior Antwonne Holmes scored eight points and had 10 assists.  It's the first time in almost five years that a Lobo has recorded at least 10.

For Cameron, Michael Jones had 24 points and Thomas Tangle scored 23 points.

Sul Ross State hits the road, Tuesday, Jan. 20 taking on Western New Mexico.  The game is scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m. MT

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