BECKLEY, West Virginia -- WVU Tech men's basketball earned an 84-79 River States Conference (RSC) victory over University of Rio Grande Thursday evening. The Golden Bears boost their record to 11-6, 6-1 (RSC) while the RedStorm move to 9-12, 2-5 (RSC).

Junior Arrey, a junior from Backlick, Ohio, had a standout evening by pouring in a career-high 35 points to lead all scorers. Arrey also surpassed 1,000 career points as a Golden Bear. He finished with six rebounds, five assists and four steals while not turning over the ball once.

Freshmen Andrew Work and Darrin Martin came off the bench to hit double-digits, pouring in 18 and 17 points respectively to go with four rebounds each.

As a team, the Gold and Blue finished 52.5 percent (32-for-61) from the field while Rio shot 50.0 percent (26-for-52). The RedStorm won the battle under the boards, 39-29.

WVU Tech will take a break from conference play when they host Bluefield State College Saturday at 3 p.m.