CLEVELAND, Miss. – The University of Arkansas at Monticello men’s basketball team dropped a Gulf South Conference road game Saturday night to Delta State with a final score of 63-60.

DSU’s Earnesto Green scored all of his 11 points in the second half, and nailed a three-pointer with 28 seconds remaining in the game to give the Statesmen a 63-60 advantage.

After a timeout called by UAM head coach Mike Newell, UAM had two chances to tie the game, but a missed three-point shot from both junior Deron Brown (Paris, Ky.) and freshman D’Angelo Dean (Cincinnati, Ohio) sent the Weevils home with a loss.

Dean led the way offensively for the Weevils after finishing with 17 points, while also pulling down eight rebounds. Junior Raymond Wright (New York, N.Y.) scored eight second half points to finish with 11 points, while also pulling down eight boards.

For the Statesmen, Jordan Clements scored a game-high 19 points, while Green finished with 11, followed by Justin Duke, who rounded out the DSU double-digit scorers with 10 points.

The Weevils shot poorly from the foul line for the second straight game. In the first half, UAM shot just over 40 percent, but pulled that number up in the second half with 66 percent foul shooting to give the team a final 50 percent from the foul line.

Junior Giovanni Marchetti started in the game for just the fourth time this season. Marchetti made his performance memorable after recording 11 points. Two of his field goals came from behind the three-point line.

With the loss, UAM drops to 13-10 overall this season and 5-5 in GSC play, while the Statesmen improve to 12-10 and 6-4 in conference games.

The next action for the Weevils is Thursday, Feb. 21, when UAM travels to Arkadelphia to face Henderson State in a GSC road game.

The game can be heard live on the radio at KHBM-FM 93.7, which will streamed live through UAM’s athletic website by logging on to uamsports.com.