THE RUNDOWN
SAN ANGELO, Texas -- Devante Pullum and Wanaah Bail scored career highs Thursday night at Junell Center/Stephens Arena, but it wasn't enough to halt Midwestern State's slide.
 
Angelo State connected on 12 3-pointers and shot 58.5 percent from the field to pull away for a 94-82 Lone Star Conference sending the Mustangs to their fifth straight loss.
 
MSU (2-8, 0-3 LSC) takes a break for finals before heading to Las Vegas to compete in the Rollins Classic. The Mustangs take on Rollins (Fla.) on Monday, Dec. 18th before battling Southern Indiana the next day.
 
Pullum slashed to the basket finishing 9-of-12 from the field while hitting a pair of 3-pointers to finish with 26 points and six assists, while Bail hit all five of his shots from the field including a triple of his own to notch 18 points and grab five rebounds.
 
But Angelo State got red hot midway through the first half hitting five consecutive 3-pointers -- all from different players -- as Daron Mims, Will Adler, James Kirksey, Ja'Michael Brown and Antonio Singleton hit triples in succession to push a one-point ASU edge to 32-21 lead with 7:33 to play in the first half.
 
Yet another player -- Kiair Crouch -- bookended a 10-0 run with two more triples to give the Rams their largest lead of the game at 47-27 with 2:04 to play in the first half.
 
Midwestern State scored the final eight points of the first half and pull within six points on multiple occasions in the second half, but couldn't get any closer.
 
Brown, a transfer from North Texas, led all scorers with 25 points to lead Angelo State which snapped a two-game slide to improve to 7-2 and 1-1.
 
NOTES
- Angelo State is the fourth team to shoot better than 50 percent against Midwestern State this season. The Rams 58.5-percent shooting night is the second highest allowed this season by the Mustangs.
- The Rams fired in 63.2 percent from the arc at 12-of-19.
- Midwestern State drained 10 3-pointers for the second time this season after hitting 11 against St. Leo (Fla.).
- Senior guard Devante Pullum went for a career-high 26 points on 9-of-12 shooting. The Little Elm High School product has score 10-or-more points in each of his last five games.
- Junior forward Wanaah Bail was a perfect 5-for-5 from the field and hit his first 3-pointer of the season to finish with a career-high 18 points. The lefty was 7-of-8 at the free throw line.
 
UP NEXT
Midwestern State plays in the Rollins Las Vegas Classic on Dec. 18th and 19th at the Doolittle Community Center in Las Vegas. The Mustangs take on host Rollins (Fla.) on the 18th at 7:30 p.m. before battling Southern Indiana on the 19th at 4 p.m.