Texas-Rio Grande Valley 95, at New Orleans 76

NEW ORLEANS (Interstat) — Koree Cotton scored 21 points and Filip Brankovic added 24 as Texas-Rio Grande Valley delivered a commanding wire-to-wire road victory, defeating New Orleans 95-76 in a Southland Conference men’s basketball game Saturday at Kiefer Lakefront Arena. The Vaqueros, avenging a 16-point home loss to the Privateers from just over a month ago, never trailed and built a 17-point halftime lead that swelled to as many as 25 in the second half. The win improved Texas-Rio Grande Valley to 13-11 overall, while New Orleans fell to 11-14. The most important stretch of the game came early, as… Read more...