Dec. 30, 2005

Final Stats

SAN MARCOS - Charles Dotson scored 17 points and had two of Texas State's 10 blocked shots as the Bobcats defeated Texas-Tyler 84-71 Friday in Strahan Coliseum.

Texas State improved to 2-8 heading into its Southland Conference opener Jan. 7 against Lamar. Texas-Tyler is now 4-4.

Texas State trailed most of the first half, falling behind by as many as nine points in the period. The Bobcats would rally to outscore UT Tyler 16-6 over the final 6:30 of the half. Jason Rogers' putback at the buzzer gave Texas State a 37-36 lead at the break.

UT Tyler would regain the lead early in the second half but midway through the period Texas State would tie the score at 51-51 then go on a 20-6 run to build a 71-57 lead by the 7:44 mark. Seven different Texas State players would score during the rally, capped by a Chris Langhorne pass to Dylan Moseley for a short jumper that put the Bobcats up by 14 points. Moseley did not play in the Bobcats' first seven games and his field goal during the run marked his first career points at Texas State.

Langhorne came off the bench for six assists and also went 4-for-4 from the field in scoring eight points. Rogers finished with a career-high 15 points on 6-for-7 shooting while Jushay Rockett scored 14 points and had nine rebounds.

UT Tyler was led by Patrick Branche and Brandon Hobbs who each scored 16 points while Joe Henderson added 12 points, had six assists and four steals.

Texas State fell one block shy of tying a school record set earlier this season. The Bobcats shot 57 percent from the field for the game while holding the Patriots to a 44 percent shooting night.