CLEVELAND, Miss. -- The Delta State University men's basketball team struggled to shoot the ball for the second consecutive home game, and the University of Montevallo Falcons soared past the Statesmen 86-70 on Senior Day.

THE TIP-OFF

Score: UM 86 | DSU 70
Records: DSU 10-14 (9-9 GSC) | UM 13-14 (11-8 GSC)
Series: Delta State leads the series 13-5
Venue | City: Walter Sillers Coliseum | Cleveland, Miss.
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STATS OF THE GAME

• The Falcons charged out to a 5-0 lead, but back-to-back Kasey Walker-Gregg layups capped a 9-0 DSU run to take an early advantage at the 15:49 mark.
• The two teams traded leads but, with the score tied 16-16 at the 11:00 mark of the first half, Montevallo used a 14-5 spurt to build a double-digit lead.
• An Austin Laatsch three-pointer with two minutes to go in the first half cut the lead to nine points, but a James McNeil three-pointer beat the first half buzzer and gave the Falcons a 46-33 halftime advantage. 
• DSU cut the lead to 10 points on two occasions in the second half, but the Falcons had answers each time to re-build their double-digit lead.
• Montevallo was 12-for-24 from three-point territory (50 percent), and shot 60 percent for the game.
• Falcons' guard Braxton Bertolette posted 22 points to lead five Falcons in double-figures.
• Lee Cotton and Maalik Cartwright each scored 22 points to pace the Statesmen. Walker-Gregg added 11 points, five rebounds, and three assists.
• Montevallo edged the Statesmen 40-38 on points in the paint, and the Statesmen out-rebounded the Falcons 32-31.

UP NEXT

Delta State heads to Livingston, Ala. to take on the University of West Alabama on Thursday night, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. at Pruitt Hall.