LEVELLAND, Texas (Interstat) — The South Plains Texans overcame a sharp-shooting first half from Hill to defeat the Rebels 76-64 in a men’s junior college basketball game Friday night.

Hill built an early lead, fueled by hot three-point shooting, but South Plains used a dominant second-quarter performance to pull away. The Texans outscored the Rebels 44-30 after halftime.

Deion Ware led South Plains with 20 points and eight rebounds. Yohandry Ortiz added 15 points. Hamzah Abdullahi scored 12 points for Hill, which shot 11 for 22 from three-point range but was hampered by 17 turnovers and 21 fouls.

South Plains improved to 5-2. Hill fell to 0-4.