The WTAMU Buffalo basketball team welcomed the Texas A&M-Kingsville Javelinas to the First United Bank Center on Jan. 28. WT took advantage of a very slow start by TAMUK to pick up a 69-40 victory. The Buffs are now 13-6 overall and 7-5 in Lone Star Conference play.
The Buffs defense started the game extremely strong, not allowing a single Javelina point through the first 13 minutes and 23 seconds of the game, on route to an early 19-0 lead. During the stretch, TAMUK was 0 for 11 from the field, 0 for six from three-point range and 0 for two from the line before finally hitting a three-pointer with 6:37 left in the half.
“Everybody just did their jobs and played really good defense,” said junior Donald Sims.Despite the Javelinas’ Reed Wallace’s buzzer beater, the Buffs took a 31-15 lead into halftime. WT owned the paint, outscoring TAMUK 14-2 during the half.
