Texas St. 80, Texas-Tyler 59

Texas St. 80, Texas-Tyler 59

Published Dec. 31, 2010 4:46 p.m. ET

Cameron Johnson scored 18 points and Texas State defeated Texas-Tyler 80-59 on Friday.

Eddie Rios had 16 points and Tony Bishop had 11 points and nine rebounds for the Bobcats (4-9). Texas State led 36-24 at halftime and the Patriots came as close as five points early in the second half before the Bobcats pulled away.

Texas State owned a 48-32 edge on the boards and went to the free-throw line 33 times, making 22. Texas-Tyler was 6 for 9 from the foul line.

Twenty-one players scored in the game, 11 for Texas-Tyler.

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Lance Murphy scored 11 points to lead the Patriots (4-7), members of Division III.

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