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03/14 23:10 CDT Hardaway, Rowe set pace as UTSA defense swarms in 54-40 win
over Rice for American Conference title
Hardaway, Rowe set pace as UTSA defense swarms in 54-40 win over Rice for
American Conference title
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) --- Ereauna Hardaway and Cheyenne Rowe each scored 13
points and UTSA held Rice to a season-low score beating the Owls 54-40 on
Saturday in the American Conference title game on Saturday.
Idara Udo added 11 points for No. 6 seed UTSA (18-15) which clinched its first
championship --- and NCAA Tournament berth ---since joining the American.
Hailey Adams was the only player for top-seeded Rice (28-5) in double figures
with 12 points.
UTSA led 20-13 at halftime as the two squads recorded the lowest scoring half
in the history of American Conference tournament play. The Owls drew within
24-20 to start the third quarter, but UTSA went on a 10-0 run in which Udo
scored half the points and the Roadrunners stayed up by double digits for the
remainder. Damara Allen's basket with 5:04 left made it 48-30.
Rice's only regular season conference defeat occurred when it hosted UTSA in a
61-52 loss on March 7.
UTSA knocked off second-seeded East Carolina 54-44 on Friday night and also
held the Pirates to their lowest scoring total of the season.
UTSA last reached the NCAA Tournament in the 2009 season as a member of the
Southland Conference. It was the program's sixth conference championship
appearance overall, and the Roadrunners now have an even record in conference
championship play.
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