WICHITA FALLS, Tex. (November 13, 2021) – A second half comeback falls short as the Colorado State University Pueblo men's basketball team loses on the road 77-64 to MSU Texas.
 
The Mustangs scored the first four points of the game, but Elijah Moleon (Jr., Killeen, Tex.) finished strong at the rim and was fouled by MSU Texas Jermane Carter. Tristan Hurdle (Fr., Highlands Ranch, Colo.) followed with a deep three ball at the 17:36 mark that gave the Pack a 2-point lead. Micah Lamberth (Fr., Colorado Springs, Colo.) intercepted a pass and went coast-to-coast and forced the Mustangs to call a timeout just four minutes into the game.
 
Coming out of the timeout, the Mustangs went on their own 16-2 run that included 3 long balls before Lian Ramiro (Fr., Aurora, Colo.) scored his first bucket of the night with a three ball as the Pack found themselves down 22-15 midway through the first half.
 
The ThunderWolves kept the game within seven points for the next five minutes before MSU Texas ended the half on an 18-3 run and went into halftime with a 44-26 lead.
 
The Pack connected on 9 of 26 (34.6%) attempts from the field int he first half including 3 of 12 (25%) from three. The Mustangs shot 18 of 47 (38.3%) on the half and out rebounded the ThunderWolves 34-14 with 20 of them being offensive. Moleon and Lamberth both had 7 points each while Moleon had collected 10 rebounds in 18 minutes.
 
The Mustang lead was quickly cut to 12 points in the first 30 seconds as Ramiro stepped in to connect on back-to-back 3's but an 8-0 run from MSU Texas gave them their largest lead of the game at 52-32 just two and a half minutes in to the second half.
 
Lamberth found Ramiro at the top of the key as he connected on his third deep ball of the evening that would spark a 10-0 run for the Pack and cut the deficit to 10 points, and they were just getting started. An 11-3 run in the next three minutes cut the Mustang lead all the way down to 2 points with 8:54 left in the game.
 
A layup from MSU Texas Jordan Teal extended the lead back to four points before a Moleon and-1 made it 57-56 with 7:05 on the clock, however, the Mustangs held the ThunderWolves without a field goal in the last six minutes of the game as the MSU Texas walked away with a 77-64 win.
 
The ThunderWolves finished the game shooting 22 of 55 (40%) from the field and 8 of 26 (30.8%) from three while the Mustangs finished 30 for 77 (39%) with 6 of 24 (25%) from three and out rebounded the Pack by a margin of 52-30. The ThunderWolves struggled at the charity stripe shooting 12 of 21 (57.1%) and tallied 13 assists, 6 steals, 5 blocks and 12 turnovers.
 
Moleon led the way with a 20-point, 18 rebound double-double while Ramiro added 18 points and 4 assists off 5 of 12 shooting from the field and 4 of 9 from three. Lamberth finished with 17 points and 4 steals while connecting on 3 of 8 three-point attempts.
 
The ThunderWolves will be back in action next weekend as the team hosts Spurgeon College on Friday and Bacone College on Saturday evening in the Al Kaly Classic.