McALLEN — As time expired in Sunday’s contest, all Rio Grande Valley Silverados coach Derrick Rowland did was shake his head as the same issues continued to plague his young team.

RGV rebounded from a disappointing 10-point loss to Minot on Saturday, but it wasn’t enough as the Skyrockets showed the Silverados why they are the American Conference’s top team in their 94-87 come-from-behind win at the McAllen Convention Center.

“Inexperience, turnovers, that’s about it,” Rowland said of his team’s fourth-quarter meltdown. “We lost focus and concentration. It’s the story of the year. That’s what happened in most of our games, but that’s the way it is.”

The Silverados (3-19) kept pace with the Skyrockets throughout the game. Minot held a two-point lead heading into the final period, but RGV took that lead after Rod Nealy hit the team’s only 3-pointer for a 77-74 edge with 10:16 remaining.

Soon after the momentum switched again, but for good.

With the Silverados up 81-79 with 6:01 remaining, the Skyrockets (14-6) went on a 15-6 run to end the game and ruin hopes of a fourth victory for the first-year franchise.

“I think we played a good game, but again we start off too slow,” Silverados center Johnny Tyson said. “Turnovers and rebounds is really what’s killing us. Other than that we’re almost there, and we got to limit those turnovers.”

“We’ve been too handy with the ball, and we’re not protecting the ball good.”

RGV managed to shoot 51.5 percent (35-of-68) from the field compared to Minot’s 42.9 percent. They also fixed Saturday’s free-throw issue, connecting on 16-of-25 attempts, but the young team committed 17 turnovers, nine in the second half and the bulk in the fourth quarter.

The Skyrockets turned it over three times and swiped 12 steals during the second half, with steals 17 for the game.

“Everything turned around so quick,” Tyson said. “Again, everything makes a difference. (Saturday’s) game was free throws. I think we could have won the game if it wasn’t for our free throws. Tonight it was just mental errors, turnovers and rebounds.”

The Silverados’ Toby Smith had a game-high 32 points with six rebounds, but committed four turnovers, all in the second half. Nealy recorded 17 points on 7-of-17 shooting to go along with 11 rebounds, and guard Patrick Fields added 14 points.

The Silverados next play at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday at East Kentucky and return home Friday for a two-game series with the Pittsburgh Xplosion.