| Junior Travis Gabbidon led UTSA with 11 points on Wednesday night. |
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. ? Junior Travis Gabbidon led UTSA in scoring for the second straight game with 11 points, but Gary Ervin led three Razorbacks in double figures with 17 as Arkansas downed UTSA, 67-42, on Wednesday night at Bud Walton Arena.
The Razorbacks improved to 8-1 on the season with the win, while the Roadrunners fell to 4-3.
Gabbidon led UTSA with 11 points and six rebounds, while senior Melvin Smith added six points. Senior Isaiah Allen and freshmen E.B. Davis and Devin Gibson contributed five points apiece.
Ervin’s 17 led all players, while Patrick Beverley chipped in with 10 points and a game-best 13 rebounds. Charles Thomas also scored 10 and grabbed seven boards as the Razorbacks out-rebounded the Roadrunners, 43-23.
UTSA erased an early 6-0 deficit with a 9-2 run to take a 9-8 lead on a Gabbidon trey. Arkansas responded with a 10-0 stretch, capped by a Beverley 3-pointer at the 10:34 mark.
The Roadrunners cut the Hogs’ lead to five on a Smith lay-up and a Gabbidon jumper, but that is as close as UTSA would get as Arkansas closed the half on a 17-5 run for a 35-18 advantage.
An Allen jumper gave UTSA the first points of the second half, but the Hogs went on a 16-3 run at that point and never looked back.
UTSA shot just 34.1 percent for the game, but did force 20 Arkansas turnovers, six of those steals.
The Roadrunners travel to Atlanta , Ga., to face Georgia State on Saturday. Tip is set for 6:30 p.m. (CT) at the Georgia State Sports Arena.
Arkansas 67, UTSA 42
Dec. 12, 2007 - Fayetteville, Ark.
UTSA (4-3): Gabbidon, Travis 4-11 2-4 11; Smith, Melvin 3-6 0-2 6; Davis, E.B. 2-4 0-1 5; Gibson, Devin 1-5 3-6 5; Allen, Isaiah 2-8 0-0 5; Spencer, Keith 1-1 1-3 3; Shank, Joey 1-4 0-0 3; Greer, Orrin 1-3 0-0 2; Permenter, Russ 0-0 2-2 2; Dade, Antoine 0-1 0-0 0; Ludwick, JohnMark 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 15-44 8-18 42.
Aransas (8-1): Ervin, Gary 5-9 7-10 17; Beverley, Patrick 3-10 3-3 10; Thomas, Charles 5-7 0-0 10; Townes, Darian 3-7 2-2 8; Hunter, Vincent 1-3 4-4 7; Hill, Steven 3-3 0-0 6; Weems, Sonny 2-4 0-0 5; Welsh, Stefan 1-4 2-2 4; Cox, Stephen 0-1 0-0 0; Patsatsia, Levan 0-0 0-0 0; Rakestraw, Nate 0-3 0-0 0; Washington, Michael 0-3 0-0 0; Britt, Marcus 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 23-56 18-21 67.
Halftime score-Arkansas 35, UTSA 18. 3-point goals-UTSA 4-17 (Allen 1-5; Shank 1-2; Gabbidon 1-5; Davis 1-1; Ludwick 0-1; Gibson 0-2; Smith 0-1), Arkansas 3-11 (Hunter 1-1; Beverley 1-4; Weems 1-2; Welsh 0-1; Rakestraw 0-2; Britt, 0-1). Fouled out-UTSA none, Arkansas none. Rebounds-UTSA 23 (Gabbidon 6), Arkansas 43 (Beverley 13). Assists-UTSA 8 (Gibson 4), Arkansas 16 (Beverley 5). Total fouls-UTSA 17, Arkansas 20. Technical fouls-UTSA-bench, Arkansas-none. A-15,164. Actual-11,901.