Laredo, Texas- The Texas A&M International men's basketball team took on the Southwestern Adventist Knights Wednesday evening inside the KCB gymnasium. TAMIU was coming off a solid win against South Dakota Mines and they were hoping to keep the momentum going forward. TAMIU men's basketball is undefeated all time against the Knights.

It was neck and neck for most of the first half until ten minutes to play as TAMIU took a 17-10 lead in the half. This run propelled them as they increased that to a 12 point lead 27-15 with eight minutes left to play in the first half. TAMIU was red hot from the field as they shot 50% from the field and recorded 50 first half points.
The second half was a repeat of the first as TAMIU came out with the hot hand. TAMIU came out shooting 62% from the field, 44% from the three-point line, and 66% from the charity stripe. The Dustdevils outscored the Knights 50-21 in the first half and 47-35 in the second, allowing them to cruise to a much-earned victory.
 
The Dustdevils put 97 points on the board tonight. It was a balanced effort on all ends as every Dustdevil that entered the game scored. Omarion Shackelford led the way in points tonight for the Dustdevils with 15, Esteban Roacho had 12, Aaron Perez had 12 and Anthony Ignowski had 10 for the Dustdevils. Guard Elijah Bailey came up big for the Dustdevils as he led in rebounds with 7 total. Emaniel Alexandre (6) and Elijah Bailey (5) were the assists leaders tonight for the Dustdevils. Overall, it was a balanced performance for the men's basketball team to come out with a blowout victory at home.

Coach McConnell had the following to say,
"I am extremely happy with any win we can secure. Our team played hard and we were able to get guys in and get some footage in order to work on the key details so we are fully prepared for conference play. The Knights played a ton of zone defense tonight and I believe that we did well against it. We made the right reads, and we were able to get up some high percentage shots. There are some things that we did not fully execute to the best of our ability, and we will take care of that. We have conference play coming up, so we have to be ready."
 
The Dustdevils will be back in action against rival Texas A&M Kingsville at home November 23^rd at 3:00 PM.