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Sophomore Quinton Johnson II prepares for a free throw. Photo by Carla Landaverde \/ Vaquero Radio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Men\u2019s Vaquero basketball team, led by Head Coach Matt Figger, secured their first season win against Texas A&M International Dustdevils at Tuesday night\u2019s game with a 74-59 score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The men\u2019s starters, Graduate student Marek Nelson, Junior Justin Johnson, Graduate student Mike Adewunmi, Junior Ricky \u201cDoc\u201d Nelson and Junior LaQuan Butler closed halftime 41-32 with the best scoring run of nine points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson<\/a> scored 13 points with a career-high seven rebounds, a career-high tying four assists, a career-high tying three steals and a career-high tying two blocks, according to UTRGV Athletics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UTRGV Athletics reported a 1,711 crowd at the UTRGV Fieldhouse.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UTRGV Fieldhouse. Photo by Carla Landaverde<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When asked about the crowd, Butler said he was not aware of the turnout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDefinitely felt like, its good to have the fans back. Because last year, we didn\u2019t really get to have that experience … So it was, definitely, fun, fun night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the post game interview, Figger said he was happy for the win, but was disappointed in their offense. Butler led the Vaqueros with 19 points, but held 6-6 in free throws. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Figger said this about the outcome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cConcentration, obviously, it\u2019s hard to shoot free throws when you run 6 or 7 trips up and down the floor\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Figger also said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLack of concentration, is 17 turnovers, and 18-25 from the free throw line.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked if the returning crowd played a role in their offense, Figger disagreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it’s to me, fatigue, because I\u2019ve got one guy played 36 minutes, it was 4-7, another guy played 36 minutes, it was 3-5. I mean, outside of those two guys, everybody else was 2-3 or whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Figger does not want to think about their next game with Arizona, which occurs 8 p.m. tomorrow on PAC-12 Networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their next home game is 7 p.m. Tuesday against Paul Quinn College, according to UTRGV Athletics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For free admission, a valid UTRGV student id is required at check-in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is Carla Landaverde for Vaquero Radio. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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