EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — Cameron Huefner hit a turn-around jumper from the right baseline as time expired and Qua Grant scored 16 points in Sam Houston’s 67-65 victory against UT Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday night.
Huefner took an inbounds pass pass with 4.1 seconds left and tried to go to his right, backing into the lane but after three dribbles turned back the other way and hit the fadeaway.
Grant was 6 of 12 shooting (3 for 5 from distance) for the Bearkats (17-5, 7-3 Western Athletic Conference). Huefner scored 13 points while going 5 of 10 (1 for 3 from distance). Kaosi Ezeagu shot 6 of 7 from the field to finish with 12 points, while adding eight rebounds. Lamar Wilkerson also had 12 points.
Justin Johnson finished with 22 points for the Vaqueros (11-12, 2-8). Adante’ Holiman added 15 points and four assists for UT Rio Grande Valley. In addition, Dima Zdor finished with eight points.
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