Box Score OMAHA, Neb. – The Omaha men's basketball team improved to a perfect 3-0 at home on Wednesday night, defeating Iowa Wesleyan 94-67 at Ralston Arena. With the win, the Mavericks are now 4-4 (0-0 Summit League).
Junior guard
Devin Patterson finished with a game-high 21 points on 8-of-9 shooting, going a career-best 4-of-4 from long range. He added two assists and four steals.
Three other Mavericks also had double-figure scoring nights: senior forward
Mike Rostampour (14), redshirt freshman
Rylan Murry (13) and junior guard
Marcus Tyus (11). Redshirt freshman forward
Daniel Meyer led the way on the glass, pulling down a season-best 13 rebounds alongside six points.
As a team, Omaha shot .548 (34-of-62), its second-highest field goal percentage of the season, to the Tigers' .357 (20-of-56). The Mavericks also tallied a season-high 50 points in the paint and outrebounded Iowa Wesleyan, 36-29.
Iowa Wesleyan was led by 26 points from Will Stephenson and another 12 from Wesley Williams.
It was all Omaha to open the game, as the Mavericks started with a 16-0 run in the first four minutes of play. After Iowa Wesleyan made it 18-7, UNO put together a 17-2 run to go up 35-9 with 5:52 until halftime. Behind 11 first-half points from Patterson and 17-of-33 (52 percent) team shooting, the Mavericks took a 48-23 lead by the break.
Iowa Wesleyan challenged in the second half, outscoring Omaha 15-4 in the first seven minutes. The Tigers came within 13 on two free throws by Brock Butler at 9:37, making it 62-49. UNO then caught fire, scoring 15 unanswered points capped by a Patterson three to lead 77-49 with 6:52 remaining. The Mavericks took their largest lead of the game on a layup from
Randy Reed, pushing it to 92-63, and went on to earn their third home win of the season, 94-67.
Omaha returns to action on Saturday, Dec. 13, traveling to UMKC. Tipoff is set for 2:05 p.m. at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo., and the game will be televised live on American Sports Network and available in Omaha on KPTM Fox 42. Gary Sharp will also have the radio call of the game on 1180 Zone 2, and links to live stats, audio and video will be available on OMavs.com.
