Feb. 23, 2006
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Attaway’s trey gives UTSA 71-68 victory over Stephen F. Austin
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SAN ANTONIO – Junior Kurt Attaway drained a 3-pointer from the left corner with 3.4 seconds left to give UTSA a 71-68 victory over Stephen F. Austin on Thursday night at the Convocation Center.
The Roadrunners led for most of the second half until Marcus Clark hit 1-of-2 free throws with 12 seconds left to knot the score at 68-all. Freshman Aldric Reynolds drove the right baseline and dished the ball cross court to Attaway, who poured in the high-arcing trey from right in front of the UTSA student section to give UTSA the lead.
UTSA improves to 11-14 overall and 6-8 in the Southland Conference with the win, its fourth straight Thursday night victory. The Lumberjacks fall to 13-11 and 6-7. The Roadrunners move into a tie with Louisiana-Monroe for eighth place in the conference standings.
Attaway scored 10 points on the evening, one of three players in double figures. Senior Andre Owens recorded his third double-double of the year with 22 points and a career-high 10 assists to go along with six rebounds and a career-best six steals. It marked his 11th 20-point outing of the season. Sophomore Abe Donlon just missed his second double-double with 16 points and nine rebounds.
Josh Alexander led SFA with 22 points while Antuane Miller chipped in 16 points and eight rebounds. UTSA held Clark to six points, six below his season average.
SFA used an 11-0 run to build a 20-11 lead at the nine-minute mark. A Chris Thompson 3-pointer from the right corner and an Ojougboh slam brought UTSA back within 22-18 with 5:14 left until the break.
The Jacks extended their lead to eight at 28-20, but another Thompson trey, a running jumper by Owens and a steal and fast break dunk by freshman Aldric Reynolds cut it to 28-27 with 1:18 left in the half.
An Antuane Miller bucket stopped the SFA scoring drought, but UTSA used a 4-0 run to close the half and take a 31-30 lead into the locker rooms.
UTSA continued the run to start the second half, scoring the first four points and capping an 11-4 stretch with an Owens trey from the left wing for a 38-32 lead. The advantage grew to seven, 44-37, on an Owens follow with just over 12 minutes to play.
SFA fought back to within four, but an Owens 3-pointer gave UTSA a 55-48 lead with 5:16 remaining. Owens converted a fast break lay-up at the 4:18 mark to give the Roadrunners their largest lead, 59-50.
Clark drained his first basket of the night at the 3:03 mark to pull SFA to within six, 63-57, and Alexander converted a 3-point play with 1:31 left to bring the Jacks to within 65-64.
Attaway answered with a long 3-pointer from the right wing with one minute left, but Keith Hardaway converted a lay-up and free throw just eight seconds later to make it 68-67.
A steal by Miller gave SFA the ball with 15 seconds left and a foul on Owens, his fifth, put Clark at the line for two freebies. Clark made the first but the second rimmed out to give UTSA the last shot.
That set up Attaway’s heroics as he made just his 11th 3-pointer of the season to give the Roadrunners the dramatic win.
UTSA shot 56 percent from the field for the game (28-of-50), including seven 3-pointers, and held SFA to 43.1 percent (25-of-58).
The Roadrunners travel to Huntsville, Texas, on Saturday, Feb. 25, to face Sam Houston State. Tip is set for 5 p.m. at Johnson Coliseum and the game will be televised live on Fox Sports Southwest.
Former Texas Western star and 25-year UTSA employee Nevil Shed was honored at halftime.