LAS VEGAS (AP) - Jeromie Hill had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead UTSA to a 67-49 win over San Jose State in the first round of the Western Athletic Conference tournament Tuesday night.
Kannon Burrage scored 20 points for the ninth-seeded Roadrunners (9-21). Hill was 8 of 15 from the field for the game, and Burrage was 8 of 14. Edrico McGregor added 14 points, and Michael Hale III had 10 points and five assists.
UTSA led 28-16 at halftime and never trailed. Both teams had 13 turnovers and UTSA only outrebounded the Spartans 37-36. But the Roadrunners shot 50 percent from the field for the game, while the Spartans shot 32 percent.
LaVanne Pennington had 21 points for the No. 8 seed Spartans (9-20). Chris Cunningham had 12 points and a team-high nine rebounds.
UTSA moves on to play top-seed Louisiana Tech in the Western Athletic Conference quarterfinals on Thursday.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Texas-San Antonio (9-21) « | 28 | 39 | 67 |
| San Jose State (9-20) | 16 | 33 | 49 |
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| Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Hill, F | 37 | 8-15 | 5-5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 21 |
| J. Sims, F | 35 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| L. Wilkins, C | 16 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| M. Hale III, G | 39 | 4-13 | 1-3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| K. Burrage, G | 36 | 8-14 | 4-5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. McGregor | 24 | 7-7 | 0-1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| H. Thomas | 13 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Totals | 28-56 | 10-14 | 37 | 13 | 19 | 67 | |
| 50% | 71.4% | ||||||
| San Jose State Spartans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Cunningham, F | 34 | 3-4 | 6-6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| L. Garrett, F | 28 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Andoh, F | 16 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| D. Brown, G | 39 | 1-8 | 1-2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| L. Pennington, G | 33 | 9-21 | 2-3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Moor | 18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Williams | 18 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| S. Smith | 14 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| M. VanKirk | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-56 | 11-17 | 36 | 5 | 19 | 49 | |
| 32.1% | 64.7% | ||||||
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