SAN ANTONIO – The UTSA men’s basketball season (1-0) opened with a bang Wednesday, with the Roadrunners setting four new records by routing the College of Biblical Studies with the new team. However, the schedule quickly presents a key challenge early in the season, as SIU Edwardsville (1-0) travels to the Convocation Center for the series’ inaugural meeting Friday afternoon. The Roadrunners and Cougars will face off in a 12:30 p.m. showdown, scheduled to air on ESPN+.
Ticket information
Single Match Tickets
Direct link: SIUE Tickets
Adults: $15
Juniors (3-18 years): $13
Seniors (65 and over): $13
Military (with ID): $13
Students: Free admission with UTSA ID, download tickets at goUTSA.com/studentlogin.
Tickets for the 2025-26 men’s basketball season:
Season tickets to the Convocation Center are available for lower level reserved seating ($165) and general admission upper level seating ($115). To better support UTSA basketball student-athletes, the total price of men’s basketball-only season tickets includes a $50 contribution to the Roadrunner Athletic Fund (RAF) per seat. Contributions per seat count towards RAF membership levels and benefits and increase each member’s RAF loyalty points.
Additionally, RAF members can purchase courtside seats for $550, and a combined men’s and women’s basketball season ticket is available for $210 by contacting the UTSA Ticket Office at 210-458-8872.
Direct link: https://goutsa.com/mbbseasontix
Reserved (lower level): $165
General admission (level 200): $115
Courtside seats for Roadrunner Athletic Fund members: $550
Single adult game (on sale soon): $15
Single game Military/Youth (3-18 years)/Senior (65 years and over): $13
Students: Free admission with UTSA ID
White
Friday’s game against the Cougars will officially be a White Out. Take your best white match outfit out of the closet and come cheer on your Roadrunners against SIUE. Fans can pick up a white UTSA rally towel at the fan activation table while supplies last.
On air and on the web
Friday’s 12:30 p.m. tipoff with the Cougars at the Convocation Center will be streamed on ESPN+ with Jordy Fee-Platt (play-by-play), San Antonio and UTSA Hall of Famer Devin Brown (analyst) and former UTSA women’s basketball star Carlie Heineman (reporter) on the call.
The radio show will air on Sports Radio AM 760 The Ticket with Andy Everett (play-by-play) and former coach Tim Carter (analyst) covering the action live from Convo. The broadcast will feature a 30-minute pregame and 15-minute postgame show – available online at Ticket760.com or through the free iHeartRadio app.
UTSA Athletics will also provide Live Statistics.
About the UTSA Roadrunners
Handily surpassing an overmatched opponent in the second season opener under head coach Austin Claunch, the Roadrunners defeated the College of Biblical Studies in a 97-30 game on Wednesday. In the process, the Roadrunners set three program records, keeping the Ambassadors with the fewest opponent points (30), fewest field goals (8) and lowest shooting percentage (14.3%) in 1,308 games in UTSA basketball history. Additionally, CBS’s scoring total also set the Conference USA record, toppling a league standard from 2014. The Roadrunners shot 50.6 percent from the floor, putting up 30 points off 22 CBS turnovers and scoring 37 on the fast break. Making the most of their height advantage, UTSA won the rebounding battle with a 59-32 advantage. In total, 11 players scored and five in double figures: Macaleab Rich (15), Kaidon Rayfield (13), Jamir Simpson (13), Mathéo Coffi (10) and Dorian Hayes (10). Leading the glass, Rayfield had a double-double of 13 and 13 in his college debut. Baboucarr Njie led the team with three blocks and three steals. Austin Nunez distributed four assists to pace the Roadrunners. Rich shot a team-high 7 of 11, also grabbing four rebounds, three assists and three steals.
Returning just four players from last season, the Roadrunners welcomed 11 newcomers to the roster (eight transfers and three high schoolers), 10 of whom saw playing time against the Ambassadors in the opener.
The Roadrunners stuck with most elements of a Claunch-coached team in the first game. Last season, UTSA ranked ninth nationally in fast break scoring with 15.1 points per game, ninth nationally in steals (9.5) and 14th (15.2) in forced turnovers. UTSA also let him fly from distance last season, outscoring the American and finishing 25th nationally a year ago with 9.9 three-pointers per game.
About the SIUE Cougars
In the seventh season under Michael Barone, SIUE had a historic 2024-25, reaching the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance, winning the Ohio Valley Conference and finishing with a 22-12 record after falling to No. 1 seed Houston in the NCAA First Round. The Cougars return seven players from last season, losing three starters and their two leading scorers. However, among the seven, over 1,000 points and 650 rebounds are back, with SIUE retaining 42.2 percent of the scoring and 50.7 of the rebounds from a year ago compared to their 71.6 points per game and 38.1 points per game.
Highlighting the Cougars’ comebacks, 6-foot-9 junior guard/forward Ring Malith was an All-OVC tournament selection and led SIUE on the glass with a 7.0 RPG average, adding 11.1 points per game on 38.8 percent shooting. Their transfer class is highlighted by sophomore guard Harrison Alexander of Mississippi State, senior point guard Jack Campion (5.3 ppg, 3.4 apg) of Southern Indiana and senior guard Darius Robinson (7.4 ppg, 1.6 rpg) of Oral Roberts.
The Cougars opened with a similar opponent Tuesday, beating East West University, 119-50. SIUE shot 58.9 percent from the floor and 36 percent from three, outshooting EWU 50-23 and forcing 29 turnovers – scoring 31 on the fast break and 44 on turnovers. Six players scored in double figures out of 13, led by Ring and Robinson with 16 each. Ring pulled down six rebounds and returner Jo Valrie led the team with nine rebounds and five steals.
Following
Next week, UTSA will hit the road for the first time this season, heading up I-35 to San Marcos to take on Texas State for the first time since 2023-24, meeting the Bobcats at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 12. The weekend will send UTSA into the Rocky Mountain time zone with a Nov. 15 game in Denver.
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