WICHITA, Kan. – In front of a near capacity crowd of 10,214 at Charles Koch Arena on Wednesday night, the University of Arkansas at Monticello men’s basketball team was defeated by Wichita State University by a final score of 79-50 in the opening round of the O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic.

The loss does not count against the Boll Weevil’s overall record, which still stands at 1-0 after the 94-65 win over Crowley’s Ridge College on Monday. The game against Wichita State and next week’s games against Duquesne and Western Carolina are considered exhibition contests for UAM, but are official games for each opponent.

In the loss to WSU (2-0), the Boll Weevils were once again led by junior DeAngelo McIntosh, who tied for the team-lead of nine points after connecting on 4-of-8 field goal attempts and added one three-point shot to his final totals. McIntosh also had four rebounds and two steals in the loss.

Senior Jermaine Samuels also racked up nine points in the loss after hitting 3-of-5 field goal attempts and 3-of-4 free throw shots.

The Shockers had four players reach double-figures in the contest, highlighted by the game-high total of 15 points scored by both JT Durley and Toure Murry. David Kyles and Gabe Blair followed with 11 points each.

As a team, UAM shot just over 42 percent from the field (19-of-45), 36 percent from three-point range (4-of-11) and 66 percent (8-of-12) from the foul line.

WSU finished the game shooting almost 44 percent from the field (28-of-64), 29 percent from three-point range (5-of-17) and 75 percent (18-of-24) from the foul line.

The Boll Weevils step out of play in the O’Reilly CBE Classic for a brief stop at home for a 4 p.m. tipoff against LeMoyne-Owen this Saturday, November 21 at Steelman Field House.