Box Score

THE LEAD
Playing in their third straight road conference game, Dallas Baptist fell 77-57 to the St. Mary's Rattlers at the Bill Greehey Arena in San Antonio on Saturday.  Down just six points at the half, DBU (10-7, 7-3) was outscored 39-25 over the final 20 minutes to drop their second consecutive Heartland Conference game.  The loss marks the first time this year that the Patriots have dropped back-to-back games.

Myles Johnson led DBU's scoring efforts, totaling 17 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the field.  Amari Bryant joined Johnson in double-digits, adding 11 points off the bench.

After falling behind by as many as eight points in the game's first 11 minutes, DBU went on a 12-3 run, capped off by a Johnson three-pointer to take a 23-22 lead with 5:33 to go in the half.  Another Johnson shot from downtown put the Patriots up by three two minutes later, before St. Mary's (10-7, 7-3) closed the half on an 11-2 run to take a 38-32 lead into the locker room at the half.

Coming out of the break, a pair of free throws from Tim Simmons, in the opening seconds of the second half, brought DBU to within four, before the Rattlers turned on the heat.  Another 11-2 run by St. Mary's extended the Rattlers lead to 13 with 16:02 to play.  By the midway point, St. Mary's went up by 20 after a pair of free throws from Marvin Binney. 

Over the final 10 minutes, DBU was unable to draw any closer than 16 points, as St. Mary's cruised to their third straight conference win.  Leading the way for the Rattlers was Marvin Binney and Bryce Smith, who each scored 13 points on the afternoon.

DBU HEAD COACH, BLAKE FLICKNER – ON THE LOSS
"Today St. Mary's was the better team.  They man handled us in the second half, both offensively and defensively.  They really exerted their will.  Amari Bryant and Franklin Uzonwanne gave us a little spark off the bench, but we need to be a lot better collectively."
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
19 – DBU was outrebounded by 19 boards, 44-23.
23 – The Patriots shot just 23 percent from three-point land (5-of-22 and 0-for-10 in the second half).
18 – St. Mary's scored 18 second chance points.
 
UP NEXT FOR THE PATRIOTS
DBU concludes a four game road trip on Monday at Texas A&M-International in Laredo, Texas.  Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 pm.