San Antonio, Texas – Junior guard Shawn Johnson scored a game-high 23 points and was one of four Cardinals to score in double figures as UIW men's basketball ended their three-game home stand on a positive note, 83-68, over Texas A&M International Saturday evening.

HOW IT HAPPENED

TAMIU (6-4) led by four, two minutes into the game, but UIW (5-3) took control the remainder of the game. Trailing 10-9, UIW used a 25-6 run to take a 24-16 lead midway through the opening half.

The Dustdevils pulled to within three, but the Cardinals outscored the visitors 17-6 to take a 14-point lead with 2:36 remaining. Kamari Robinson scored an unconventional three-point play to keep the TAMIU deficit at 14, 47-23, at the break.

UIW never led by fewer than 15 in the second half, as a pair of Jerred Kite free throws at the 9:37-mark gave the Cardinals their largest lead of the game, 66-45.

LEADERS

Johnson scored 18 of his 23 points in the first half, as he finished the game shooting 6-for-11 from the floor, 5-for-8 from beyond the arc, and 6-for-6 from the free throw line. Simi Socks scored 15, followed by 11 from both Jorden Kite and Sam Burmeister. As a team, the Cardinals shot 62 percent from the floor.

TAMIU was led by Bunja Yaboe with 16 points, while Denzel Bellot chipped in with 13. The Dustdevils shot 50 percent from the floor.

UP NEXT

UIW opens a season-long five-game road swing next Wednesday, Dec. 14 at UNLV at 9 p.m. central time. The game will be streamed live on the Mountain West Network.
 
STAY TUNED
 
The Cardinals play at Loyola Marymount on Saturday, Dec. 17 at 6 p.m. central (streamed live on the West Coast Conference Network) and Memphis on Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 7 p.m. (streamed live on ESPN3) before the Christmas break.
 
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