Men's Basketball drops exhibition opener vs. D-I TAMU-Corpus Christi

By Chad Peters | St. Mary's Athletics Communications

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — St. Mary's Men's Basketball opened up the 2015-16 season with an exhibition game against Division I Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, falling 94-63 Saturday night.

Ed Seay had a team-high 16 points in his Rattler debut, while Kriston Minor added 14 on 5-of-12 shooting. Isaiah Parros, also a newcomer, had 10 points off the bench.

Point guard Bryce Smith had a team-best four assists, while newcomer Trey Hall led all Rattlers with five rebounds.

St. Mary's was outshot 54-to-40 percent, and outrebounded 31-26.

After getting outscored 53-24 in the first half, St. Mary's battled back in the second, losing the half 41-39.

St. Mary's will open the regular season at Colorado Mines on Friday, Nov. 13 in the Heartland-RMAC Shootout. Tipoff is scheduled for 9 p.m. (CT).

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Players Mentioned

#15 Kriston Minor: G; 6' 1"; Senior

#12 Bryce Smith: G; 5' 11"; Redshirt Senior

#25 Trey Hall: PG; 6' 4"; Junior

#45 Ed Seay: F; 6' 8"; Junior

#20 Isaiah Parros: G; 6' 5"; Junior

Players Mentioned

#15 Kriston Minor
: 6' 1"; Senior
: G

#12 Bryce Smith
: 5' 11"; Redshirt Senior
: G

#25 Trey Hall
: 6' 4"; Junior
: PG

#45 Ed Seay
: 6' 8"; Junior
: F

#20 Isaiah Parros
: 6' 5"; Junior
: G