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Jackson, Wallace combine for 75, UTSA escapes with OT win over Herd

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Marshall men’s basketball senior guards Jon Elmore and C.J. Burks combined for 60 points Saturday night, but the visiting UTSA Roadrunners left the Henderson Center with a 116-106 overtime win.

Marshall dropped to 13-10 (6-4 C-USA) and UTSA improved to 13-10 (7-3 C-USA).

“Tough loss. (UTSA is) good,” Marshall head coach Dan D’Antoni said. “They played extremely well, and this is a game of made shots and they made it.”

Sophomore guard Keaton Wallace led all scorers 45 points for UTSA, making 15-of-24 (62.5 percent) shots. Sophomore guard Jhivvan Jackson followed behind with 30 points, connecting on 43 percent (10-of-23) of his attempts.