SAN ANTONIO – Coming off a huge road victory at Seattle U, the UTSA men’s basketball team (2-1) will host Texas State (4-0) in the Battle for I-35 and a nationally televised game on Sunday night at the Convocation Center. Both teams have seen a strong start to the 2026-27 campaign and will tip off at 7 p.m. on an ESPN2 broadcast. UTSA Athletics will have a white out in effect for the game.
On National TV and on the Web
Sunday’s rivalry matchup at the Convocation Center will air live in a nationally televised broadcast on ESPN2, featuring Lowell Galindo (play-by-play) and Paul Biancardi (analyst) on the broadcast call. In addition to the on-air broadcast, the game can also be streamed live on ESPN+.
Now in his 20th year on the call for Roadrunners basketball, the radio broadcast will appear on Sports Radio AM 760 The Ticket with Andy Everett on play-by-play alongside former UTSA coach Tim Carter as the analyst. 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.
White Out/Battle for I-36
Renewing the rivalry for the 65th time, fans are encouraged to wear white for the Battle for I-35. Can’t find your white Roadrunners gear? Come early, as the first 500 fans in attendance will receive White Out t-shirts at the fan engagement table.
Ticket Information
Single Game Tickets
Direct Link: Texas State 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.
2026-27 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.
Season tickets are on still on sale: 2026-27 Season Tickets
About the UTSA Roadrunners
Led by interim head coach Nick Bowman, the Roadrunners are off to a 2-1 start against DI foes for the first time since 2012-13, the first overall since 2022-23 and are coming off a big odds-defying win on the road over Seattle U on Wednesday. Facing a Redhawks team that had gone 15-4 at home since the beginning of last season, the Roadrunners were labeled underdogs but put four guards in double-figures in rolling to a 27-point victory. Pacing the Roadrunners with his third consecutive double-digit scoring performance, junior point guard KJ Tenner had 18 points. Meanwhile, West Seattle-raised senior Isaiah Watts had 15, junior Josiah LeGree had 15 and senior Isaiah Coleman had 14. The Roadrunners are shooting 50.8 percent from the field, 40.9 percent from three and grabbing 40.0 rebounds per game.
Tenner has been Mr. Consistent for UTSA with double-figures in each outing and a 14.3 ppg average, while also racking up a team-best 4.0 assists per game. Meanwhile, LeGree has back-to-back big games with 12.0 ppg, sparking the Roadrunners against VMI and Seattle with driving momentum-shifting dunks – including SportsCenter’s No. 3 on Wednesday’s Top Plays against the Redhawks. Coleman has shot 83.3 percent in two of the three games and averages 10.0 ppg. Everyone is responsible for hitting the boards, with Coleman pacing the squad at 3.7 rpg. The Roadrunners average 76.7 points on 45 percent shooting, leading the conference in turnover margin (6.0) thanks to an NCAA-44th 17.7 turnovers forced per outing.
About the Texas State Bobcats
Opening their first campaign in the Pac-12, the Bobcats have been on a roll in the seventh season under Terrence Johnson, opening undefeated at 4-0 for the first time since 1980, with victories over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Howard Payne, UTRGV and Southern Miss. However, three of the four were at home in San Marcos. Pacing five scorers with double-digit scoring averages, French senior forward Paul Djobet tops the TXST scorers since arriving from an All-Summit League season at Omaha, putting up 14.0 points on 61.3 percent shooting and 52.6 percent from three, while grabbing 4.5 rebounds per game. Returning forward DJ Hall was Sun Belt Freshman of the Year and is putting up 13.3 points with a team-high 6.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists. Sophomore center Robert Fields adds 10.8 points and 5.5 rebounds.
As a team, the Bobcats’ scoring numbers were a little skewed by the 69-point victory over Howard Payne, but TXST is averaging 89.8 points on 55.0 percent shooting from the field and 43.6 percent from the perimeter, snagging 36.0 rebounds and forcing 17.7 turnovers in each outing.
Series History
The second-longest UTSA series only to UT Arlington, the Roadrunners lead the overall series 37-27 and are 18-14 at home in the Convocation Center. The Bobcats have the last two series wins, but UTSA has three of the last four at home in the win column, including the Nov. 17, 2022 last meeting at the Convo. Last season in San Marcos, the Roadrunners fell behind 17 in the first half with a slow offensive start. Led by 22 points from Jamir Simpson, the Roadrunners outscored the Bobcats 43-42 in the final 20 minutes, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the deficit in the 80-69 loss at Strahan Arena. In the last win at home in 2022, UTSA led for 34 minutes and held off Texas State’s rally on the performance of Japhet Medor, who poured in 11 of the last 12 Roadrunner points for the 61-56 victory.
Up Next
After opening with two of the first four on the road, UTSA will spend the next two weeks at home, hosting Florida A&M on Nov. 18, followed by tournament games with Air Force (Nov. 21) and Army (Nov. 26) in the Military City Classic, presented by USAA.
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