DENVER, Colo. – The Regis University men's basketball team dropped their season and home opener of the 2026-27 season this evening as they fell by a score of 75-62 to South Central Region opponent UT Tyler at the Regis Field House.
This was the Rangers' first official game of the season with them previously taking part in an exhibition against Division I University of Wyoming last week.
The Rangers begin season 0-1 now with UT Tyler sitting at 1-0. This was just the third time the two schools have met all-time as well with each of the meetings being in the last three years and UT Tyler taking the victory all three times.
The Patriots led all but one time in the game with Regis having their lone lead exactly one minute into the game when the score was 2-1.
The Patriots ended up outscoring the Rangers 22-4 through the next six and a half minutes however as they reached a lead as large as 17 three times in the first half.
The Rangers challenged with a 13-0 run in a roughly three-minute span to bring the game back within four in the 13th minute of play but UT Dallas did enough to keep a five point margin the rest of the time with them leading 35-30 at half.
Regis came out of the half building on their momentum even more with them initially outscoring the Patriots 7-4 to make it a one-point difference at 17:46, but that seemed to light a fire in UT Dallas as well with them then coming back to score nine unanswered.
The Patriots would end up holding a double-digit lead the rest of the game after 15:41 with them ultimately leading by as many as 19 and owning the 13-point advantage by the time had expired.
Both teams had relatively similar stats in the game but 26 points off turnovers proved to be the difference as UT Tyler outscored the Rangers 26-15.
The Rangers were led by the trio of Fallou Cisse, Drake Walker and Meto Orji in the game with each of them finishing in double figures. Cisse recorded 13 points himself while Walker had 12 and Orji had 11.
Orji would also add eight assists with Cisse and Walker having five apiece.
In addition, this was the Regis debut for Cisse, Walker, Orji, Bryce Bennett, Jason Grady, Logan Boyer, Domonic Rhoades-Martinez and Zach Schmeekle.
The Patriots were led by Garrett Nuckolls who finished with 25 points on 8-for-14 shooting. Both Garret Falls and Head Tenner would both add seven rebounds as well.
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The Rangers will continue their weekend when they next play UT Dallas tomorrow for another 6 PM tip off. The Comets beat Westminster University 87-83 in the game prior to the Rangers' one this afternoon.
