SAN MARCOS, Texas – This weekend will see the Texas State men's basketball team (2-2) play in the Myrtle Beach Invitational that will be held at the HTC on the campus of Coastal Carolina. First up for the Bobcats will be Bradley (3-1) for a 4:30 p.m. contest.
 
Fans can catch all three of Texas State's games on an ESPN network beginning with an ESPNU broadcast on Thursday. The contests will also be broadcast on the Varsity Sports Network and live stats will also be available.
 
About Texas State
The Bobcats enter the weekend on a two-game skid after falling by 12 at Abilene Christian on Saturday. Joshua O'Garro led the way with his first career double-double of 23 points and 11 rebounds, both of which were career highs. The only other player to reach double figures in the game was Kaden Gumbs with 16 points.
 
Gumbs leads the team offensively with 17.0 points per game while grabbing 3.5 rebounds per contest and recording 10 assists and five steals. He is one of five Bobcats that are averaging double-digits scoring this season. O'Garro comes in at 13.8 ppg and has a team-high 7.5 rpg and seven steals. Drue Drinnon is putting up 11.0 ppg behind a team leading 10 made three-pointers. Both Dylan Dawson and Tylan Pope are netting 10.3 ppg.
 
About Bradley
The Braves enter the tournament on a two-game winning streak after beating Northern Illinois and UTSA. Their lone loss came in their only road game of the season so far at Washington State.
 
Darius Hannah comes in with a team-high 13.8 ppg on 71.0% shooting and right behind him is Duke Deen at 13.5 ppg while also dishing out a team best 4.0 apg. Adding 12.0 ppg is Zek Montgomery. The duo of Ahmet Jonovic (5.0) and Christian Davis (5.8) are grabbing at least five rebounds a contest.
 
Series History
Thursday will be the first-ever meeting between the programs. Texas State is 0-3 all-time against current members of the Missouri Valley Conference with a loss to Drake and two setbacks to Missouri State.
 
MBI Opponents
Of the seven other teams in the Myrtle Beach Invitational, the Bobcats have only faced one before with that being Portland. TXST has a 2-1 lead in the all-time series with the Pilots as the last meeting came in the Portland Classic in 2019 that the Bobcats won 91-68 behind 33 points form Nijal Pearson.
 
If Texas State faces Princeton on Friday, it would be the first time that the Bobcats have ever faced an Ivy League opponent.
 
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