March 5, 2008

Contact: Alfred Kojima

ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO DEFEATS MONTEVALLO AT GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
 

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (3/5) --- The Falcons overcame a 13-point second half deficit, but at the end, came up on the short end of a 63-61 decision to the University of Arkansas-Monticello, in the opening round of the 2008 Gulf South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, Miss. Wednesday night.

Terrill Humphrey scored a game-high 30 points, and was a perfect 13-for-13 from the free throw line. Eric Turner also scored in double figures, finishing with 11 points.

Raymond Wright scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead UAM (17-11).

UM trailed by seven points (36-29) at halftime and by 13 points (48-35) with just under 14 minutes remaining. UM outscored UAM 19-8 over the next nine minutes to trim the deficit to two points. After UAM scored a basket, Humphrey sank his third 3-point basket of the night to make it a 58-57 game. Later, Humphrey was fouled and made two free throws to give UM a 59-58 lead.

AUM regained the lead on a basket by Marcus Baham with three minutes remaining. Turner drove for a layup with 2:04 remaining to give UM a 61-60 lead.

UM turned the ball over with just over a minute remaining. Bhaam was fouled with 1:10 remaining and made two free throws to give UAM a 62-61 lead. The Falcons then turned the ball over again in the closing seconds. Baham was fouled again and made one free throw to close out the scoring.

UM concludes the 2007-2008 season with a record of 12-16 overall.

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