ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Kevin Butler scored a season-high 21 points, including four 3-pointers, to lead Texas-Arlington to an easy 75-50 victory over cold-shooting Texas State on Thursday night.
Karol Gruszecki added 13 points for the Mavericks (11-9, 6-5 Western Athletic), and Brandon Edwards and Jordan Reves combined to pull down 21 rebounds. Texas-Arlington shot just 39 percent of the floor but was 9 of 18 from 3-point range and held a 49-36 rebounding edge.
Reid Koenen had 12 points for the Bobcats (7-17, 3-9). Texas State made just 12 field goals and shot 23 percent against the Mavericks, who came in allowing the ninth-lowest shooting percentage (37.1) in Division I.
Texas-Arlington led just 31-26 at halftime but opened the second half on a 14-5 run and wasn't threatened again.
Mavericks coach Scott Cross published an open letter Wednesday imploring students to show their support at Texas-Arlington's upcoming home games. Thursday's attendance was 2,053.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas State-San Marcos (7-17) | 26 | 23 | 49 |
| Texas-Arlington (11-9) « | 31 | 44 | 75 |
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| Texas State-San Marcos Bobcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Staff, F | 26 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| J. Wright, F | 20 | 1-3 | 5-6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| P. Hawkins, G | 27 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| R. Dorsey, G | 15 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Jones, G | 7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Koenen | 30 | 3-11 | 4-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| W. Davis | 26 | 2-10 | 2-4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| C. Stern | 21 | 2-2 | 4-5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| B. Brown | 16 | 0-5 | 5-8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| V. Jones | 12 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | 12-53 | 23-34 | 36 | 5 | 19 | 50 | |
| 22.6% | 67.6% | ||||||
| Texas-Arlington Mavericks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Edwards, F | 26 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| K. Butler, F | 23 | 7-14 | 3-4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 |
| G. Gainey, F | 18 | 2-4 | 5-5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| C. Catlett, G | 27 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| S. White-Miller, G | 22 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Reves | 21 | 3-8 | 1-1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| D. Charles | 19 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| K. Gruszecki | 18 | 2-5 | 7-8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| J. Outler | 17 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| L. Davis | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. McElvain | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| D. Rodgers | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-59 | 20-26 | 49 | 15 | 30 | 75 | |
| 39% | 76.9% | ||||||
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