210GAMEDAY.COM | SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
Bailey has 13 hits and 10 RBIs and has scored nine runs through the Roadrunners’ first two series of the season. He hit home runs in back-to-back road games games against Sam Houston in UTSA’s opening series.
Reece Easterling pitched the first six innings for UTSA to earn his first win of the season. He allowed one run on three hits with four strikeouts and one walk.
Shull and Rock both homered in the six inning. Joshua Lamb had three hits and four RBIs. Jonathan Tapia had three hits and scored twice.
UTSA won three of the four games over the weekend to run its season record to 5-2.
UTSA’s Shane Daughety pitched a shutout and Dylan Rock, Ian Bailey and Austin Ochoa had key at-bats as the Roadrunners beat UT-Arlington 3-0 in 7 innings in the first game.
UT-Arlington won the second game 2-1.
UTSA starting pitcher Luke Malone went seven innings and allowed one run on four hits with six strikeouts and no walks to get the win.
Roadrunners leadoff batter Griffin Paxton led the offense with three hits, three RBIs and two runs.
UTSA BATTING ORDER:
UTSA won both of its back-to-back Conference USA games against Southern Miss on Friday and Saturday at the Convocation Center.
After the UTSA men’s basketball team lost five of its first six conference games, Roadrunners coach Steve Henson made the change to a bigger lineup on Friday, inserting Adrian Rodriguez into the starting five.
The Roadrunners responded by beating Southern Miss 70-64. Jhivvan Jackson led UTSA with 25 points, Keaton Wallace had 18, Jacob Germany had 11 points, 11 rebounds and 5 blocks, Eric Parrish had 8 points and Jordan Ivy-Curry had 8.
UTSA finished the sweep with a 78-72 victory over Southern Miss on Saturday. Jackson led UTSA with 24 points. Ivy-Curry had 14 points off the bench. Germany had 13 points, eight rebounds and two blocks and Wallace had 12 points.
The 6-foot senior guard from Puerto Rico leads UTSA in scoring this season with 16.3 points per game.
Barring something unexpected, Jackson has nine home games remaining in his UTSA career. UTSA plays North Texas in a Conference USA back-to-back at home at the Convocation Center tonight and tomorrow – Friday, Jan. 8, at 6 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 9, at 3 p.m.
He played in high school at Montverde Academy near Orlando, Fla. Montverde Academy produced NBA players R.J. Barrett, Ben Simmons and D’Angelo Russell.
Bofinger saw playing time in UTSA’s first four games of the season. He had six points and two rebounds in the season opener, a 97-71 victory over UT Permian Basin.
The 6-foot-2 freshman guard from La Marque recorded six points and six rebounds in 17 minutes in his first college game. One night later, he scored 12 points in an 81-64 UTSA loss to UT Rio Grande Valley.
Ivy-Curry averaged 31.5 points 6.9 assists and 5.9 rebounds as a senior last season at La Marque and earned All-Greater Houston first-team honors.
Parrish had a team-high 20 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the field including 2-of-4 on 3-pointers and made 4-of-6 free throws. He recorded four rebounds, four-steals, two assists and a block.
The 6-foot-6 guard/forward from Cypress in the Houston area is a junior transfer from Nevada, where he did not play.
Parrish played his sophomore season at Bossier Parrish Community College in Louisiana, where he averaged 18.4 points. He played at Akron as a freshman and averaged 8.9 points.
Adryana Quezada led UTSA with 13 points and Yuliyana Valcheva had 12.
Amara Graham led UT Rio Grande Valley with 26 on 10-of-18 shooting.
UT Rio Grande Valley outscored UTSA 19-10 in the second quarter and 18-13 in the fourth quarter.
Former local high school players Sydney Cajero from Steele and Tiffany McGarity from Judson scored 4 points each for UT Rio Grande Valley.
UTSA (1-1) plays its next game on the road Thursday across town at Incarnate Word.
