YUMA, Ariz. – The Arizona Western Matadors Men's Basketball team (8-1) suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday evening, falling 73-69 to Southern Nevada (5-6) to close out the Chapman Automotive Thanksgiving Classic at the House Gymnasium.

Yaxel Lendeborg led the Matadors in scoring, recording a season-high 22 points while grabbing 10 rebounds, finishing with a double-double in the loss.

Southern Nevada jumped out to an early lead before Marquis Hargrove hit back-to-back threes to bring the Matadors within a point. Southern Nevada used another run to open a 19-14 advantage before opening their biggest lead of the half at 29-18 at the six-minute mark.

Hargrove finished the game as the only other Matador to score in double-figures, ending the night with 11 points.

Southern Nevada started the second half by picking up from where they left off in the first half, opening up a 14-point lead early in the second half. After Arizona Western cut the deficit to eight, the Coyotes built their largest lead of the game, opening up a 59-40 lead.

LJ Glover made his Arizona Western debut and scored all five of his points in the second half while Noah Tovar finished the game as the Matadors' third-leading scorer, scoring eight points off the bench, all in the second half.

The Matadors rattled off an 11-0 run and eventually the deficit to four but could not get any closer, falling to the Coyotes.

Arizona Western gets back into ACCAC play on Wednesday, November 30, when they travel to Douglas, Ariz. to take on Cochise at 5:30 pm.