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| Senior Travis Gabbidon is averaging 22.3 points per game in his last four outings (photo by John Davenport/San Antonio-Express-News). |
SAN ANTONIO ?Senior Travis Gabbidon posted his third double-double in the past four games and junior Josh Bonney poured in a season-high 17 points to lead UTSA past Texas State, 86-76, on Wednesday night before a season-high 3,039 fans at the Convocation Center.
Gabbidon, the reigning Southland Conference Player of the Week, and Bonney led six Roadrunners in double figures, as UTSA moved to 12-6 overall and 3-2 in league play. Gabbidon grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds and has scored 18 or more points in each of the last four games, averaging 22.3 points and 10.8 boards during that stretch.
Juniors Chris Allen and Omar Johnson scored 12 apiece, while senior Joey Shank and junior Morris Smith IV added 10 each, as UTSA shot 75.7 percent (28-37) from the free throw line and 40.6 percent from the floor overall.
The Roadrunners outrebounded Texas State, 51-40, and converted 22 offensive boards into 27 second-chance points. UTSA also came up with eight steals as part of 16 Bobcats turnovers and held leading scorer, Brent Benson (16.2 ppg) to just five points.
Brandon Bush led Texas State (8-11, 1-5 SLC) with a game-high 25 points.
Bush converted a 3-point play at the 11:38 mark to give Texas State an early 21-14 lead. The Roadrunners answered with an 8-2 run to climb back to within 23-22 with 8:43 left in the first.
Johnson drained a 3-pointer to break a 25-25 tie and kick start a 17-6 run by the Roadrunners that eventually led to a 47-35 halftime advantage.
UTSA built a 16-point lead early in the second half and withstood several Texas State runs, not allowing the Bobcats any closer than eight points the rest of the way.
The Roadrunners beat the Bobcats for the first time at home since Feb. 12, 2005, and have captured two straight in the series with last year’s 103-96 overtime victory in San Marcos.
Texas State shot 43.7 percent from the field, but made just 4-of-22 (18.2%) from behind the arc in suffering its fifth straight loss.
The Roadrunners travel to Beaumont to face Lamar at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31.