DILLON, Mont. – Argo basketball continues to receive at least one strong individual performance a night, but struggle to find team-wide consistency. This time it was junior John Makkar who had a career night in UGF's 74-62 loss to the University of Montana Western. 

Similarly to their previous game, the Argos played much better in the second half after falling into a first half deficit. While turnovers plagued UGF in the first 20 minutes, Makkar's play set him on path for his first double-double of the season. He finished the half as the team's leading scorer, with six points, and rebounder, with five boards.

Another positive for the Argonauts was shooting. Both in the first half and the second, UGF outshot the Bulldogs, including hitting 47 percent in the first half.

The second half saw the UGF offense get a bit more efficient, with few turnovers and better ball movement. The Argos also continued to feed Makkar, who scored 12 of his 18 points in the second half as the team chipped away at the Bulldog lead.

UGF brought the game within ten points multiple times but every time they did, UMW seemed to have an answer. In the end, the Argos could never hit that one shot or make that one stop to shrink the lead to single digits.

Makkar's 18 points was his second highest of the season. He also grabbed a career high 12 rebounds for his first double-double. The only other Argo to score in double digits was sophomore guard Sergio Berkley who scored 11.

The loss drops UGF to 10-13 (3-11) on the season. They will look to end a six game losing streak when they travel to MSU-Northern on Feb. 18 at 8 p.m.