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\n Jan. 12 (Mon) \/ 6:30 p.m.
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History <\/a><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n COMMERCE\u00a0\u2013 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV)\u00a0Vaqueros men’s basketball team put together a late rally but came up short as they fell 77-69 to the East Texas A&M Lions on Saturday at The Field House.\u00a0 Support UTRGV Men’s Basketball<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Become a Fan on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Follow us on Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Follow us on Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Follow us on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n
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\nThe Vaqueros (6-10, 2-5 SLC) had five players in double-figures with junior\u00a0Filip Brankovic<\/a>\u00a0leading the way with 16 points and seven rebounds. Graduate student\u00a0Marvin McGhee III<\/a>\u00a0scored 14 points behind four three-pointers. Freshman\u00a0Julien Gomez<\/a>\u00a0scored 13 points and junior\u00a0Koree Cotton<\/a>\u00a0and sophomore\u00a0Jaylen Washington<\/a>\u00a0each scored 10 points.\u00a0
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\nThe Lions (7-10, 2-5 SLC) also had five players in double-figures with\u00a0Ronnie Harrison\u00a0leading all scorers with 18 points.\u00a0Gianni Hunt\u00a0scored 13 points while\u00a0Noah Pagotto\u00a0recorded a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds.\u00a0Damian Garcia\u00a0added 12 points while\u00a0Tay Mosher\u00a0scored 10 points.\u00a0
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\nThe Vaqueros trailed by as many as 22 points with 13:27 left in the game after the Lions opened the second half with a 15-6 run. The Vaqueros answered with a 21-8 run to get within 68-62 with 3:58 as Gomez kick started the run with a three-pointer and added two more in that stretch and Brankovic scored six points of his 16 in the run to give life to the Vaqueros.\u00a0
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\nThat would be as close as the Vaqueros would to play would get as Lions made six free throws and a three-pointer to close out the game.\u00a0
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\nThe Vaqueros got the scoring started with early layups from Gomez and Brankovic, but the Lions would take the 8-7 lead after a three-pointer from Hunt and a layup from Harrison. After McGhee III hit his first three-pointer, that gave the lead back to the Vaqueros, the Lions went on a 10-0 to take the 19-11 lead.\u00a0
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\nA McGhee III three-pointer stopped the run, but the Lions answered with a 9-2 run to take their biggest lead of the half at 28-15. The Vaqueros got a couple of three-pointers from McGhee III and Cotton, but the Lions had an answer with three-pointers from Hunt and Garcia as they took the 42-33 lead into halftime.\u00a0
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\nThe Vaqueros close out their road trip on Monday when they visit Northwestern State at 6:30 p.m. at Prather Coliseum.\u00a0<\/p>\n