Feb. 25, 2008

Final Stats

St. Mary's defeated Texas A&M International University 70-59 in Heartland Conference action on Monday night at Bill Greehey Arena in San Antonio. The result extends the Rattler winning streak to 20 games.

St. Mary's (21-4, 12-0 Heartland) led 26-21 at the 5:19 mark of the first half before finishing with a 16-4 run to take a 42-25 halftime lead.

TAMIU (7-17, 3-9) fought back throughout the second half, cutting the Rattler lead to 59-56 on a three-pointer by Mary Tobias at the 3:58 mark. The Rattlers would secure the win by going on an 11-0 run with before the Dustdevils scored again, on a Jasmine June layup with 22 seconds remaining.

Tobias led the Dustdevils with 15 points. June contributed 10 points and Krystal Benson-Cooper finished with eight points and eight rebounds.

TAMIU will close out the season with home games against Panhandle State on Thursday and UT-Permian Basin on Saturday. Thursday's game against the Aggies will tip-off at 5:30 p.m. at the Kinesiology & Convocation Building.