Box Score ALBANY, N.Y. (Nov. 23) - The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Men's Basketball team dropped their second straight in a 66-43 loss to Siena College, here Wednesday night at the Times Union Center.
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It was a tell of two halves for the Golden Lions with the Saints outscoring UAPB, 31-13 in the first half and only edging the Golden Lions, 35-30 in the second half.
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UAPB (1-4) was led by
Trent Steen with nine points;
Ghiavonni Robinson added eight and both
Travon Harper and
Jaquan Lynch finished with six points apiece for UAPB. Harper led the Golden Lions on the boards with six.
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SC (2-3) was led by Javion Long with 19 points and Javion Ogumyemi with 11. Brett Bisping led the Saints on the boards with eight rebounds.
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In the first half, the Saints jumped out to a 10-0 lead, capped off by a pair of Lavon Long free throws at the 14:10 mark.Â
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UAPB scored their first points of the contest on two made free throws by Harper at the 14:03 mark and by Robinson at the 13:06 mark.
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The Saints closed out the first half with a 21-11 run to take a 31-13 lead into the halftime break.
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UAPB finished the first half shooting 14.8 percents (4-of-27), while SC shot 55.0 percent (11-of-50).
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The Golden Lions finished the contest shooting 26.4 percent (14-of-53), while the Saints shot 50 percent (21-of-42). SC also held the rebounding margin over UAPB, 52-28.Â
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The 18 point deficit was too much for the Golden Lions to overcome in the second half with the Saints extending their lead to much as 25 points.
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UAPB will return to action on Sunday, Nov. 27 against the University of Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii in 2 p.m. CST start.
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