UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros vs. Northwestern State Demons

Jan 12, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
UTRGV	28	35	63
NWST	28	36	64

Game Recap

Thomas, Miles rally Northwestern State to 64-63 victory over UT Rio Grande Valley. Micah Thomas had 17 points and Izzy Miles made the first of two free throws with one second left to rally Northwestern State to a 64-63 victory over UT Rio Grande Valley on Monday night.

Player Stats

UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
33Filip Brankovic	24	6-10	3-6	4-4	2	1	0	0	4	4	19
13Julien Gomez	28	4-11	1-6	0-0	4	2	1	0	0	3	9
0Jaylen Washington	36	2-7	0-1	1-1	3	7	2	0	2	1	5
4Koree Cotton	28	5-8	2-3	2-2	4	1	1	0	2	2	14
10Marvin McGhee III	23	1-2	0-1	0-0	6	0	0	0	0	4	2
12Kwo Agwa	15	3-5	0-1	0-0	2	0	3	2	1	1	6
1Always Wright	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0
5Zae Blake	25	3-7	2-5	0-0	4	2	1	0	1	4	8
22Jalen Ricks	16	0-3	0-2	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0

TOTAL	-	24-5345.3%	8-2532.0%	7-7100%	28	16	8	2	13	20	63

NORTHWESTERN STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
23Willie Williams	31	7-11	0-0	0-2	8	1	1	0	1	0	14
4CJ Larry	20	1-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	3	2
0Izzy Miles	27	1-4	1-2	4-7	4	1	2	0	4	1	7
11Chris Mubiru	28	4-7	2-5	0-0	4	1	1	1	2	0	10
5Micah Thomas	32	3-13	2-6	9-9	1	5	0	0	1	1	17
10Kordrick Turner	7	0-0	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
21J.C. Riley Jr.	15	2-2	1-1	2-2	3	1	0	0	0	0	7
3Landyn Jumawan	12	0-3	0-2	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	3	0
1Chip Brunt	7	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
25Omar Adegbola	21	2-5	0-2	1-1	2	1	2	0	2	1	5
TOTAL	-	20-4940.8%	6-2030.0%	18-2378.3%	27	12	7	2	12	10	64

Play-by-Play

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1st halfUTRGVNWST

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by UT Rio Grande Valley.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Northwestern State.
+2 (19:45) Julien Gomez makes driving layup.
20
(19:21) Micah Thomas misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(19:17) Filip Brankovic Defensive Rebound.
+3 (19:10) Filip Brankovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Washington assists).
50
(18:40) Foul on Koree Cotton.
(18:35) Micah Thomas misses 12-foot jumper.
(18:32) Marvin McGhee III Defensive Rebound.
(18:15) Filip Brankovic bad pass turnover.
(18:15) Willie Williams Steal.
+2 (17:54) Chris Mubiru makes layup (CJ Larry assists).
52
(17:38) Foul on Izzy Miles.
(17:20) Koree Cotton misses driving layup.
(17:16) Jaylen Washington Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:09) Marvin McGhee III makes 21-foot jumper (Jaylen Washington assists).
72
+2 (16:47) Willie Williams makes 6-foot hook shot.
74
(16:31) Jaylen Washington misses layup.
(16:28) Chris Mubiru Defensive Rebound.
(16:16) Izzy Miles misses 16-foot jumper.
(16:13) Julien Gomez Defensive Rebound.
(15:54) Filip Brankovic bad pass turnover.
(15:54) CJ Larry Steal.
+2 (15:50) CJ Larry makes layup.
76
+2 (15:34) Koree Cotton makes layup (Filip Brankovic assists).
96
(15:08) Micah Thomas misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(15:04) Marvin McGhee III Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:52) Filip Brankovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Julien Gomez assists).
126
(14:18) Chip Brunt misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(14:15) Marvin McGhee III Defensive Rebound.
(13:59) Always Wright bad pass turnover.
(13:59) Omar Adegbola Steal.
+2 (13:56) Omar Adegbola makes layup.
128
(13:56) Foul on Marvin McGhee III.
+1 (13:56) Omar Adegbola makes free throw 1 of 1.
129
(13:48) Kwo Agwa out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(13:18) team shot clock turnover .
(13:03) Kwo Agwa misses dunk.
(12:59) Omar Adegbola Defensive Rebound.
(12:55) Omar Adegbola bad pass turnover.
(12:55) Kwo Agwa Steal.
(12:43) Kwo Agwa misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(12:40) Landyn Jumawan Defensive Rebound.
(12:40) Foul on Marvin McGhee III.
(12:19) Chris Mubiru misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:14) Always Wright Defensive Rebound.
(11:50) Jalen Ricks misses layup.
(11:48) Chip Brunt Defensive Rebound.
(11:45) Omar Adegbola bad pass turnover.
(11:45) Zae Blake Steal.
(11:39) Zae Blake misses layup.
(11:39) Chip Brunt Block.
(11:36) Omar Adegbola Defensive Rebound.
(11:31) Landyn Jumawan misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:28) UT Rio Grande Valley Defensive Rebound.
+3 (11:11) Koree Cotton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Always Wright assists).
159
(10:50) Omar Adegbola misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(10:47) Willie Williams Offensive Rebound.
(10:38) Landyn Jumawan misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(10:35) Koree Cotton Defensive Rebound.
(10:28) Filip Brankovic misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(10:27) Northwestern State Defensive Rebound.
(10:09) Foul on Koree Cotton.
+1 (10:09) Kordrick Turner makes free throw 1 of 2.
1510
+1 (10:09) Kordrick Turner makes free throw 2 of 2.
1511
(9:56) Julien Gomez misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(9:52) Jalen Ricks Offensive Rebound.
(9:50) Jalen Ricks misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(9:45) Izzy Miles Defensive Rebound.
(9:20) Willie Williams misses layup.
(9:18) Jalen Ricks Defensive Rebound.
(8:59) Jalen Ricks misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(8:57) Northwestern State Defensive Rebound.
(8:29) Omar Adegbola misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(8:26) Zae Blake Defensive Rebound.
(8:18) Julien Gomez misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(8:14) Izzy Miles Defensive Rebound.
(8:09) Foul on Zae Blake.
+1 (8:09) Izzy Miles makes free throw 1 of 2.
1512
+1 (8:09) Izzy Miles makes free throw 2 of 2.
1513
+2 (7:54) Filip Brankovic makes layup (Jalen Ricks assists).
1713
+3 (7:35) Izzy Miles makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Mubiru assists).
1716
(7:10) Jalen Ricks bad pass turnover.
(6:44) Izzy Miles misses layup.
(6:43) Kordrick Turner Offensive Rebound.
(6:43) Foul on Julien Gomez.
(6:36) Micah Thomas misses 5-foot jumper.
(6:33) Jaylen Washington Defensive Rebound.
(6:18) Zae Blake bad pass turnover.
(5:59) Foul on Filip Brankovic.
(5:59) Izzy Miles misses free throw 1 of 2.
(5:59) Northwestern State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (5:59) Izzy Miles makes free throw 2 of 2.
1717
(5:46) Filip Brankovic misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(5:43) Izzy Miles Defensive Rebound.
(5:38) Foul on Filip Brankovic.
+1 (5:38) Micah Thomas makes free throw 1 of 1.
1718
(5:38) Chris Mubiru lane violation turnover.
(5:17) Foul on CJ Larry.
(5:11) Foul on CJ Larry.
(4:58) Jaylen Washington misses 17-foot jumper.
(4:54) Kwo Agwa Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:54) Kwo Agwa makes layup.
1918
+3 (4:36) Micah Thomas makes 24-foot three point jumper (Willie Williams assists).
1921
(4:14) Julien Gomez misses 11-foot jumper.
(4:12) Willie Williams Defensive Rebound.
(4:03) Foul on Jalen Ricks.
(4:03) Willie Williams misses free throw 1 of 2.
(4:03) Northwestern State Deadball Team Rebound.
(4:03) Willie Williams misses free throw 2 of 2.
(4:03) Marvin McGhee III Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:47) Koree Cotton makes layup (Jaylen Washington assists).
2121
(3:32) Izzy Miles bad pass turnover.
(3:32) Kwo Agwa Steal.
+3 (3:21) Koree Cotton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Washington assists).
2421
+2 (3:05) Willie Williams makes layup (Omar Adegbola assists).
2423
+2 (2:43) Kwo Agwa makes layup.
2623
(2:32) Izzy Miles misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:28) Chris Mubiru Offensive Rebound.
(2:20) Chris Mubiru bad pass turnover.
(2:20) Jaylen Washington Steal.
+2 (2:14) Julien Gomez makes layup (Jaylen Washington assists).
2823
(2:14) Northwestern State Timeout.
+2 (1:54) Omar Adegbola makes 9-foot jumper (J.C. Riley Jr. assists).
2825
(1:33) Foul on Landyn Jumawan.
(1:24) Always Wright bad pass turnover.
(1:02) Micah Thomas misses 7-foot jumper.
(1:00) Jaylen Washington Defensive Rebound.
(0:44) Julien Gomez misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(0:40) Willie Williams Defensive Rebound.
+3 (0:11) J.C. Riley Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Landyn Jumawan assists).
2828
(0:02) Filip Brankovic misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Northwestern State Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

UTRGV

NWST

63Points64

24-53(45.3%)Field Goal(%)20-49(40.8%)

8-25(32.0%)3-Point(%)6-20(30.0%)

7-7(100.0%)Free Throw(%)18-23(78.3%)

29(4)Rebounds(Offensive)32(7)

16Assists12

8Steals7

2Blocks2

14Turnovers13

20(0)Fouls(Technical)10(0)

14Largest Lead2

Game Details

Monday, January 12, 2026 · 7:30 PM

Prather Coliseum · Natchitoches, LA

attendance: 810 (23.8%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: UTRGV -2.5

over/under: 143.5