March 4, 2005
Box Score
SAN MARCOS, Texas - Senior Ashley McGruder scored all seven overtime points in leading Texas State to the 61-58 win over UT-San Antonio on senior night in Strahan Coliseum.
Coupled with Northwestern State's loss to McNeese State, the win gives the Bobcats sole ownership of third place in the Southland Conference. Texas State will play host to McNeese in the first round of the O'Reilly Auto Parts/Southland Conference Tournament Monday night.
Junior forward Tamara Thompson scored 11 points for the Bobcats and recorded her first double-double of the season with 15 boards.
Texas State started the game leading UT-San Antonio, 6-3. The Roadrunners went on a 9-2 run to lead the Bobcats 12-8 with 12 minutes left in the first half. Ashley Riley tied the game at 14 after a lay-up with 5:40 to play in the first half.
Both teams exchanged buckets the rest of the way with Richelle Parks converting on a lay-up with 50 seconds left to give the Roadrunners a 22-21 lead, which they would take into the locker room at the half.
The start of the second half went much like the first as the two teams exchanged buckets until UTSA's Terrie Davis hit back-to-back three pointers to give the Roadrunners a 35-30 lead. McGruder sparked a 14-7 run by the Bobcats to regain the lead at 44-42 with 7:47 to play, a lead the Bobcats would never relinquish.
The Bobcats led 54-49 with 3:26 left to play when Lyndsey Greer scored back-to-back lay-ups to bring the Roadrunners with in one. Kim Reed scored a single free throw with 1:50 left on the clock, but neither team would score the rest of the way as the two teams were tied at 54 at the end of regulation.
In overtime, McGruder made two jumpers before heading to the line for three more points.
Four Bobcats scored in double figures. McGruder joined Thompson with 11 points on the night, four rebounds, and three steals. Freshman Jeana Hoffman led the Bobcats with 13 points, going 3-8 (.375) from beyond the arch. Ashley Riley contributed a season high 12 points from the bench.
Texas State shot 33 percent from the floor and 86 percent from the charity stripe. UT-San Antonio shot 38 percent from the floor and the free throw line.
Davis led UTSA with 20 points, hitting four of seven from long range.
