NWOSU vs UAM
70
Winner Ark.-Monticello UAM 12-8,6-7 GAC
68
Northwestern Okla. NW 6-13,3-10 GAC
Winner
Ark.-Monticello UAM
12-8,6-7 GAC
70
Final
68
Northwestern Okla. NW
6-13,3-10 GAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Ark.-Monticello UAM 35 35 70
Northwestern Okla. NW 31 37 68

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Madison Parrott, Athletic Communications

Rangers Take Loss to UAM in Nail-Biter

ALVA, Okla.– Northwestern Oklahoma State University Rangers took a hard loss to in-conference opponent University of Arkansas at Monticello Thursday evening. The Rangers and the Weevils battled throughout the entire game with seven lead changes in the first half alone. The highest lead, nine, was earned by Arkansas-Monticello in the second half but the Weevils still only won with a close score of 70-68. The Black-and-Red offense was led by Jaedon Whitfield who had 15 points, 5-6 from the field and 4-4 from the free throw line.

Other stand-out players included Clive Allen who had 12 points and four assists. Jack Peck and Parrish Hewitt had nine and eight points respectively. Hewitt led the team with five assists.

The Rangers and the Weevils began the first half almost the same way they ended it. It was a back-and-forth battle between both teams with nine tied scores and 11 different lead changes throughout the entire match-up. The Red-and-Black gained their first true lead at the ten-minute mark after a lay-up from David Thornton to give them a two-point lead. NWOSU could not, however, put more than five points between them and their opponent. The Weevils took the advantage with two-minutes left and held on with a score of 35-31 in the first half.
 
Northwestern outscored Arkansas-Monticello 37-35 in the second half even as they trailed the Weevils nine points at one point in the game. That lead was taken with 11 minutes left in the game but was all the further they could pull away. Back-to-back lay-ups from Whitfield started the comeback and gave NWOSU enough momentum to pull within one. A corner shot from beyond the arc from Hewitt gave Northwestern a one-point lead with around a minute left to play. Unfortunately, untimely turnovers nailed the coffin shut as the Weevils snatched the game with a final score of 70-68.

The Rangers struggled with rebounding, as the Weevils had 15 more boards with 38 compared to the Red-and-Black, who only tallied 23. This gives credit to the second chance points where Arkansas-Monticello had 12 to Northwestern's seven. The Rangers did however cause some turmoil on defense causing 18 turnovers for the Weevils and earned 13 points. The Red-and-Black bench did show up with 30 points to the Weevil's seven.
 
The Rangers will host their first game of February in Percefull Fieldhouse Saturday afternoon against Great American Conference foe Southern Arkansas. Tip-off is at 3:00 p.m. following the Lady Rangers game.

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