Final Box Score

LIVINGSTON, Ala. – Behind a season-high 24 points from Jared Hembree, the University of West Alabama men’s basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak beating Dillard 89-79 in Pruitt Hall on Tuesday evening.

A night, where all 14 Tigers saw action, UWA posted four guys in double figures, including Hembree draining eight, three-pointers in the contest. Raymond Shaw tallied 17 points, with a team leading nine rebounds, as Stan Gill totaled 16 and Jenario Bunton chimed in 13 points on the night.

Dillard posted three guys in double figures with Cornice Wingate tallying 21 points, along with 15 from Dupree Fletcher and 12 from Gordon Meadors.

UWA converted on 54-percent of its shots from the field, including just under 46-percent from behind the arc and 88.9 from the charity stripe.

The Tigers opened the game on a 12-4 run, led by two, trey’s from Hembree. UWA would run out to a 24-10 lead, the largest lead of the first half, but Dillard would cut the lead quickly tying the game 26 all with less than six minutes remaining in the opening stanza.

The two teams would exchange baskets during the final six minutes of the first half, but the UWA would take would two quick baskets in the final 30 seconds to take a 38-34 lead in at the intermission.

The Blue Devils would be the aggressors in the first three and half minutes of the second half, taking just their second lead of the game behind a 5-0 run.

UWA wouldn’t let the lead stay gone for long, answering with a 12-0 run over the next four minutes to grab a 50-39 advantage with 12:13 remaining in the game.

Dillard would keep the game close, getting within five points on two different occasions, but the Tigers would not relinquish the lead, reaching its largest lead of the game, 16 points, with just under a minute remaining in the game.

West Alabama returns to action, Wednesday, Dec. 6, as the Tigers host Clark-Atlanta. Tip-off is slated for 7:30 p.m.