SHORTHANDED UT MARTIN MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM DROPS 94-80 DECISION AT BOWLING GREEN

Sunday, December 30

Bowling Green, Ohio

1:30 P.M.

UT Martin

5-6

Bowling Green

8-5

UT Martin

Bowling Green

SHORTHANDED UT MARTIN MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM DROPS 94-80 DECISION AT BOWLING GREEN

12/30/2018 4:45:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – Down three key players because of injuries, the University of Tennessee at Martin men's basketball team could not outlast the Bowling Green Falcons in a 94-80 setback at the Stroh Center this afternoon.

Missing leading scorer Derek Hawthorne, Jr., Preseason All-Ohio Valley Conference honoree Fatodd Lewis and returning starter Jailen Gill, the Skyhawks (5-6) played well for a majority of the first half before Bowling Green caught fire, making eight of its 14 three-pointers in the first 20 minutes.

Quintin Dove accounted for a team-high 20 points, five rebounds, three steals and two blocks in 19 minutes to pace UT Martin. Preston Parks collected 15 points, six rebounds and five assists while Parrish Hewitt delivered a season-best 15 points in 24 minutes off the bench. Delfincko Bogan (10 points, five assists) and Kevin Little (nine points, team-high six assists) also helped guide a Skyhawk offensive attack that generated 20 assists on 26 made baskets.

Bowling Green (8-5) was led by Demajeo Wiggins' 20 points and 13 rebounds while Caleb Fields tossed in a game-high 24 points. Antwon Lillard and Justin Turner scored 14 and 12 points, respectively, in a game that featured eight lead changes and six ties.

The duo of Dove and Bogan combined to tally UT Martin's first 10 points of the game before a Charles Henderson, Jr. trifecta evened the score at 13-all seven minutes in. A layup by Jeremy Joyner at the 7:17 mark nudged the Skyhawks ahead at 24-22 but the Falcons responded with the next nine points as part of a 23-4 run. Bowling Green took a 49-33 lead into the locker room behind Fields' 13 points while Bogan was responsible for a team-high eight points for UT Martin.

Parks dialed up the Skyhawks' first five points of the second half and moments later, Hewitt knocked down a pair of treys in a 56 seconds. However, the Falcons sank four 3-pointers during a 20-8 run and UT Martin could not catch up. The Skyhawks did reel off 10 unanswered points late in the game but ultimately would not get any closer than the final scoring margin of 14 points.

UT Martin kicks off the 2019 portion of its schedule and also begins OVC play next week, traveling to Eastern Illinois on Thursday, Jan. 3 and Southeast Missouri on Saturday, Jan. 5.