In the UTSA Convocation Center, Ray Selvage and Rapheal Posey scored 14 and 13 points, respectively, to lead the Roadrunners (2-0). Abram Donlon added 10 points and nine rebounds.
Selvage also grabbed eight rebounds as the Roadrunners used their team height advantage to out-rebound the Bulldogs 47-37.
Texas Lutheran (1-1) received a team-high 13 points and three rebounds from senior shooting guard Nik Summers. Summers was 5-for-10 from the field and 3-of-6 from the three-point line.
Senior post Tommy Stolhandske had 11 points and 12 rebounds, but he was just 3-for-15 from the field. Stolhandske also had three assists and was 5-for-6 from the foul line.
Junior wing Will Hudson and sophomore post Jerrod Carpenter were held to a combined 10 points. Hudson missed eight of his 10 shots, and Carpenter was 2-for-11.
Mike Ekanem had a strong night off the bench for TLU. The senior guard chipped in nine points and eight rebounds.
UTSA led by 10 at the half and quickly jumped to a 22-point lead seven minutes into the second half. Adam McCoy’s three at the 12:57 mark gave UTSA a 48-26 advantage.
But the Bulldogs clawed back, cutting the Roadrunners’ lead back to 13 with 9:37 to play after a jumper by Carpenter.
Turnovers by TLU in the last five minutes allowed UTSA to stretch the lead back to 24.
Texas Lutheran returns to NCAA Division III competition this weekend with its American Southwest Conference opener against East Texas Baptist. The men’s game tips off at 3 p.m. in TLU’s Memorial Gymnasium. The TLU women start the basketball doubleheader with a 1 p.m. game against the ETBU Lady Tigers.
Newspaper Box Score Texas Lutheran vs Texas-San Antonio 11/24/04 7 p.m. at San Antonio, Texas At San Antonio, Texas TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO 69, TEXAS LUTHERAN 45 TEXAS LUTHERAN (1-2) Nik Summers 5-10 0-0 13; Tommy Stolhandske 3-15 5-6 11; Mike Ekanem 3-5 1-2 9; Will Hudson 2-10 0-2 6; Jerrod Carpenter 2-11 0-1 4; Matt Nelson 1-3 0-0 2; Matt Frye 0-0 0-0 0; Curtis Galvin 0-0 0-0 0; Kevin Glienke 0-2 0-0 0; Hunter Holsonback 0-0 0-0 0; Billy Williams 0-0 0-0 0; Jason Morales 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-56 6-11 45. TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO (2-0) Selvage, Ray 5-10 4-6 14; Posey, Rapheal 6-15 0-0 13; Donlon, Abram 4-7 2-3 10; McCoy, Adam 3-6 0-0 9; Millsap, John 3-7 1-4 7; Attaway, Kurt 2-5 2-3 7; President, David 2-7 0-0 4; Fuqua, Anthony 1-1 1-3 3; Owens, Andre 1-2 0-0 2; Rodgers, Roderick 0-0 0-0 0; Hall, Dwain 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-60 10-19 69. Texas Lutheran................ 24 21 - 45 Texas-San Antonio............. 34 35 - 69 3-point goals-Texas Lutheran 7-22 (Nik Summers 3-6; Mike Ekanem 2-4; Will Hudson 2-7; Kevin Glienke 0-1; Tommy Stolhandske 0-4), Texas-San Antonio 5-13 (McCoy, Adam 3-3; Attaway, Kurt 1-3; Posey, Rapheal 1-6; President, David 0-1). Fouled out--Texas Lutheran-None, Texas-San Antonio-None. Rebounds-Texas Lutheran 37 (Tommy Stolhandske 12), Texas-San Antonio 47 (Donlon, Abram 9). Assists-Texas Lutheran 10 (Jason Morales 3; Tommy Stolhandske 3), Texas-San Antonio 15 (President, David 4). Total fouls-Texas Lutheran 18, Texas-San Antonio 14. A-1073