Men's Basketball

Roadrunners host Texas A&M International Sunday night

Nov. 27, 2004
Contact: Rick Nixon (210) 458-4551

Roadrunners host Texas A&M International Sunday night

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SAN ANTONIO - The Texas-San Antonio men's basketball team will look to improve to 3-0 when they host Texas A&M International (0-4) on Sunday, Nov. 28. Tip is set for 7:30 p.m. at the Convocation Center.

UTSA Roadrunners (2-0)
vs.
Texas A&M International Dustdevils (0-4)

Sunday, Nov. 28 • 7:30 p.m.
Convocation Center (5,100)  •  San Antonio, Texas

ROADRUNNERS GAME FACTS

Opponent:
Texas A&M International Dustdevils (0-4)
Series History: First meeting between the two schools

Roadrunners Streaks:
Win/Loss Streak: Won two
Road Streak: Won four
Neutral Court Streak: Lost three
Home Streak: Won six

Last Game:
UTSA improved to 2-0 with a 69-45 victory over Texas Lutheran on Nov. 24 at the Convocation Center. Ray Selvage led the way with 14 points, while Rapheal Posey added 12 and Abe Donlon, 10 points and nine rebounds. The Roadrunners out-rebounded the Bulldogs, 47-37.

Radio:
All UTSA games this season can be heard live in San Antonio and South Texas on the Roadrunner Radio Network (KKYX Radio 680 AM and goUTSA.com) beginning 15 minutes prior to tipoff.

The Coach:
Tim Carter is in his 10th season at UTSA and has a career record of 136-122 (.527) with the Roadrunners and 147-138 (.516) overall . . . He is the winningest men's basketball coach in UTSA history and has the longest tenure . . . He scored his 100th career win on Dec. 1, 2001 over Illinois State and his 100th win at UTSA on Feb. 4, 2002 at Texas-Arlington . . . Carter was named the 1999 SLC "Coach of the Year" . . . He came to UTSA after one season at Nebraska-Omaha. He has served as an assistant coach at Oklahoma (1984), Midwestern State (1984-86), Houston (1986-87), Oklahoma State (1987-90) and Northwestern (1990-94) . . . He has led UTSA to the NCAA Tournament in 1999 and 2004.

The Matchup:
This will be the first ever meeting between UTSA and Texas A&M International out of Laredo, Texas and the Red River Conference. The Dustdevils are coached by Tarvish Felton, who in his first season led Texas A&M International to a 10-22 record.

Home Sweet Home:
Tough to beat in the UTSA Convocation Center, the Roadrunners have an all-time home record of 211-86 (.711) in the Convo. UTSA is 1-1 all-time in the Alamodome.

Working Overtime:
UTSA enters to 2004-05 season with a reputation as team that is tough in overtime. The Roadrunners are 12-7 all-time in extra session games under coach Tim Carter, and have won nine of the past 10.

Sitting Out:
Senior Justin Harbert has been ruled academically ineligible for games played during the fall semester.

"Justin cannot be certified as eligible until fall semester grades have been officially posted in December and his situation reviewed at that time," said Jeff Konya, UTSA's assistant athletic director for compliance.

Harbert, a 6-1 guard, appeared in all 33 games last season, averaging 10.5 points per game and he led the Roadrunners with 63 3-point field goals.

Dunk-O-Meter:
Dunks by UTSA players this season:
Ray Selvage . . . 6
John Millsap . . . 2

Double-Double-O-Meter:
UTSA players who have posted double-double's this season:
Ray Selvage . . . 1

Injury Report:

James Peters (concussion) has missed both games this season. He will be game time decision for the Texas A&M International game.

Sign 'Em Up:
Recently UTSA announced that four players had signed national letters of intent to play for the Roadrunners next season.

The signees include three incoming freshmen and a junior college transfer. Signing with UTSA are 6-6 forward Kyile Byrd from Lon Morris (Texas) Junior College; 6-1 guard Tim Maiden and 6-9 center Nkem Ojougboh from Scottsdale (Ariz.) Christian Academy; and 6-4 guard Eric Young from Eisenhower High School in Houston, Texas.

Byrd, a native of Grand Prairie, Texas, averaged 10.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game as a freshman last season at Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas.

Maiden, a point guard, averaged 12.0 points and 4.0 assists per game as a junior at Scottsdale last season. He formed half of a significant one-two punch for Scottsdale Christian along with Ojougboh, who averaged 11.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game.

Young, who was recently rated the 48th best player in the State of Texas by Texas Hoops magazine, averaged 15.0 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game as a junior last season at Eisenhower.

Up Next:
UTSA will hit the road this week for games at Murray State on Dec. 1 at 7:15 p.m. and on Dec. 4 at Louisiana Tech at 4 p.m.