Jan. 15, 2008

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Game Information
▪ - The University of Texas-Pan American men's basketball program will match-up against Red River Conference foe-Huston-Tillotson on Wednesday (Jan. 16) at the UTPA Field house with tip-off slated for 7 p.m.

▪ - The Broncs improved to 10-10 on the season after recording a 71-63 decision against University of Texas at San Antonio on (Jan .8) at home.

▪ - This will be the sixth all-time meeting between the Broncs and the Rams with Huston-Tillotson leading the series 2-3.

▪ - Last season, the Broncs captured a dominating 102-49 victory over the Rams. In that game, Dexter Shankle finished with 15 points, including a career-high five three-pointers while Brian Burrell collected a game-high 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting, 4-of-8 from behind the arc, to go along with three rebounds, three steals and one assist in 18 minutes of action.

▪ - For the game, the Broncs shot 61.9 percent from the field compared to 37.5 for the Rams.

▪ - Faithful of the UTPA men's basketball team will have an opportunity to listen to the game courtesy of ESPN Radio 1240AM and audiosportsonline.net with Broncs' play-by-play announcer Jonah Goldberg.

Last Game - University of Texas at San Antonio
▪ - A team effort by The University of Texas-Pan American men's basketball program led to a dramatic 71-63 victory at the UTPA Field house on Tuesday evening.

▪ - With the victory, the Broncs improved their overall record to 10-10 on the season and are riding on a three-game win streak. UTSA drops to 6-7 overall and 0-6 on the road.

▪ - Three Broncs finished in double-figures and eight of the 13 players donning the Green and Orange contributed three points or more.

▪ - UTSA's Travis Gabbidon's 19 points in the first half kept the Roadrunners in striking distance as they cut the deficit to one point, 23-22 with 5:15 remaining in the first half.

▪ - Junior Emmanuel Jones connected on a jumper to put the Broncs back on top by three but a dunk by Gabbidon made it 25-24 and silenced UTPA in the final two minutes of the first half.

▪ - In the opening minutes of the second half, the Roadrunners were able to connect on several buckets to take a four point lead following a three-pointer by Joey Shank at the 17:16 mark.

▪ - UTPA was able to retake the lead after Stoll connected on his fourth three of the night, making the score 54-51 with 5:53 remaining in the game. Gaddidon continued to hit from all angles of the court as he fired his fifth three-pointer of the night, tying the game at 57-57 with 4:08 left in the game.

▪ - The Broncs finished the game shooting 48.9 percent (23-of-47) shooting, 47.8 percent (11-of-23) from behind the arc, and 70 percent (14-of-20) from the free throw line.

▪ - Stoll finished with 20 points on 6-of-10 shooting, 4-of-8 from behind the arc, and 4-of-4 from the charity stripe, to go along with six assists, three rebounds, two steals and one block in 36 minutes of action.

▪ - Zach Trader collected 14 points, a team-high six rebounds, and three assists while Puente chipped in with 12 points to go along with three assists for the Broncs.

▪ - Gibbidon was the only Roadrunner to finish in double-figures as he collected a game-high 31 points on 12-of-20 shooting, 5-of-7 from three-point range, and 2-of-5 from the free throw line, including a game-high nine rebounds and three steals.

Trio of Broncs Earn All-Tournament Team Honors
▪ - Stoll was selected to the five-man all-tournament team for his outstanding performance at the Missouri State Price Cutter Classic on Nov. 17.

▪ - The floor general finished with a shooting average of 17.5 points to go along with 7.5 assists, 2.0 assists and 3.5 rebounds in two games.

▪ - Burrell was selected to the five-man all-tournament team at the Montana State Bobcat Gran Tree Inn Classic on Dec. 1. Burrell collected a team-high 23 points on 8-of-14 shooting and 7-of-11 from behind the arc against Pepperdine on Nov. 30.

▪ - Playing in his third tournament this season, Burrell was selected to the five-man all-tournament team at the Drake Regency Challenge Classic for the second time this season.

▪ - The 6'3 senior guard collected 38 points, 13 rebounds, four assists, and four steals in his two-game tournament performance.

▪ - Nathan Hawkins collected his first piece of hardware of his Bronc career as he as was selected to the five-man Las Vegas Holiday Classic All-Tournament Team on Sunday (Dec. 23).

▪ - In his three-game performance, Hawkins collected 48 points and 17 rebounds to go along with a game-high 19 points and 10 rebounds against Bethune-Cookman (Dec. 22).

Stoll and Jones Leaders Among the Independent Standings
▪ - Senior and floor general, Paul Stoll leads the independent standings averaging 7.2 assists per game in 20 games played.

▪ - In 20 contests, Stoll has posted 15 games of five or more assists and collected 10 or more assists in five games of compeition.

▪ - Earlier this season, Stoll finished with a career-high 12 assists against University of Alabama on (Dec. 19). Stoll's also ranks in the top-10 in six of nine categories.

▪ - Since coming back from an illness, Emmanuel Jones ranks first in field goal percentage. Jones leads the league averaging 53.1 percent in 12 games played.

▪ - Jones finished with a career-high 19 points and eight rebounds against Texas State on (Jan. 5).

▪ - In his first season as a Broncs, Jones has collected 117 total points and is averaging 9.8 points and 5.0 rebounds per game.

Record Setting Five Tournaments
▪ - The Broncs will compete in five tournaments throughout the 2007-08 season. UTPA will make its first stop in Springfield, MO, where the Broncs will sqaure-off against UNC-Greensboro in the first round of the two-day affair.

▪ - UTPA will next travel to the Missouri State University Tournament where they will match-up against West Coast Conference-foe Pepperdine, Montana State, Alcorn State and Western Illinois in the three-day event.

▪ - The Broncs will then set their sights on a tournament championship at the Drake University Tournament in Des Moines, IA, followed by the most spectacular highlight of the season for the Broncs as they will be a part of the Las Vegas Classic for a quartet of games.

▪ - To close out the calendar year, the Broncs will travel to the UCF Holiday Tournament for the second straight season where UTPA advanced to the championship game during the 2006-07 campaign.

▪ - The Broncs will hit the floor against Long Island University in the first round of the tournament before facing off against either University of Central Florida or New Jersey Institute of Technology on the final day of action.

UTPA Adds Hawkins, Nephew of Former NBA Hall of Fame Player
▪ - The basketball gene pool runs deep in the Hawkins' family as his father (Robert) played in the NBA for the Golden State Warriors and his brother (Robert) played his collegiate basketball at St. Mary's University.

▪ - Hawkins is the nephew of NBA Hall of Fame standout George Gervin as well as cousin of former NBA player Derrick Gervin.

▪ - San Antonio, TX product, Hawkins was a standout at Sandra Day O'Connor High School where he was a first team all-region and first team All-District 28-5A selection during his senior campaign.

▪ - Hawkins attended The Lawrenceville Prep School where he was selected as the number-four post guard by New Jersey Hoops. Averaged 14.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game en route to earning Most Valuable Player honors.

Trip to Far East One of Success
▪ - The Broncs floor general returns for his final season after spending the month of June playing Internationaly in China. Stoll made the trip to the Far East with the Sports Reach Program where he played against members of the CBA Top Division.

▪ - Making his first start for the Crusaders, Stoll had the second-highest point total on the squad with 15 points. The UTPA senior put on a deep-range shooting clinic as he went 5-for-7 from the field, including 5-for-6 from behind the arc while recording a team high four steals in the contest.

▪ - Stoll let his teammates do the talking for him offensively in the team's third game as the Crusader's had five players scoring in double figures to earn the 89-61 victory over the Tigers. The UTPA floor general recorded seven assists while only turning over the ball on just one occasion to go along with seven steals in the contest

▪ - The UTPA point guard was the only player on the Crusaders' squad that was not a member of a program affiliated with the SEC.

Trader Brothers Take The Court This Season
▪ - For the first time in family history Zach and Jacob Trader will be teaming up to dominate the inside post positions. This will be the first time the two brothers have ever played on a team together and this also marks the first time in UTPA men's basketball history.

▪ - As an experienced college standout Zach Trader will be looking to lead by example for his team as well as his brother. Trader concluded his junior campaign averaging a career-high 7.9 points per game to go along with 2.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.

▪ - After red-shirting the 06-07 season, Jacob Trader will be looking to his senior, older brother for guidance in his first year of Division I collegiate basketball.

Scouting the Opponent - Huston-Tillotson
▪ - The Rams enter the UTPA Field house with a 2-11 overall record, collecting both wins on the road.

▪ - Huston-Tillotson has three players averaging 10 or more points per game. K.C Asomugha and Robert Hollins led the team in scoring with 11.5 points per game.

▪ - The Rams are coming off a 82-66 victory over Bacone College where James Black scored a career-high 33 points on 12-of-22 shooting, 8-of-16 from three-point range and 1-of-2 from behind the arc.

▪ - Asomugha finished one rebound away from a double-double, scoring 15 points and hauling in nine boards.

▪ - Huston-Tillotson had three players score in double-figures and finished the game shooting 43.7 percent.

▪ - The Rams suffered two losses in overtime coming against Xavier University and Concordia University.

▪ - With the win, the Rams picked up their first Red River Athletic Conference win of the season, moving to 1-2 in the RRAC standings.

▪ - Last season, the Rams finished 7-24 overall including a 7-11 conference record.

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