Thursday, January 5 • Dallas • Burg Center
St. Mary's (6-5, 3-3) at DBU (9-5, 4-2) • 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 7 • Tyler • Louise Herrington Patriot Center
St. Mary's at UT Tyler (6-4, 2-4) • 3 p.m.
Opening Tip
• St. Mary's begins a four-game road trip with a pair of Patriots, playing at DBU on Thursday and at UT Tyler on Saturday.
• St. Mary's leads the Lone Star Conference and ranks eighth in the NCAA with 14.36 offensive rebounds per game. In three of the last four games, the Rattlers have had 20 or more on the offensive glass and against Texas A&M International, the team had more offensive than defensive rebounds.
• Senior Emmanuel Ewuzie blocked a career-high four shots against Texas A&M International, bringing his career total to 72 and moving him into fourth all-time. He passes Ashley Jalufka (1999-2001) and Ben McCain (2013-2014) who each swatted 71 in their careers.
• Senior guard Caleb Jordan is now just four assist shy of 300 for his career and eight away from appearing in the St. Mary's top-10. Jai Mahone (1981-83) currently holds down the 10th spot on the career list with 304.
• Junior Jalon Johnson is fitting right into the Rattlers system and currently ranks sixth in the Lone Star statistics in both assists per game (3.5) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.84). He also posted a career-high 18 points against Kingsville last week.
• All 13 players who have attempted a three-pointer this season have made at least one, breaking the Rattler record for most players sinking a triple in one season. In 2020-21, 12 different players made one, while in 2001-02 all 11 players who saw action drained one or more.
• St. Mary's has made at least three three-pointers in 75 straight games and one or more in 145 consecutive games, dating back to Jan. 14, 2017. This season, the Rattlers are averaging 6.73 triples per game.
• Senior Caleb Jordan is second all-time in StMU history with 350 free throws made and six shy of the record of 356 by Anthony Houston (1986-89).
