SAN ANTONIO – The UTSA men’s basketball (1-0) season opened on Wednesday with a bang, the Roadrunners setting four new records in routing College of Biblical Studies with the new-look roster. However, the schedule quickly spins up a key early-season challenge, as SIU Edwardsville (1-0) visits the Convocation Center for the inaugural series meeting on Friday afternoon. The Roadrunners and Cougars will duke it out in a 12:30 p.m. tipoff, slated for broadcast on ESPN+.
Ticket Information
Single Game Tickets
Direct Link: SIUE Tickets
Adults: $15
Juniors (ages 3-18): $13
Seniors (ages 65+): $13
Military (with ID): $13
Students: Free Admission with UTSA ID, download tickets at goUTSA.com/studentlogin.
2025-26 Men's Basketball Season Tickets:
Season tickets at the Convocation Center are available for lower level reserved ($165) seating and general admission upper level ($115) seating. To better support UTSA’s basketball student-athletes, the total price of men’s basketball reserved season tickets includes a $50 Roadrunner Athletic Fund (RAF) per-seat contribution. Per-seat contributions count towards RAF membership levels and benefits and increase each member's RAF Loyalty Points.
In addition, RAF members can purchase courtside seating for $550, and a combined men’s and women’s basketball season ticket is available for $210 by contacting the UTSA Ticket Office at 210-458-8872.
Direct Link: https://goutsa.com/mbbseasontix
Reserved (lower level): $165
General Admission (200 level): $115
Courtside Seating for Roadrunner Athletic Fund members: $550
Single Game Adult (on-sale soon): $15
Single Game Military/Youth (ages 3-18)/Senior (ages 65+): $13
Students: Free Admission with UTSA ID
White Out
Friday’s game with the Cougars will officially be a White Out. Grab your best game-ready white attire out of the closet and come cheer on your Roadrunners against SIUE. Fans can collect a white UTSA rally towel from the Fan Activation table while supplies last.
On the Air and on the Web
Friday’s 12:30 p.m. tipoff with the Cougars at the Convocation Center will be streamed on ESPN+ with Jordy Fee-Platt (play-by-play), San Antonio and UTSA Hall-of-Famer Devin Brown (analyst) and former UTSA women’s basketball star Carlie Heineman (reporter) on the call.
The radio broadcast will appear on Sports Radio AM 760 The Ticket with Andy Everett (play-by-play) and former coach Tim Carter (analyst) covering the action live from the Convo. The broadcast will feature a 30-minute pregame and 15-minute postgame show – available online at Ticket760.com or via the free iHeartRadio app.
UTSA Athletics will also provide Live Stats.
About the UTSA Roadrunners
Handily rolling past an overmatched opponent in the season opener of the second season under head coach Austin Claunch, the Roadrunners downed College of Biblical Studies in a 97-30 romp on Wednesday. In the process, the Roadrunners set three program records, holding the Ambassadors to the fewest opponent points (30), fewest field goals (8) and lowest shooting percentage (14.3 percent) in the 1,308 games of UTSA basketball history. In addition, the CBS scoring total also set the American Conference record, unseating a league standard from 2014. The Roadrunners shot 50.6 percent from the floor, collecting 30 points off 22 CBS turnovers and scoring 37 on the fast break. Making the most of their height advantage, UTSA won the rebound battle with a 59-32 advantage. A total of 11 players scored and five logged double-figures: Macaleab Rich (15), Kaidon Rayfield (13), Jamir Simpson (13), Mathéo Coffi (10) and Dorian Hayes (10). Leading on the glass, Rayfield made it a 13-and-13 double-double for his collegiate debut. Baboucarr Njie topped the team with three blocks and three steals. Austin Nunez dished out four assists to pace the Roadrunners. Rich shot a team-high 7-for-11, also collecting four rebounds, three assists and three steals.
Returning just four players from last season, the Roadrunners welcomed 11 newcomers to the roster (eight transfers and three high school), with 10 of those players seeing playing time against the Ambassadors in the opener.
The Roadrunners stayed true to most elements of a Claunch-coached squad in the opener. Last season, UTSA ranked ninth nationally in fast break scoring at 15.1 ppg, ninth nationally in steals (9.5) and 14th (15.2) in turnovers forced. UTSA also let it fly from range last season, topping the American and finishing 25th nationally a year ago 9.9 three-pointers per game.
About the SIUE Cougars
Into the seventh season under Michael Barone, SIUE had a historic 2024-25, reaching the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance, winning the Ohio Valley Conference and finishing with a 22-12 record after falling to No. 1 seed Houston in the NCAA opening round. The Cougars return seven players from last season, losing three starters and their top two scorers. However, among the seven over 1,000 points and 650 rebounds are back, with SIUE retaining 42.2 percent of scoring and 50.7 of boards from a year ago from their 71.6 ppg and 38.1 rpg.
Highlighting the returners for the Cougars, 6-foot-9 junior guard/forward Ring Malith was an All-OVC Tournament selection and led SIUE on the glass with a 7.0 rpg average, adding in 11.1 ppg on 38.8 percent shooting. Their transfer class is highlighted by sophomore guard Harrison Alexander from Mississippi State, senior point guard Jack Campion (5.3 ppg, 3.4 apg) from Southern Indiana and senior guard Darius Robinson (7.4 ppg, 1.6 rpg) from Oral Roberts.
The Cougars opened with a similar opponent on Tuesday, rolling past East West University, 119-50. SIUE shot 58.9 percent from the floor and 36 percent from three, outrebounding EWU 50-23 and forcing 29 turnovers – scoring 31 on the fast break and 44 off turnovers. Six players went in double-figures of the 13 scoring, led by Ring and Robinson with 16 apiece. Ring had six rebounds and returner Jo Valrie topped the team with nine boards and five steals.
Up Next
Next week, UTSA will hit the road for the first time this season, heading up I-35 to San Marcos to face Texas State for the first time since 2023-24, meeting the Bobcats at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 12. The weekend will send UTSA to the Mountain Time Zone with a Nov. 15 matchup at Denver.
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