SAN ANTONIO -- Winners of three of the last four games, UTSA men's basketball will wrap up a season-long six-game homestand by hosting crosstown foe St. Mary's on Monday at 7 p.m. at the Convocation Center in a game broadcast live on ESPN+ and Ticket 760 AM.
UTSA (4-3) will face St. Mary's (1-1) in the final of a six-game homestand that has seen UTSA win three of the previous five games. The Roadrunners are coming off a 79-73 win over Lamar in a pre-Thanksgiving matchup, getting a career-high 26 points from guard Dhieu Deing in the nearly wire-to-wire win.
The Roadrunners also posted wins over Denver and IUPUI during the homestand, falling in the championship game of the 210 San Antonio Shootout vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Nov. 21.
UTSA has been led by guards Jordan Ivy-Curry and Dhieu Deing, with the pair each averaging 16 points per game. Ivy-Curry, a 2020-21 Conference USA All-Freshman Team selection, adds 2.6 rebounds per game and a team-leading 2.6 assists per game. Deing averages 5.7 rebounds per game and has nailed a team-leading 18 3-pointers.
UTSA has also gotten 12.2 points and 4.3 rebounds per game from junior center Jacob Germany, and 7.4 points and a team-high 7.0 rebounds per game from senior forward Cedrick Alley Jr.
The Roadrunners are shooting 38.3 percent as a team and holding foes to 46.7 percent from the field. UTSA averages 68.3 points, 37 rebounds, 12 assists, 6.9 steals and three blocks per game as a team.
St. Mary's has opened the season by splitting a pair on a neutral-site court, earning an 82-59 win over the Colorado School of Mines before falling in overtime a day later vs. Regis [Colo.]. Kobe Magee averages 22 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, with Josh Brewer sports 15 points per game and Caleb Jordan chips in 10.5 points per game.
The Rattlers are shooting 44.4 percent as a team and holding foes to a 47.6 percent clip from the field.
UTSA leads the all-time series with St. Mary's 9-3, including a 1-0 mark in games played in San Antonio. The teams have had 11 of its 12 meetings contested in neutral-site games. UTSA has won three straight in the series. The last meeting game in 2002, an 81-67 UTSA win.
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