Box Score

SAN ANTONIO – Division I UT-San Antonio nailed 10 3-pointers and converted 28 McMurry turnovers into 32 points en route to knocking off McMurry, 80-55, at UTSA's Convocation Center on Tuesday night.

McMurry falls to 0-1 with the loss.  McMurry will return to action on Saturday, Nov. 29, when they host Louisiana College in the American Southwest Conference opener at Kimbrell Arena.  Tip time is slated for 3 p.m.

UTSA jumped out of the gate quick and outscored McMurry 21-12 in the first 10 minutes of the game.  McMurry and UTSA battled fairly even the rest of the half as the Roadrunners held a 10-point advantage (35-25) before UTSA guard Omar Johnson nailed a controversial 3-pointer just before the first-half buzzer sounded to give the Roadrunners a 38-25 lead.  It looked as if McMurry guard Robert Moreno was in position for a charge, but no whistle sounded and UTSA took a 13-point advantage into the break.

Both teams played even in the first 10 minutes of the second half as UTSA led by 13 (57-44) at the midway point.  But the Roadrunners went on a quick 7-0 run to push their lead up to 20 (64-44) with only 8:09 to play.  UTSA kept its lead around the 20-point mark the rest of the way as the Roadrunners won going away.

"I am extremely pleased with how the guys played (Tuesday night)," McMurry coach Ron Holmes said.  "Playing a team like UTSA is great prep for us as we enter conference play.  There won't be anybody that is (UTSA's) equal in our conference and I'm glad we got the opportunity to play against them right before we start conference."

McMurry senior guard Jonathon Walker led all scorers as he finished with 16 points on 6 of 12 shooting from the floor.  Other top performers for McMurry included senior center Brett Johnson, who finished with a game-high 12 rebounds and six points; sophomore forward Richard Jones, who finished with seven points and five rebounds; and junior guard Egidijus Budrikis, who finished with seven points. 


UTSA (who with the win improved to 2-2) was led by Devin Gibson's 14 points and six steals.  Omar Johnson added 13 and Travis Gabbidon finished with 11 to round out the double-digit scorers for the Roadrunners.