Gabriel Campos
Multimedia Journalist
Texas A&M University-San Antonio’s men’s basketball team defeated Bismarck State College 85-66 on Oct. 24 at The Den, using a 19-0 first-half run to take control of the game.
Bismarck State held its only lead at 19-17 with 12:32 left in the first half before Paul Stegmann’s 3-pointer put the Jaguars back in front 11 seconds later. After Braylen Schirado’s 3-pointer cut the Jaguars’ lead to 25-22 with 9:49 left, Bismarck State went scoreless for 6 minutes, 38 seconds. It missed nine shots and turned the ball over four times while A&M-San Antonio scored 19 straight points. Carson Brown and Felix Greif each scored 5 points during the run, and Brown’s 3-pointer made it 44-22. Jah Gulley’s free throw finally ended the drought. The Jaguars took a 49-29 lead into halftime.
Brown led A&M-San Antonio with 15 points on 7-of-14 shooting, plus 6 rebounds and 3 assists. James Livingston added 12 points, Fotis Hristopoulos scored 11 off the bench, Greif had 9 and Bella Clobes had 8.
Schirado led Bismarck State with 14 points, making 4 of 8 3-point attempts. Moustapha Diomande scored 11 off the bench and grabbed 7 rebounds. Gulley and Tristin Davis each scored 10. The Mystics shot 40.4% from the field and made 9 of 23 3-pointers but committed 16 turnovers.
Bismarck State cut the deficit to 12 points several times in the second half, most recently at 64-52 with 8:17 left. A&M-San Antonio answered with a 17-3 run to extend its lead to 81-55 with 3:43 to play, its largest of the game at 26 points. The Mystics closed on an 11-4 run to make the final score 85-66.
A&M-San Antonio will face The Master’s on the road Friday, Oct. 30, at the MacArthur Center in Santa Clarita, California.
