HOUSTON (AP) - Jesus Delgado scored 15 points Tuesday night, leading five Texas-Pan American players in double figures, and the Broncs defeated Houston Baptist 80-70 Tuesday night in the final Great West Conference opener for both schools.
Ruben Cabrera had 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting for Texas-Pan American (8-10). Aaron Urbanus had 12 points, Brandon Provost scored 11 and Justin Leathers had 10 points.
Houston Baptist led 28-15 with 6 minutes remaining in the first half, but the Broncs trimmed their deficit to 32-26 by the break and then used a 16-1 run in the middle of the second half to take control.
Marcel Smith had 14 points to lead the Huskies (4-11). Ronald March scored 11 points and Caleb Crayton had 10 points for Houston Baptist.
UTPA will play in the WAC next season while Houston Baptist heads for the Southland Conference.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas-Pan American (8-10) « | 26 | 44 | 70 |
| Houston Baptist (4-11) | 32 | 28 | 60 |
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| Texas-Pan American Broncs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Leathers, F | 30 | 3-6 | 3-8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| J. Delgado, F | 29 | 4-7 | 7-11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| L. Toivonen, F | 21 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| B. Provost, G | 36 | 2-6 | 5-6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| A. Urbanus, G | 30 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Cabrera | 14 | 6-7 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| J. Dantzler | 11 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| S. Hines | 10 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| H. Johnson | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Nash | 6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Cleveland | 5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-45 | 21-37 | 32 | 7 | 17 | 70 | |
| 48.9% | 56.8% | ||||||
| Houston Baptist Huskies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Davis, F | 17 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| C. Joyce, F | 17 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| M. Smith, G | 33 | 5-10 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| C. Crayton, G | 26 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| T. Russell, G | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Bernardi | 26 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| A. Hill | 26 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| R. March | 19 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| R. Lewis | 17 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| S. Gales | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Thomas | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-49 | 15-16 | 28 | 8 | 25 | 60 | |
| 40.8% | 93.8% | ||||||
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