Saturday, January 27, 2018
ODESSA, TEXAS — Zach Parker scored a team-high 24 points for the Eastern New Mexico University men’s basketball team (8-12; LSC 3-8) in Saturday’s Lone Star Conference match up at the UTPB Gym. The Greyhounds dropped a 94-77 decision to ninth-ranked University of Texas of the Permian Basin (18-2; LSC 10-1).
In back-to-back road games against the 11th and ninth-ranked teams in the country, Parker averaged 20 points.
Beyond the Box Score
Eastern’s 10 turnovers were the teams fewest since the previous meeting against UTPB, in November
The Hounds have shot above 70 percent from the free throw line in five of the last six games
The Big Runs
After trailing by 17 less than 10 minutes into the game, the Hounds closed within 13 points three times shortly afterwards
With just over seven minutes left in the opening half, ENMU faced a 35-20 deficit
Nick Brown hit a trey followed by two free throws to ignite a 9-2 run which pulled the Hounds within eight points
In the second half, Eastern would close within six points, but could come no closer as the LSC’s highest scoring team pulled away
In the Numbers
Eastern held a 13-5 lead in points off turnovers
UTPB held a 25-11 edge in second chance points
Maurice Coleman scored 12 points, dished out a pair of assists and had two steals
Brown chipped in 10 points
Daeshon Francis, the league’s leading scorer paced UTPB with 20 points, six boards and five assists
Up Next
The Eastern New Mexico University men’s basketball team will return to Greyhound Arena on Thursday to take on Tarleton State
The contest is sponsored by Combs Properties and will tip off at 7:30 p.m.
The theme for the evening will be 90’s Night
