SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Despite leading for 27 of the 40 minutes, the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys dropped an exhibition to the University of Texas at San Antonio on Monday night. A last-second layup broke the tie and gave the Roadrunners the 91-89 win.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Grant Prusator opened the scoring with a three-pointer to give the Wonder Boys the first lead of the contest.
• The first half featured five ties and nine lead changes, but a 6-1 run in the final two minutes of the period that ended with a dunk by Bennie Lufile sent Tech into halftime with a 48-40 lead.
• The Wonder Boys held their lead for over 17 minutes in the second half, claiming their largest lead of 13 points with 16:04 remaining in the exhibition.
• UTSA finally took its first lead of the second half on an 11-2 run that put the Roadrunners ahead, 87-86, with just over two minutes to play. Justin Graham responded, however, with a three-pointer with 55 seconds left to give the advantage back to Tech.
• Down 89-87 with 40 seconds left, UTSA netted a layup to tie the score, and after a missed three-pointer by the Wonder Boys, the Roadrunners grabbed the board and took a timeout with 13 seconds remaining.
• With two seconds to play, UTSA's Giovanni De Nicolao stole the win for the Roadrunners with a layup.

 
NOTABLES

• Tech finished the game shooting 43 percent from the floor, while holding the Roadrunners to just 42 percent. The Wonder Boys also netted 39 percent of shots from behind the arc.
• UTSA out-rebounded Arkansas Tech, 49-36, including 18 offensive rebounds for 25 second-chance points.
• The Wonder Boys received 42 bench points, including 24 points from Trevon Woods. Woods led Tech in scoring, knocking down five three-pointers.
• Montrell Williams followed with 20 points in the loss, and Lufile added 16 points and team-high eight rebounds.

 
NEXT UP

• The Wonder Boys will host an exhibition against Livin' The Dream on Saturday, Nov. 12, at 3 p.m.
• Tech officially begins the regular season on Thursday, Nov. 17, as the Wonder Boys host Southwestern Oklahoma in Tucker Coliseum. The Great American Conference contest is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.