Game Recap: Men’s Basketball | 2/10/2022 9:29:00 PM | Nicolle Holcomb

The Eastern New Mexico men’s basketball team continued Lone Star Conference play at Cameron University on Thursday night in Aggie Gym. The Greyhounds fell, 66-65, in a hard-fought battle.

Eastern took the lead early and maintained the advantage through the majority of the first half but the Aggies battled to keep it close. Eventually, Cameron was able to tie and take their first lead of the game with 6:57 left in the frame.

Both teams went back and forth with several more ties and lead changes as the final minutes of the half wound down, but the Aggies found themselves up, 35-32, heading into the locker room.

The second half picked up right where the first ended, with both teams going back and forth looking for the advantage.

The Greyhounds gained the 44-42 lead with 14:15 left on the clock and then began the battle to hold on to that advantage down the stretch.

In the last three minutes of regulation, the game saw even more ties and lead changes as neither team was willing to go down without a fight.

Down 64-63 with a minute remaining, Kentrell Pullian hit two free throws to put Eastern up by one point.

With one second left on the clock, the Aggies responded with two free throws from Colt Savage to take the one-point advantage.

ENMU tried for one last shot on the inbound, but it fell just short which gave Cameron its first conference win of the season.

NOTABLE STATS

• Yosnier Cobas led all scorers with 21 points.
• Pullian added 12 points, while Marvin Mapaga netted 10 points.
• Kevin Nze Mba paced the team on the glass with a season-high 10 rebounds.
• Garrick Sherrod dished out seven assists.
• For the Aggies, Connor Slated led the way with 19 points. Deondre Earley, Kenyon Holcombe, and Nikolaos Argyropoulos each pulled down five rebounds.

FROM THE SOURCE

“I was proud of our fight tonight. I felt like we played hard enough to win but unfortunately, we came up a point short. We are not shooting the ball well and are not handling the ball well. There is a nothing to do but continue to fight and work hard to get better. We have to learn from it and move on as we approach the most difficult stretch of our season,” said head coach Brent Owen. “I was very proud of Garrick Sherrod and Kevin Nze Mba for their contributions tonight in their first starts of the season. They defended very well and Kevin led us in rebounds while Garrick led us in assists.”

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• The Hounds shift to 6-14 overall and 2-9 in LSC play.
• Cameron improves to 3-14 overall and 1-9 in the conference.
• The Aggies now lead the overall series, 28-23, between the two programs.
• Eastern is back in action Saturday, February 12 for a 3 p.m. contest at #24 West Texas A&M University.