MONTICELLO – The University of Arkansas at Monticello men’s basketball team held Christian Brothers to only 19 second-half points in a 59-48 win on Thursday night inside Steelman Field House.

The Boll Weevils (10-7, 5-2 GSC-West) finished the game shooting 44.7 percent from the field (21-of-47), 38.1 percent from three-point range (8-of-21) and 60 percent from the free-throw line (9-of-15). UAM won the rebound battle by two with a final margin of 30-28. Both teams had 20 defensive rebounds.

Sophomore Hamid Ford tied CBU’s Scott Dennis for the game-high in scoring with 16 points each. Ford was 6-of-11 from the field, 2-of-4 from three-point range and 2-of-2 from the charity stripe. Junior Jarrell Turner and sophomore Jeremy LaGarde also reached double figures with 15 and 12 points, respectively.

Thursday’s win over CBU gives UAM its first season sweep of the Buccaneers since the 2004-05 season. UAM had lost five in a row to CBU prior to this season’s pair of wins.

CBU (14-7, 4-4 GSC-West) finished the game shooting 42.6 percent from the field (20-of-47), 25 percent from three-point range (4-of-16) and 57.1 percent from the free-throw line (4-of-7). In addition to his 16 points, Dennis grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds for a double-double. Kyle Couvion and Zack Warner also reached double-figures with 11 points each.

The Boll Weevils continue Gulf South Conference play this Saturday, February 6 against top-ranked Arkansas Tech. The Wonder Boys remained undefeated with a 79-69 overtime win over Southern Arkansas on Thursday. Saturday’s game with ATU is slated to tipoff at approximately 6 p.m. inside Tucker Coliseum in Russellville.