Dec. 2, 2005
Contact: Rick Nixon (210) 458-4551
UTSA continues homestand Saturday against Murray State
SAN ANTONIO - UTSA will be looking to break a two-game losing streak when they play the Murray State Racers (1-2) on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 2 p.m. in the Convocation Center.
Murray State Racers (1-2)
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UTSA Roadrunners (2-2)
Saturday, Dec. 3 - 2 p.m.
Convocation Center (5,100) - San Antonio, Texas
Roadrunner Streaks
Win/Loss Streak: Lost two
Road Streak: Lost one
Neutral Court Streak: Lost three
Home Streak: Lost one
Opponent
Murray State Racers
Series History: Murray State leads 2-0
Last Meeting: The Racers won 69-58 on 12-1-04 in Murray, Ky.
Note: This will be the first meeting in San Antonio. Murray State also defeated UTSA 107-101 on 12-29-89 at the Lamar Tournament in Beaumont, Texas.
Last Game
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi defeated UTSA by a 77-59 count on Nov. 30 in San Antonio. The loss broke a two-game home winning streak for the Roadrunners.
Radio/TV
Rick Nixon will handle the play-by-play as the UTSA-Murray State game can be heard live on www.goUTSA.com beginning at tipoff.
Coach Carter:
Tim Carter is in his 11th season at UTSA and has a career record of 151-137 (.524) with the Roadrunners and 162-153 (.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. Carter is 2-1 in games coached against Angelo State.
Home Sweet Home:
Tough to beat in the UTSA Convocation Center, the Roadrunners have an all-time home record of 221-91 (.721) in the Bird Cage. UTSA is 1-1 all-time as a home team at the Alamodome. UTSA will play six of its first seven games at home this season.
Roadrunners vs. Racers:
This will be the third meeting between the two schools. Murray State has won both previous games -- 69-58 last season in Murray, Ky. and 107-101 in overtime on 12-29-89 at the Lamar Tournament in Beaumont, Texas. In the game last season, Darnell Hopkins came off of the bench to score 17 points to lead the Racers to the victory. John Millsap led the Roadrunners with 18 points. UTSA had 26 turnovers in the defeat and shot only 32.9 percent (17-52) from the floor.
Working Overtime:
UTSA enters the 2005-06 season with a reputation as a team that is tough to beat in overtime. The Roadrunners were 1-0 last season and 13-7 all-time in extra sessions under coach Tim Carter. UTSA won 10 of the last 11 overtime games.
369 and Counting:
The UTSA men's basketball program now has 369 wins. The Roadrunners have averaged 15.3 wins a season as a program over the first 24 years, and are the winningest program in the SLC over the past 10 years.
Injury Report:
Junior point guard Kurt Attaway (head) and sophomore guard James Peters (left foot) will both miss the Racers' game with injuries. Freshman forward Jon Flansburg will not be eligible to play until mid-term after transferring.
Roster Addition:
Add walk-on freshman Chance Williams to your roster for the Roadrunners.
Williams is a 6-2 freshman guard from Kerrville (Texas) Tivy High School.
UTSA In The Sagarin:
According to the latest Sagarin College Basketball Rankings, UTSA is currently ranked No. 209 overall out of 330 NCAA Division I schools.
Captains Named For 2005-06:
Senior Andre Owens and junior Kurt Attaway have been named team captains for the 2005-06 season. Owens is UTSA's leading returning scorer at 11.2 points per game, while Attaway is a two-year letterman who earned Southland Conference Freshman of the Year honors in 2004.
Dunk-O-Meter:
Dunks by UTSA players this season: Nkem Ojougboh - 5 . . . Eric Young - 3 . . . Andre Owens - 1 . . . Roderick Rodgers - 1.
Double-Double-O-Meter:
UTSA players who have posted double-double's this season: None
Youth Is Served:
UTSA features a young roster this season with eight players that are either freshmen or sophomores. The Roadrunners started two freshmen (Eric Young and Nkem Ojougboh) in the first three games. Young led UTSA with 18 points in the win over the Cameron.
Quick Starts:
UTSA had started the first three games in fine fashion and have out-scored the opposition 98-95 over the first 20 minutes. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi reversed the trend by leading 38-26 at halftime.
Andre The Giant:
Big things are expected this season out of UTSA senior guard Andre Owens. He delivered in a big way in the exhibition opener with 34 points on 14-of-17 shooting, while also grabbing nine rebounds. He opened the regular season by leading UTSA with 18 points, eight assists and seven rebounds. The eight assists were a new career-high for Owens, who is a preseason second team All-Southland Conference selection. He added 16 points in the win over Cameron and 15 in the loss at Iowa.
Kurt's Point:
Point guard Kurt Attaway also excels in the classroom where he is the reigning Southland Conference Student-Athlete of the Year for men's basketball. A member of the Dean's List at UTSA, Attaway currently maintains a perfect 4.0 grade point average while majoring in psychology.
Off The Pine:
Led by Gabe Bernard's 13 points, UTSA's bench produced 36 points in the win over Angelo State. The bench brigade of Bernard, Kyile Byrd, Aldric Reynolds, Chris Thompson and Abe Donlon connected on 14 of 20 shots (70.0%) of its shots from the field. Over the first four games, UTSA has averaged 23.9 points per game of production from its second six. Bernard leads the bench crew with an average of 9.8 points per outing.
What's Next:
UTSA remains at home to play Texas-Pan American on Tuesday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m.