Jan. 3, 2009

Final Stats

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San Marcos, Texas- - Senior Brandon Bush and Brent Benson combined for 34 points and the Texas State men's basketball team overcame a slow start and opened 2009 with a 98-57 victory over Schreiner University Saturday afternoon.

The Bobcats opened the game hitting six of their first 19 shots from the field, including two-of-six behind three-point line, and led 16-9 after the first eight minutes of the game.

Texas State held a 24-16 lead before closing the first half with an 18-9 run to take a 42-25 lead at halftime. Jonathan Sloan scored six points to lead the Bobcats during the late first half run, while Bush and Cameron Johnson added four points each. John Bowman closed the scoring with a slam dunk.

Bowman's slam dunk woke up the sluggish Bobcats as Texas State opened the second half outscoring Schreiner 33-9 in the first 8:20 of the period. Benson scored 12 of his 16 points during that run and Bush added eight points and Cameron Johnson tallied six more points in the run.

Texas State cruised the rest of the way as Bush finished with a game high 18 points and eight rebounds. As mentioned before, Benson finished with 16 points while Johnson netted 11 and Dylan Moseley scored a season-best 10 points off the bench.

Ty Gough and Emmanuel Bidias A' Moute scored eight points each, and Gough grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds. Jonathan Sloan finished with seven points and five rebounds, while John Rybak and Bowman netted five points each. Corey Jefferson also scored five points to go along with his game-high seven assists. Rybak and Jefferson led the Bobcats with three steals. The victory evened Texas State's overall record to 6-6 this season and the victory was the 100th career victory for Bobcat head coach Doug Davalos.

Schreiner fell to 1-9 this season as Ralph Turner, Chris Jones-Coyners and Riley Battle each scored 12 points to lead the Mountaineers.

Texas State returns to action this Tuesday night when the Bobcats play host to Northern Colorado at 7:00 p.m. in Strahan Coliseum. The two teams played in Greeley, Colo., earlier this season with the Bears prevailing 105-93.

The Bobcats open their Southland Conference schedule against defending SLC Tournament champion UT-Arlington on Saturday, Jan. 10, at 4:00 p.m.