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Good morning, Roadrunners Fam. The UTSA Department of Intercollegiate Athletics celebrated 37 fall student-athlete graduates in a ceremony on Friday.

⇢ Get the full list of students along with the athletic achievements that were represented. Also, watch the ceremony in action here. 🎓

🗣“Graduation marks the culmination of significant dedication and hard work by our student-athletes. Balancing the demands of competing in an NCAA Division I sport with managing a full academic load is a challenging task…” - Lisa Campos, UTSA VP for Intercollegiate Athletics

What other ingredients do we have for the Brew today? Check it out below!

🏀 UTSA MBB takes down North Dakota 95-85 on Sunday
⛹🏾‍♀️ Feature on WBB phenom Nina De Leon Negron
🤙🏼 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 A Squeaky Clean Sweep. Leading five Roadrunners in double-figures, Tai’Reon Joseph exploded on the North Dakota Fighting Hawks (4-8), scoring 21 of his 28 points in the second half to surge UTSA men’s basketball (5-5) to complete the weekend’s sweep of UND. Holding off multiple second-half surges, the Roadrunners strung together a team effort to defeat the Fighting Hawks 95-85 on Sunday for UTSA’s fourth win in the last six games.

The Roadrunners get one more chance at home in the Convocation Center before the New Year, hosting Southwestern Adventist this Thursday, Dec. 19 at the Convo at 12 PM CST. UTSA is hosting Hoops for the Holidays and the annual Teddy Bear Toss. The MBB game is the front end of a double-header with the women’s team taking on UT Arlington at 4 PM.

🔼 Stay Hot. The UTSA women's basketball program is set to match up with a Stanford squad that's receiving votes nationally on Monday, with a 2:00 PM CST tipoff at Maples Pavilion in Stanford, California. The game will be broadcast live on ACC Network Extra.

The ‘Runners are hot off a 79-36 victory over Sam Houston that cemented a 7-1 record and the second-best start in school history. The win also represented the 'Runners first seven-game winning streak since 2013-14 and was the largest margin of victory against an NCAA Division I opponent since an 86-33 thrashing of Nicholls in 2008.

⇢ Get the full rundown, including the Stanford scouting report. 🏀

🔼 Relentless. To capture the essence of Nina De Leon Negron, one need only reference the single, meaningful word tattooed in script on her right arm—relentless. She added the ink after committing to the UTSA women’s basketball program as a graduate transfer. 

“It’s to remind me that you can do anything you set your mind to,” she said.

A graduate transfer from UIW and the first Puerto Rican-born UTSA women’s basketball player, De Leon Negron is now the engine that’s driving the Roadrunners’ historic 7-1 start to the 2024-25 season, the second-best record over the first eight games in program annals.

Read the feature on De Leon Negron for more on what Coach Aston and her teammates say about her, her parents’ background in collegiate sports and the strong bond she has with teammate Sidney Love that translates on the court.

🔼 Lights, Camera, ‘Runners. “Cash In,” Episode Two—on UTSA women’s basketball—is out now!

🎥 Full Video: http://utsa.pro/3BBLF8H

🤔 UTSA TRIVIA

🤙 ONE BIG THING

Grin and “Bear” It. This is so much fun and for an incredible cause. Read the graphic above for instructions on how to partake at the MBB game vs. Southwestern Adventist and/or the WBB game vs. UT Arlington this Thursday, Dec. 19.

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🗓 ON THE DOCKET

Monday, Dec. 16
🏀 Women’s Basketball @ Stanford @ 2:00 PM CST ACCNX ESPN | Live Stats | Listen

Tuesday, Dec. 17
(No Activities Scheduled)

Wednesday, Dec. 18
(No Activities Scheduled)

Thursday, Dec. 19
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Southwestern Adventist - Hoops For the Holidays @ 12:00 PM CST ESPN | Live Stats | Watch Live on ESPN+
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. UT Arlington - Hoops For the Holidays @ 12:00 PM CST ESPN | Live Stats | Listen

Friday, Dec. 20
(No Activities Scheduled)

Saturday, Dec. 21
🏀 Women’s Basketball @ Texas State @ 4:00 PM CST ESPN+ | Live Stats | Tickets | Listen

Sunday, Dec. 22
(No Activities Scheduled)

Monday, Dec. 23
🏈 Football @ Coastal Carolina - Myrtle Beach Bowl @ 10:00 AM CST ESPN Watch | Watch (En Español) | Ticket 760 | Live Stats | Tickets

Tuesday, Dec. 24-Saturday, Dec. 28
(No Activities Scheduled)

Sunday, Dec. 29
🏀 Women’s Basketball @ Charlotte @ 1:00 PM CST ESPN+ | Live Stats | Listen
🏀 Men’s Basketball @ Army West Point @ 2:00 PM CST ESPN+ | Live Stats | Watch Live on ESPN+ 

Monday, Dec. 30-Tuesday, Dec. 31
(No Activities Scheduled)

🤙🏼 Go here for the full UTSA Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 23!

🤙🏼 Let’s get this week goin’, y’all!