Men's Basketball downs Huston-Tillotson for first win in 2024-25
AUSTIN, Texas - Wiley University men's basketball players Tayvion Fisher and Demarius Pitts both scored over 20 points and the Wildcats used a strong defensive effort to secure a 73-58 victory over Huston-Tillotson University Friday in the 2024 Austin Area Urban League HBCU Live Xperience Classic at the Austin Convention Center.
Fisher tallied 22 points in his first start of the season, which marked his third straight game with 20 or more. He hit eight shots, including two 3-pointers. In addition to his points, Fisher added four rebounds, two assists and two steals. Pitts posted 21 points on a 7-for-13 shooting performance - hitting four 3-pointers. He contributed a rebound, an assist and a steal. Shamir Mosley hit double-figures with 11 points off the bench.
The Wildcats (1-2) outshot the Rams 44.4 percent to 36.7 percent. They made eight 3-pointers and only allowed Huston-Tillotson to make four. Wiley outrebounded the Rams 43-30.
The first half of the game was competitive. Trailing 15-14, with 4:32 left, Taj Toney scored off an offensive rebound to give the lead back to Wiley. Transition buckets by Devon Barshow and Pitts increased the advantage to five. The Rams tied it at 23 but Fisher made a layup to put Wiley on top, and it took a three-point lead into the locker room.
Wiley pulled away with eleven minutes left in the second half. Mosley made a layup and Pitts hit 3-pointers on three consecutive possessions to widen the lead to 20 with 7:34 left in the game.
The Wildcats will conclude the HBCU Live Xperience Classic against their Highway 80 rival Jarvis Christian University. The schools met at the classic last season with Wiley pulling out a 78-73 victory.
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About Wiley University Athletics
Wiley University sponsors 12 varsity sports, women's volleyball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's indoor track and field, men's and women's outdoor track and field and baseball. It competes in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Athletic Conference (HBCUAC) and the Continental Athletic Conference for men's and women's soccer.
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