Texas State Bobcats at UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros
· NCAA Men's Basketball
77 - 68
Texas St. wins 8th in row, beats UT Rio Grande Valley 77-68
Texas State (10-1) is off to its best start since 1952-53 when the Bobcats also opened the season 10-1.
Eric Terry contributed 15 points and Alex Peacock chipped in 10 while Jaylen Shead pulled down 10 rebounds and dished out five assists for the Bobcats.
Texas State led 39-35 at the half, pushed that to 57-41 before UT Rio Grande Valley rallied to close to 57-46 after a Johnny Crnogorac jumper at the 12:16 mark. Terry answered with a jump shot and the Bobcats pushed their advantage to 65-52 at the 8:02 mark. The Vaqueros rallied again to close to 73-67 after Lesley Varner II drained a 3 with 36 seconds remaining.
Shead and Peacock made four free throws in the final seconds to secure the win.
Varner had 20 points and seven rebounds for the Vaqueros (7-5).
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 77 - 68 |
| 2nd 0:14 | Tyson Smith Turnover. | 77 - 68 |
| 2nd 0:21 | Alex Peacock made Free Throw. | 77 - 68 |
| 2nd 0:21 | Alex Peacock made Free Throw. | 76 - 68 |
| 2nd 0:21 | Foul on Tyson Smith. | 75 - 68 |
Statistics
 TXST |
 RGV |
|
|---|---|---|
| 26-44 | FG | 24-61 |
| 59 | Field Goal % | 39 |
| 7-16 | 3PT | 6-21 |
| 44 | Three Point % | 29 |
| 18-33 | FT | 14-19 |
| 55 | Free Throw % | 74 |
| 37 | Rebounds | 31 |
| 7 | Offensive Rebounds | 10 |
| 30 | Defensive Rebounds | 21 |
| 20 | Assists | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 5 | Blocks | 1 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 3 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 19 | Total Turnovers | 15 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 16 | Points Off Turnovers | 22 |
| 6 | Fast Break Points | 4 |
| 26 | Points in Paint | 22 |
| 22 | Fouls | 24 |
| 16 | Largest Lead | 5 |
Game Information
Location: Edinburg, TX
Attendance: 733 | Capacity:
2025-26 Southland Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen F. Austin | 20-2 | - | 28-6 |
| McNeese | 19-3 | 1 | 28-6 |
| UT Rio Grande Valley | 14-8 | 6 | 19-14 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 13-9 | 7 | 18-15 |
| LSU New Orleans | 12-10 | 8 | 15-18 |
| Nicholls | 12-10 | 8 | 14-19 |
| Houston Christian | 8-14 | 12 | 12-20 |
| Northwestern State | 8-14 | 12 | 10-22 |
| Incarnate Word | 7-15 | 13 | 12-19 |
| Lamar | 7-15 | 13 | 12-19 |
| East Texas A&M | 6-16 | 14 | 11-21 |
| SE Louisiana | 6-16 | 14 | 9-22 |