ARLINGTON, Texas – Kevin Hervey tallied 25 points and 13 rebounds and scored 22 points in the second half to lead UT Arlington to a 92-72 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball victory over Georgia Southern Saturday night in College Park Center.
Mike Hughes scored a career-high 24 points and added three assists, three rebounds and four steals for Georgia Southern (4-8, 0-2). Tookie Brown scored 17 points, and Ike Smith netted 10. Jake Allsmiller finished with nine points.
Hervey was 9 of 11 from the floor, made all four 3-pointers he shot and pulled down 10 rebounds in the second half for the Mavericks (11-2, 2-0).