🤙 The Official Newsletter For UTSA Athletics

Good morning. Joshua Cephus caught seven passes for 102 yards and a touchdown, and Kam Alexander had a 57-yard interception to help seal a 35-17 victory for UTSA over Marshall in the Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl as the Roadrunners registered the program’s first bowl on Tuesday night at Toyota Stadium.

The Roadrunners found themselves trailing 14-0 early in the contest, but they outscored the Thundering Herd 35-3 the rest of the way to improve to 1-4 all-time in bowl games.

Cephus and Alexander, who also broke up a pair of passes and had a tackle for a loss, were named Offensive and Defensive MVP, respectively, to help UTSA finish head coach Jeff Traylor’s fourth season with a 9-4 record, the third consecutive year with nine or more victories.

What else can you find in today’s Brew?

🏀 UTSA WBB ends non-conference season by taking down Seattle U
🏈 A deeper dive into the historic day for the ‘Runners
​🤙🏼 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 I Herd That. Let’s take a deeper dive into UTSA’s first-ever bowl win, as it’s a historic day, indeed.

Some Noteworthy Stats:

Cephus’s output sent him past Zakhari Franklin to the top of UTSA’s single-season receiving yardage list, as the senior from Houston wrapped up his final campaign with 1,151 yards and 10 touchdowns on 89 catches, pushing his career-record totals to 313 receptions and 3,639 yards to go with 28 TDs.

UTSA piled up 386 yards of offense behind Cephus and the arm of redshirt freshman quarterback Owen McCown, who made his first start as a Roadrunner in the place of the injured Frank Harris. McCown completed 22 of 31 passes for 251 yards and two touchdowns and also rushed for 38 yards.

Meanwhile, the defense held the Thundering Herd (6-7) to 367 yards, including only 109 rushing. Ken Robinson paced the unit with seven tackles, including one of nine stops behind the line of scrimmage for the Roadrunners, who finished with a school record 99 on the year. UTSA also came up with six sacks on the night to push the season total to 46, breaking the previous school standard set in 2021 by 13.

Jamal Ligon added six tackles, including four assisted stops, to make him the program’s all-time leader with 148. Martavius French and Kelechi Nwachuku pitched in with five tackles apiece, while Nick Booker-Brown posted a pair of tackles for loss, including a sack.

Cole Pennington threw for 258 yards on 15-of-33 passing to lead Marshall’s offense. Jayden Harrison caught six passes for 132 yards, while Ali rushed for 92 yards on only nine carries.

Congratulations, once again, to the Roadrunners, who will open the 2024 season on Aug. 31 at home against Kennesaw State.

🔼 Redhawks Down. The UTSA women's basketball team finished their nonconference campaign strong, taking down Seattle U 75-64 inside the Redhawk Center behind four Roadrunners scoring in double figures. Additionally, the victory puts the 'Runners at 6-5 on the season.

The Roadrunners (6-5, 0-0 AAC) bested the Redhawks (1-9, 1-1 WAC) as redshirt junior Elyssa Coleman led the way with 18 points and nine rebounds. Not far behind, freshman Idara Udo dropped a career-high 15 points and, like Coleman, was one board shy of a double-double. 

Joining Coleman and Udo in the double-digit point club, senior Kyra White and newcomer Aysia Proctor each posted 10. Sophomore Sidney Love was the squad leader in assists with six. 

As a team, UTSA went 29-for-63 from the field for a 46 % shooting clip to Seattle U's 40%. The 'Runners also hauled in 10 more rebounds than the opposition and found 20 more points off the bench. 

The 'Runners will now head home for the holidays before visiting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for a noon American Athletic Conference matchup against Temple inside the Liacouras Center. 

🔼  Let’s Get Started. With their 56th career starts tonight, UTSA seniors Joshua Cephus and Rashad Wisdom are your new school record holders.

Some Extra Brew Headlines to Make Your Day 👇🏼

🏈 An update on UTSA QB Frank Harris - thankfully, he’s right there cheering on his teammates.

🙌🏼 UTSA junior OLB Jimmori Robinson has broken the program's single-season record for quarterback hurries.

👀 The bowl pre-game stadium views were something to see.

🧡 Thanks to the ‘Runners fans for sending them off in style.

🤔 UTSA TRIVIA

Taking the Ball and Running With It. With UTSA women’s basketball finishing their non-conference by taking down Seattle U, today’s trivia turns to WBB history.

The 6-5 record the ‘Runners ended up with was the first time they ended the non-conference slate with a winning record in some years. Do you know how long?

Think you’ve got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🤙 ONE BIG THING

Tackle Box. With his first assisted tackle tonight, UTSA senior Jamal Ligon has moved atop the program's career list with 145 … and counting.

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Wednesday 12/20

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Thursday 12/21

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Friday 12/22

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Saturday 12/23

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Sunday 12/24

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: The last time UTSA WBB exited the non-conference slate with a winning record was the 2013-14 campaign.

Birds up!

🤙🏼 Have a great Wednesday, y’all!