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A.J. McGlown
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66
St. Mary's (Texas) STMU 4-2
77
Winner Midwestern State MSU 6-1
St. Mary's (Texas) STMU
4-2
66
Final
77
Midwestern State MSU
6-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
St. Mary's (Texas) STMU 31 35 66
Midwestern State MSU 34 43 77

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | RattlerAthletics.com

Rattlers' outside shooting not enough as #11 MSU prevails late

By Chad Peters | St. Mary's Athletics Communications

WICHITA FALLS, Texas — St. Mary's Men's Basketball pushed No. 11-ranked Midwestern State to the brink in a 77-66 road loss Tuesday evening.
 
A Trey Hall 3-pointer gave the Rattlers a 54-51 lead with 10:20 remaining, but the Mustangs answered with an impressive 14-2 run that erased any thought of an upset.
 
Skyler Brooks scored a career-high 20 points — 17 of which came in the second half — to lead all scorers. Brooks was 7 of 14 from the floor and 6 of 9 from 3-point range, falling just one 3-pointer away from tying the modern-day single-game school record. Kriston Minor added 19 points in defeat.
 
St. Mary's (4-2) attempted to put a late scare in the Mustangs, as a Hall steal led to a Minor fastbreak layup that sliced the one-time nine-point deficit to six, 69-63, with 1:01 remaining.
 
But the Mustangs sealed the deal by going 4 of 5 at the foul line over the final minute as the Rattlers tried to extend the game.
 
Three Mustangs reached double figures, led by Bretson McNeal's 15 points.
 
St. Mary's overcame a pedestrian 34.3-percent shooting percentage (23 of 67) by firing 11 3-pointers in 29 attempts. Brooks and Minor accounted for 10 of them, while Hall represented the other.
 
The Rattlers' perimeter defense was equally stellar, limiting the Mustangs to 3-of-13 shooting.
 
MSU made its mark in the paint, however, winning the battle down low 42-20 and getting to the free-throw line with regularity, finishing 24 of 32 at the stripe.
 
St. Mary's will be back in action Friday when it hosts Eastern New Mexico at 7:30 p.m. at Bill Greehey Arena.  
 
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