MONTICELLO – The University of Arkansas at Monticello men’s basketball team suffered a 73-83 loss to the Delta State Statesmen Thursday night in front of a season-high crowd of 485 people inside Steelman Field House.

The Boll Weevils (6-6, 1-1 GSC-West) shot 47.4 percent from the field (27-of-57), 32 percent from three-point range (8-of-25) and continued their free-throw struggles, tallying a final mark of 47.8 percent from the charity stripe (11-of-23).

Junior Jarrell Turner tied his season-high in leading the Boll Weevils with 23 points and connecting on 8-of-13 shots from the field, 1-of-1 three-pointers and 6-of-10 free-throws. Junior Nick Carey followed with a career-high of 18 points, 12 coming from three-point range, where he was 4-of-6.

The Statesmen (11-3, 2-0 GSC-West) shot 48.1 percent from the field (26-of-54), 43.5 percent from three-point range (10-of-23) and 67.7 percent from the free-throw line (21-of-31).

DSU’s Chad Akins led all scorers with 24 points, followed by four other Statesmen that reached double-figures. Eric Spencer and Joe McCray came off the bench to score 15 and 12 points, respectively. Dino Hair and Roderick Ollie rounded out the double-figure scorers with 11 and 10 points.

The Boll Weevils continue GSC play this Saturday, January 16 against Ouachita Baptist in Arkadelphia. Tipoff is set for approximately 5 p.m. at Bill Vining Arena.