CANYON, Texas – Julius Brown dropped a game-high 30 points as the West Texas A&M men's basketball team outlasted rival Eastern New Mexico, 108-97. The Buffs improved to 11-5 overall and 9-1 in Lone Star Conference play while the Greyhounds fall to 10-6 overall, 5-5 in LSC action.
 
The Leaders
Brown led the Buffs with 30 points, six assists, two steals, and two rebounds. Larry Wise followed Brown with 22 points while Zach Toussaint (16), Damion Thornton (13), and Addison Wallace (11) each reached double figures.  
 
How It Happened
Unlike Thursday's win over Western New Mexico, the offense started right away for the Buffs as WT used a 9-0 run to lead 16-6 at the first media timeout. As the first half went on, the Buffs held off multiple Greyhound attacks. WT extended their lead to 18 with 2:24 remaining before halftime, but a 5-0 ENMU run to end the half cut the Buffs' advantage down to 13. At the break, WT shot 58.1 percent from the field and 42.9 percent from deep while Eastern New Mexico shot 35.1 percent and 46.2 percent, respectively.
 
The Buffs and Greyhounds exchanged buckets to open the second half. Determined to cut down the WT lead, ENMU pushed the pace of play, raising the intensity inside the First United Bank Center. When the Greyhounds looked to be closing in, the Buffs answered back. Eastern New Mexico brought the game within four with under six minutes to play. With four and a half to go, Toussaint made a jumper and converted the and-one, pushing the WT lead to 10.
 
Through the remaining three minutes, the Buffs answered Greyhound buckets with knocked down free throws. A free throw by Brown with 50 seconds left pushed WT to the century mark, the 143^rd 100-point game in program history. The Buffs capped off the win with an emphatic dunk by Wallace with 26 seconds to play as WT went on to win 108-97.
 
Inside the Box Score

• WT leads the all-time series 84-18, 46-8 in Canyon.
• Head coach Tom Brown moves to 15-1 against the Greyhounds.
• WT shot 52.5% (31-of-59) from the field, 40.9% (9-of-22) from deep, 90.2% from the charity stripe with 27 rebounds, 11 assists, nine steals, four blocks, and 10 turnovers.
• WNMU shot 41.4% (29-of-70) from the floor, 33.3% (7-of-21) from the 3-point range, 72.7% (32-of-44) at the free throw line with 46 rebounds, eight assists, two steals, and 16 turnovers.

Up Next
The Buffs travel to Dallas Baptist for a Thursday, Jan. 19 matchup with the Patriots followed by a Saturday, Jan. 21 game with UT Tyler.
 
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