MAGNOLIA, Ark. — The University of Arkansas at Monticello men's basketball team was taken down on the road by rival Southern Arkansas Tuesday night, 69-68.

 

• The Weevils drop to 11-6 (6-5 GAC) on the year. 
• SAU records its sixth straight win to improve to 10-7 (6-5 GAC) this season.
   
• Derylton Hill recorded his fourth double-double of the season with 23 points, and 10 rebounds. 
  
   

• Derylton Hill —  23 points, 10 rebounds
• Cobe Goosby — 14 points, 5 assists, 5 rebounds
• Tyrin Jones — 12 points, 2 rebounds
  
   

• Despite falling behind 5-1 to the Muleriders to begin this contest, UAM created a 16-0 run with made shots from Keelin Jackson, and Goosby to see the Weevils up 17-5 midway through the opening half.  
• Arkansas-Monticello continued to hold the first half momentum, leading SAU throughout the remainder of the period, with a 36-33 advantage at the half as well. 
• UAM recorded a field goal percentage of 41 during the first half of play, along with forcing 12 SAU turnovers in the leading effort. 
   

• The second half in this GAC rivalry was a closely contested battle, with each program trading buckets early on, as made shots from Hill and Karim Mawuenyega saw the Weevils with a 52-46 lead with 8:32 left in the game. 
• A Mulerider three pointer put the home squad ahead with just over a minute remaining, and the game would come down to its' final play, a three point shot taken by Jackson that rattled in and out to see SAU claim the 69-68 victory. 
• The Weevils struggled from the charity stripe in this second half, shooting only 8-for-17 from the line, and 16-for-29 overall in the match-up. 
   

• Arkansas-Monticello will next take on #16 Southern Nazarene at home inside Steelman Field House on Thursday, January 25 with game-time set for 7:30 p.m.