SAN ANTONIO – UTSA men's basketball great Keaton Wallace exploded for a team-leading 20 points in his NBA Salt Lake Summer League debut for the Memphis Grizzlies, on Wednesday night against the Utah Jazz at the Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City.
A native of Dallas, Texas, Wallace made his debut with the Grizzlies summer league roster with 20 points, three rebounds, three assists and three steals. He connected on 8 of 15 shots from the field and was 4 of 7 from behind the arc. The Jazz posted a 94-75 win in the game, which marked the second contest of the Salt Lake Summer League round robin event and features the Grizzlies, a pair of Jazz teams and the Spurs.
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The Grizzlies will return to action on ESPNU on Friday, facing the Spurs at 6 p.m. CT.
The MGM Resorts NBA Summer League will open with all 30 teams in Las Vegas next week, with the Grizzlies set to play the Brooklyn Nets at 4 p.m. CT on Monday on ESPN2.
A 6-foot-3 guard, Wallace exited his UTSA career as the second leading scorer in program history, totaling 2,080 career points to rank sixth in Conference USA history. A four-time All-Conference USA honoree, Wallace owns the 428th most points scored in college basketball history.
* Note a previous version of this story listed Wallace with 17 points. An error in the official scoring in Salt Lake missed a made 3-pointer, which would give him 20 points total.
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