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76
St. Mary's (Tex.) STMU 11-14, 3-10
88
Winner Rogers St. RSU 17-10, 6-7
St. Mary's (Tex.) STMU
11-14, 3-10
76
Final
88
Rogers St. RSU
17-10, 6-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
St. Mary's (Tex.) STMU 30 46 76
Rogers St. RSU 42 46 88

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

First-half struggles doom Men's Basketball

By Heather Kennedy | St. Mary's Athletics Communications

CLAREMORE, Okla. – The St. Mary's men's basketball team played even with Rogers State in the second half, but they couldn't overcome the 12-point deficit from the first half, falling 88-76 on Thursday evening in Claremore.

The Rattlers (11-14, 3-10 Heartland Conference) had four players score in double figures, led by senior guard Skyler Brooks (Seguin, Texas) with a game-high tying 23 points. Both senior forward Dimitri Peterson (San Antonio) and freshman guard Caleb Jordan (Midlothian, Texas) scored 13, while junior Lamont Traylor (Las Vegas, Nevada) chipped in 10 points and he led the team with five rebounds. Freshman guard Timmy Benavides (San Antonio) led with three assists and three steals, while junior Matej Gaspert (Zagreb, Croatia) had two blocked shots.

The Hillcats (17-10, 6-7 Heartland) also had a quartet score in double digits as Tavian Davis came off the bench to score 23, while starters Saint Hilaire and Tate Turner each scored 16 and Josh Joiner added 14. Hilaire led the game with seven rebounds and Davis had a club-high five assists and game-high six steals.

St. Mary's now travels to Arkansas to play at UAFS on Saturday at approximately 3 p.m. before returning home for their final home game of the year on Wednesday, Feb. 27 against DBU at 7:30 p.m.

How It Happened
Senior forward Peter Radojicic (Ljubovija, Serbia) began the game with a three-pointer and the Hillcats immediately tied it. Radojicic made one free throw and the teams traded baskets for the 6-5 StMU lead, however the Hillcats scored the next eight for the 13-6 advantage with 14:01 to play. Peterson stopped the streak with a layup, but RSU scored the next six to stretch its lead to 11, 19-8. Jordan hit a jumper and RSU answered with a three-pointer. Freshman Dylan Isenhower (Abilene, Texas) scored on a jumper and once again the Hillcats answered with a triple to extend their lead to 13 points, 25-12 with 11:37 to play. The tables flipped, RSU hit a jumper and Jordan responded with the triple, then each team scored two to keep it a 12-point game, 29-17 with 9:28 left. After an RSU layup, Benavides nailed a triple, but RSU hit one of its own to make it a 14-point game, 34-20 at the 8:01 mark. The teams exchanged baskets and then the Rattlers scored six straight to cut it to an eight-point game, 36-28. The Hillcats scored six of the final eight of the half to enter the locker room up 12, 42-30.

Rogers State scored the first four points of the second half, but the Rattlers answered with a seven-point run to cut the lead to nine, 46-37, with 16:13 left. Four different players scored during the run. After one free throw by RSU, Brooks hit a three-pointer to make it a seven-point game, 47-40. The teams went back-and-forth to 51-44 at 12:54 when RSU hit consecutive three-pointers to stretch its lead back to 13, but Brooks answered with a triple of his own and after one RSU free throw, the Rattlers sank three straight at the charity stripe so the scoreboard read 58-50 with 9:41 remaining. A traditional three-point play put the Hillcats up 11, but Brooks sank two free throws of his own to make it nine, 61-52 with 9:08 left. The Hillcats used a 16-2 run to open up a 23-point advantage with 5:29 left, 77-54, before Brooks made another layup to stop the streak. Trailing by 22, 85-63, the Rattlers went on an 11-1 run to cut the lead to 12, 86-74 with 52 ticks remaining. Traylor scored seven of the 11 points for the Blue & Gold. Each team made one more layup in the final seconds for the 88-76 final.

Individual Player Notes
  • Senior Skyler Brooks tied his season-high with 23 points, topping the 20-point milestone for the third time this year and the sixth time in his career. This is the 12th time this season he has scored in double figures.
  • Freshman Caleb Jordan has now scored in double figures in 13 consecutive games and in 22 of 25 games this season. Jordan has scored at least seven points in every contest this year.
  • Junior Lamont Traylor tied his career-high with 10 points, tying his high from Our Lady of the Lake on November 26, 2018.
  • Senior Dimitri Peterson scored in double digits for the sixth time this season and the second-straight game with his 13 points.
Team Notes
  • St. Mary's shot a season-best 58.1 percent from the field (25-for-43) for the game. The previous season high was 53.1 against Western New Mexico on December 14, 2018.
  • The Rattlers out-rebounded Rogers State 26-to-23. The Rattlers have out-rebounded seven of the last eight opponents and 20 foes this season.
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