Men's Basketball Wins Home Opener 97-78 Over Schreiner
Caleb Turner
SAN ANTONIO — St. Mary's Men's Basketball won its 2019 Home Opener 97-78 against Schreiner on Tuesday at Bill Greehey Arena.
Senior
Markques Houston lead the way for the Rattlers, scoring an efficient 22 points on 7-of-8 shooting, including 6-of-7 from three. As a team, the Rattlers made 14 of their 22 3-point attempts, and at one point in the first half were 8-of-11 distance. Junior
Kobe Magee chipped in 17 points and seven assists, while
Caleb Jordan and
Matej Gaspert added 11 and 10 points, respectively. Jordan also had five assists and five rebounds in an all-around solid performance.
St. Mary's made three-straight triples to open the game, jumping out to a quick 9-0 lead, and never looked back. The lead grew to as many as 21, 37-16, midway through the first half, but Schreiner brought it back within 12 on a 3-pointer with five seconds left to head into the break down 52-40. The Mountaineers momentarily cut the lead to single digits on another 3-pointer to open the second half, but back-to-back buckets by Magee extended the Rattler lead to double-digits permanently. St. Mary's led by 24 in the final minute, but Schreiner continued to fight to bring the final deficit to 19.
The Rattlers move to 5-2 on the season and will travel to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Saturday, December 7 before resuming Lone Star Conference play on December 12 at home against Eastern New Mexico.
