Road win for Falcons
SAN ANTONIO Avalon Munoz scored a team-high 19 points in a return to her hometown to lead the UTPB women’s basketball team to a 74-60 victory against St. Mary’s in Lone Star Conference play Saturday at Bill Greehey Arena.
Morgan Helgesen finished with 14 points, Makayla Bingley chipped in 12 and Alexus Quaadman added 11 points and 10 rebounds for her fourth consecutive double-double.
UTPB improved to 9-10 overall, 6-7 in conference.
Gabby Elliott scored a game-high 15 points to lead the Rattlers (6-12, 2-10), with Ariah Powell finishing with 10 in the loss.
UTPB 74, St. Mary’s 60
Saturday, Bill Greehey Arena, San Antonio
UTPB (9-10 overall, 6-7 Lone Star)
Morgan Helgesen 5-13 2-3 14, Makayla Bingley 4-10 0-0 12, Alexus Quaadman 3-5 5-7 11, Avalon Munoz 6-11 6-10 19, Diavian Spencer 1-5 00 3, Khiara Flugence 2-3 0-0 4, Kamari Portalis 2-4 0-1 4, Holly Hemmeline 3-8 0-0 7, Ally Haman 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-59 13-21 74.
ST. MARY’S (6-12, 2-10)
Ntalia Ryng 2-4 4-5 9, Gabby Ellliott 6-10 3-3 15, Tonia Bilic 12 0-0 2, Teanna Huggins 2-2 3-4 7, Briley Perkins 1-5 1-2 4, Jaedyn Dunn 1-6 1-2 3, Faith Phillips 1-3 0-0 3, Bella Hughes 1-5 0-0 3, Reyelle Frazier 0-0 0-0 0, Ariah Powell 3-8 3-4 10, Kayla Braxton-Young 1-2 2-4 4. Totals 19-47 17-24 60.
UTPB…………………. 22 — 20 — 16 — 16 — 74
St. Mary’s………………….. 16 — 15 — 21 — 8 — 60
3-Point goals — UTPB 9-29 (Helgesen 2-8, Bingley 4-8, Munoz 1-2, Spencer 1-4, Portalis 0-2, Hemmeline 1-5), St. Mary’s 5-22 (Ryng 1-1, Elliott 0-1, Bilic 0-1, Perkins 1-4, Dunn 0-3, Phillips 1-1, Hughes 1-5, Powell 1-5, Braxton-Young 0-1). Total fouls — UTPB 24, St. Mary’s 20. Fouled out — UTPB (Portalis), St. Mary’s (Dunn). Technical fouls — None. Rebounds — UTPB 31 (Quaadman 10), St. Mary’s 35 (Elliott 11). Assists — UTPB 16 (Helgesen 4), St. Mary’s 12 (Huggins 5).
Tough finish
SAN ANTONIO The UTPB men’s basketball team struggled offensively, resulting in a 69-59 loss against St. Mary’s in a Lone Star Conference game Saturday at Bill Greehey Arena.
Ryan Leonard scored a game-high 23 points for the Rattlers (9-8 overall, 6-6 in conference), with Caleb Jordan adding 19 and Emmanuel Ewuzie 14 to the victory.
Jalen King and Azariah Seay each had 18 points to lead the Falcons (10-11, 4-8).
UTPB was averaging 73 points per game entering the contest.
St. Mary’s 69, UTPB 59
Saturday, Bill Greehey Arena, San Antonio
UTPB (10-11 overall, 4-8 Lone Star)
Max Warren 0-0 0-0 0, Jalen King 5-8 8-11 18, DaJuan Jones 2-6 2-2 6, Azariah Seay 5-12 6-6 18, Keyon Craddock 3-11 0-1 6, Lino Manhom 2-4 0-0 4, Alvarez Powell 1-2 0-1 2, Daniel Moody 1-3 0-0 3, D’Mari Wiltz 0-0 0-0 0, Nathaniel Powell . Totals 19-47 18-25 59.
ST. MARY’S (9-8, 6-6)
Tyler Caron 0-1 0-0 0, Emmanuel Ewuzie 4-6 6-8 14, Caleb Jordan 4-9 9-10 19, Jalon Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, ryan Leonard 8-10 202 23, Mamady Djikine 1-5 5-12 7, Edward Manuel 1-2 0-0 2, Lovre Zaja 1-2 0-0 2, Zach shugars 0-2 0-0 0, Jaron Presley 1-1 0-0 2, Jadon Moore 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-40 22-32 69.
Halftime — UTPB 32, St. Mary’s 31. 3-Point goals — UTPB 3-17 (Jones 0-2, Seay 2-6, Craddock 0-6, Moody 1-3), St. Mary’s 7-16 (Caron 0-1, Jordan 2-4, Johson 0-1, Leonard 5-7, Zaja 0-1, Shugars 0-2). Total fouls — UTPB 22, St.Mary’s 21. Fouled out — None. Technical fouls — None. Rebounds — UTPB 27 (King 6), St. Mary’s 33 (Ewuzie 7). Assists — UTPB 12 (Jones 3, Craddock 3), St Mary’s 16 (Johnson 5).
