SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Middle Tennessee Men's Basketball had a tall task at hand Saturday afternoon trying to slow down the nation's highest scoring duo, but stole the show in San Antonio with a high-scoring duo of their own delivering an 83-80 win at UTSA.
Junior C.J. Jones and freshman Eli Lawrence each poured in a career-high 27 points to combine for 54 of MT's 83, matching the output of UTSA's Jhivvan Jackson (32) and Keaton Wallace (22) inside their own building.
"We locked in at practice yesterday and we knew that Wallace and Jackson were going to be looking to score it in bunches," Lawrence said.