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Texas-Arlington 86, at Southern Utah 77

Saturday, January 3, 2026 · Final · Western Athletic

Western Athletic 1 2 PTS

Texas-Arlington Mavericks

18-14 · L1 · #179 (1272 ELO +11)

37 49 86

Southern Utah Thunderbirds

10-22 · L3 · #282 (1074 ELO -11)

41 36 77

Centrum Arena · Cedar City, UT

Attendance: 796

Officials: wacey lym, doug sturvidan, frank harvey

McCreary’s 39 Points Lead Mavericks Past Thunderbirds in WAC Matchup

CEDAR CITY, Utah (Interstat) — Marcell McCreary scored a career-high 39 points, including 24 in a dominant second half, to lead Texas-Arlington to an 86-77 comeback victory over Southern Utah in a Western Athletic Conference men’s basketball game Saturday night at Centrum Arena. The Mavericks, who trailed by as many as 10 points in the first half, outscored the Thunderbirds 49-36 after halftime to improve to 10-5 overall. Southern Utah dropped to 4-11. The most important stretch of the game came early in the second half, when Texas-Arlington erased a four-point deficit with a 15-2 run to seize control. The… Read more...

Top Statlines

Marcell McCreary UTA 34m 39p 7r 1a
Jaiden Feroah SUU 30m 13p 10r 2a 3b
Isaiah Cottrell SUU 30m 13p 6r 5a 3b

Forecasting

ELO Probability UTA 76.5%