Odessa, Texas- The TAMIU Men's Basketball team traveled to Odessa to take on the University of Texas Permian Basin Falcons Thursday night. The Men's Basketball team went into action tonight undefeated in conference play.

TAMIU was within striking distance most of the night but could not take the lead and sustain it. The Dustdevils trailed going into the half 24-31. Ultimately, the second half was much of the same as the Falcons outscored the Dustdevils 41-35 in the second half to go on to win 72-59. The Dustdevils struggled offensively in the first half shooting 32 percent overall while in the second half they shot an outstanding 50 percent from the field. Overall, the Dustdevils shot forty percent from the field, thirty percent from downtown and seventy percent from the free throw line. The team accumulated 31 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 blocks and 6 steals. Turnovers proved to be a deciding factor as the Dustdevils had 16 team turnovers.
 
The Dustdevils were lead offensively by Caylen Goff Brown with 19 points. Isaiah Somers also helped power the offense tonight with 15 points overall and two assists. Defensively, Somers, Alexandre, Ignowski and Roacho combined for a total of 19 rebounds on the night.
 
Coach Mac commented,

"It was a tough loss tonight. We made too many self-inflicted mistakes. When you are trying to win a conference game on the road, you cannot let that happen. I thought we had glimpses where I thought we could pull it together to make a run, but we just could not change the momentum. It is very hard to win on the road in this conference. Out of eight road games this week, there was only one team to be able to pull out a road win. We have a quick turnaround, and we will regroup in hops of grabbing a win against Angelo State."

The TAMIU Men's Basketball team plays against Angelo State this Saturday at 1:00 PM CDT.