MONTICELLO, Ark. — The University of Arkansas at Monticello men’s basketball team came out of the home opener with a 92-59 win over Lyon College on Monday afternoon inside Steelman Field House. Four Boll Weevils scored in double figures in the Billie Ball Game as UAM led from its opening basket.
Justice Moore led Arkansas-Monticello (1-0) with a game-high 27 points. Moore shot 11-of-18 from the field and 5-of-10 from three-point range, adding four assists, a rebound and a steal in 31 minutes.
Marvin Schindler scored 16 points on 7-of-14 shooting, including two three-pointers. He also grabbed four rebounds and handed out two assists.
Landen Hill finished with 10 points and a game-high nine rebounds, four of them on the offensive glass. Hill made both of his three-point attempts and added two assists and a block.
Aiden Cilladi rounded out UAM’s double-figure scorers with 10 points. He went 3-of-3 at the free-throw line and added seven rebounds, three assists, a block and a steal.
Lyon (1-1) was led by Trevion Ross, who scored 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting and grabbed four rebounds.
Moore scored the first points of the regular season on a layup 36 seconds into the game. Schindler hit two three-pointers and Moore added another as the Weevils jumped out to an 11-0 lead. Lyon pulled within seven midway through the half, but UAM answered with an 11-0 run. Hill hit two threes in the final 90 seconds to send the Weevils into halftime ahead 46-29.
UAM put up another 46 points in the second half. Moore hit his fifth three-pointer with 9:34 remaining to push the lead to 72-49, and Ethan Kennedy scored all eight of his points after halftime, going 2-of-2 from the field and 4-of-4 at the line. Edy Rantz’s layup with 56 seconds left gave the Weevils their largest lead at 92-57.
Arkansas-Monticello shot 56.7 percent from the field and made 12 of 24 three-point attempts. The Weevils outrebounded Lyon 44-16 and recorded 20 assists on 34 made baskets.
UP NEXT
The Weevils travel to Little Rock for the GAC/NSIC Crossover Challenge. UAM faces Augustana University on Friday, November 13, and Wayne State College on Saturday, November 14. Both games are scheduled for 1:00 p.m.
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