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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Demarco Stepter scored nine of his team-high 15 points in the first half and UTSA went 7-for-11 from the 3-point range in the first half as it held on and defeated Southeastern Louisiana, 64-57, in a Southland Conference game Saturday at the UTSA Convocation Center.
Terry Fields added 14 points and Melvin Johnson 10 as UTSA (13-8, 3-5 SLC) snapped a five-game losing streak. Southeastern, which had its three-game winning streak snapped, fell to 13-9 overall and 5-4 in league play.
Southeastern trailed 13-12 on a jumper by Jason Marks with 14:22 remaining in the first half before UTSA used a 7-0 run to pull away. Fields scored on a jumper in the lane before Morris Smith IV hit a 3-pointer and Stepter added a bucket for a 20-12 lead.
The Lions got as close as six points in the first half, the last coming on a Marks’ basket with 29 seconds remaining, but Johnson capped a torrid first-half for the Roadrunners when he drained a 30-foot bucket with the shot clock winding down.
Southeastern, which finished 2-for-17 from behind the 3-point line, closed the gap to 49-45 on a layup by Brandon Fortenberry, but UTSA stretched its lead to 55-45 on buckets by Josh Bonney, Devin Gibson and Fields.
Patrick Sullivan led all players with 19 points while Marks added a season-high 13 with six rebounds. Southeastern was held to 23-for-53 from the floor and was outrebounded, 36-26.
Southeastern will return to action on Saturday when it plays host to in-state rival Nicholls State in a 3 p.m. contest at the University Center.
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA (13-9, 5-4 SLC)
Sullivan 7-12 5-5 19; Marks 6-6 1-2 13; Jones 3-6 0-1 7; Patterson 3-8 0-0 6; Fortenberry 2-6 0-0 5; Tibbs 1-4 1-2 3; Hutchin 0-7 2-2 2; Ndoumba 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 23-53 9-12 57.
UTSA (13-8, 3-5 SLC)
Stepter 6-7 2-2 15; Fields 5-11 4-6 14; M. Johnson III 3-9 1-2 10; Gibson 2-9 4-4 9; Smith IV 3-6 0-0 8; O. Johnson 2-6 2-2 6; Bonney 1-3 0-0 2; Jackson 0-0 0-0 0; Frohlich 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-51 13-16 64.
Halftime – UTSA 37, SLU 28. 3-point goals – SLU 2-17 (Jones 1-3; Fortenberry 1-5; Patterson 0-2; Tibbs 0-1; Hutchin 0-6), UTSA 7-15 (M. Johnson III 3-8; Smith IV 2-3; Gibson 1-2; Stepter 1-1; O. Johnson 0-1). Fouled out - None. Rebounds – SLU 26 (Marks 6), UTSA 36 (Gibson 8). Assists – SLU 11 (Patterson 4), UTSA 11 (Fields 4). Total fouls – SLU 19, UTSA 14. Technical fouls - None. A – 1,265.