Feb. 21, 2004
Box Score
ARLINGTON, Texas - Senior forward Derrick Obasohan scored 16 of his game-high 21 points in the second half as Texas-Arlington won its fifth straight game, a 73-64 victory over Texas State in Southland Conference play at Texas Hall Saturday afternoon
UTA's (13-11, 8-5) five-game win streak is the longest of the season. Texas State (12-11, 7-5) has lost four of its last five games.
Donny Beacham added 13 for UTA while Texas State was led by Terry Conerway with 20 points. Anthony Dill had 14 points and eight rebounds.
UTA made 10-of-14 field goals (71.4%) to begin the second half to take a 54-41 lead on an Obasohan bank shot with 11:03 to play. A layup and free throw by Beacham swelled the lead to 57-41 with 10:09 to play as Texas State managed two field goals the first 9:00 of the half. . Texas State canned three straight 3-pointers, the last by Conerway with 7:45 to play, to cut the lead to 59-53. A pair of Dill free throws made it 61-57 with 5:52 to play.
But UTA made 11-of-13 free throws over the final 7:14 of the game to seal the win.
There were six ties and five lead changes in the nip-and-tuck first half. Texas-Arlington took a 33-30 halftime lead on a Brady Dawkins 3-pointer with :03 seconds left in the half.
UTA tried to break Texas State's 2-3 zone defense by hitting six of 10 3-pointer in the first half. UTA led 24-17 on a 3-pointer by Stephen Floyd with 5:02 to play, but two UTA turnovers on the next three possessions let Texas State tie the game at 26-26 on a lay up by Roosevelt Brown with 3:22 left in the half.
NOTES: Obasohan has scored at least 20 points in five of the last six games.
Texas-Arlington 73, Texas State 64
Texas State (12-11, 7-5) - Ponder 3-6 1-2 9, Patterson 1-6 0-0 2, Blanchard 0-1 0-0 0, Allison 0-4 6-8 6, Conerway 7-13 1-2 20, Brown 2-4 2-2 6, Burroughs 0-0 0-0 0, Naylor 3-6 0-0 7, Dill 4-8 6-11 14, J. Goellner 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 20-48 16-25 64.
Texas-Arlington (13-11, 8-5) - Beacham 5-6 3-3 13, Obasohan 8-16 4-4 21, Johnson 3-4 1-1 7, J. Howell 1-4 3-4 6, K. Howell 2-5 5-6 9, Dawkins 2-3 0-0 6, Hairfield 0-1 0-0 0, Floyd 3-7 0-0 9, Neukomm 0-0 2-2 2, Thomas 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 24-48 18-20 73.
Halftime: UTA 33, TXST 30. Three-point field goals: TXST 8-19 (Conerway 5-9, Ponder 2-3, Naylor 1-3, Allison 0-2, Brown 0-2), UTA 7-15 (Floyd 3-5, Dawkins 2-3, J. Howell 1-3, Obasohan 1-3, Hairfield 0-1). Rebounds: TXST 28 (Dill 8), UTA 30 (Johnson 9), Assists: TXST 9 (Naylor 4), UTA 13 (Dawkins, J. Howell 3). Turnovers: TXST 13 (Ponder, Patterson 3), UTA 14 (Obasohan 4). Blocks: TXST 1 (Patterson), UTA 4 (Johnson 3). Steals: TXST 7 (Conerway 4), UTA 6 (Beacham, J. Howell 2). Total fouls: TXST 19, UTA 21. Fouled out: Johnson, Beacham, Conerway. Technical fouls: None. Att. 1,393.