URBANA, Ohio – With a 70-56 loss on Saturday at the hands of West Virginia Wesleyan College, the Urbana University men's basketball team now stands tied for the last spot in the Mountain East Conference tournament.
Urbana (5-17, 4-12 MEC) jumped out to an early 9-2 lead thanks in large part to a pair of three-point shots from
Tehree Horn.
Horn would finish the game with 14 points on 5-of-13 shooting from the field and 4-for-9 from behind the three-point arc to lead the Blue Knights.
The 9-2 lead would quickly evaporate thanks to a 10-0 run by the Bobcats to go up 12-11.
A pair of Matt Ashley layups and
Tyler Kegley's first 3-pointer of the season put the Blue Knights up 16-12 with 11:12 remaining in the first half.
Then, the Blue Knights went cold.
It would be nearly eight minutes before Urbana would make another field goal as Wesleyan went on a 19-2 run to take a commanding 31-18 lead at the 3:44 mark of the first half.
Dusan Vicentic led the way for the Bobcats (9-13, 8-8 MEC) with a 26-point and 14-rebound performance.
Wesleyan outscored Urbana 50-22 in the paint as well as the battle of the boards with a 41-33 rebounding edge.
The Blue Knights would find themselves down 52-38 with 10:16 remaining in the game, but a quick 6-0 run spanning 1:10 of action saw Urbana cut Wesleyan's lead to single digits for the first time since the 2:46 mark in the first half.
Vicentic then reeled off the next seven points to put the game away as the Bobcats extended their record against the Blue Knights to 13-3.
Mario Lacy Jr. was 6-of-9 from the field for 12 points for the Blue Knights.
Shaunn Monroe also broke the double-digit column with 10 points for Coach
Josh Gibson's squad.
UP NEXT: A road game at Frostburg State is next on the docket for Urbana. Tipoff for the contest on Wednesday, Feb. 12 is slated for 7:30 p.m. ET.
