SAN ANTONIO – Joey Shank hit six 3-pointers and scored 22 points helping the University of Texas at San Antonio hand McMurry its sixth straight loss at the Convocation Center Friday night. The Roadrunners won 77-56 after a sluggish start that saw McMurry lead and tie the score at 21 apiece.

However, UTSA ended the first half on a 16-2 run and then cruised to victory. The Roadrunners shot 41 percent for the game and took advantage of 30 McMurry turnovers, a season-high for the visitors.

Travis Gabbidon also helped pace the NCAA Division I UTSA with 14 points, including 12 in the second half. Curtis Davis led McMurry with 16 points while Chris Beck had 12 and Travis Tennyson scored 10.

Even in the loss, McMurry still managed to out-rebound the Roadrunners 38-34 and had a slightly better shooting percentage at 41.5 percent. Chris Gammage and Davis each had six rebounds to lead McMurry

Shank, the junior guard from Folsom, Calif. hit four first-half treys and had 14 points at intermission. He added eight more in 10 minutes of playing time in the second half. The Roadrunners hit 10 3-pointers as a team.

McMurry shot an impressive 47 percent from the floor in the first half. However, the problem was, the Roadrunners attempted 17 more first-half shots. So, even at 39 percent, UTSA led at halftime 37-23.

Alex Robles hit his only 3-pointer of the half for McMurry with 6:31 remaining and it knotted the score at 21. However, UTSA countered with a 14-0 run and kept McMurry from scoring until Beck hit his fifth field goal of the half with 59 seconds remaining.

McMurry's sixth-straight loss is the longest losing skid since head coach Ron Holmes' first season with the team in the 1990-1991 season. That year, the team lost its first 14 games to end the year.

UTSA improved to 6-5 on the season. The Roadrunners had already defeated McMurry's American Southwest Conference opponents Hardin-Simmons and Mary Hardin-Baylor earlier in the year.

McMurry fell to 3-6 on the season and will return to action Jan. 5 when it plays host to the University of the Ozarks.