HOUSTON, Texas -- In their opening game of the season the Texas Southern Tigers basketball team got impressive debut performances from Aaric Murray and Jose Rodriguez as the duo combined for 58 of Texas Southern's 95 points.Texas Southern shot 58.9 percent from the field going 33-of-56 including an 8-of-17 showing from beyond the arc. Collectively the ball movement was good for TSU as they distributed 21 assists as a team.
D'Angelo Scott chipped in 12 points and fellow teammate Ray Penn dished out 10 assists as the Tigers clicked on all cylinders the majority of the night in route to a dominating victory over the MEAC's Preseason #1 pick the Norfolk State Spartans.
"I thought we played well tonight," said TSU head coach Mike Davis. "There's always things we can improve on but overall we're very pleased with the way we went out and performed tonight against a quality opponent."
Texas Southern got 11 points in transition while also tallying 13 second chance points. The Tigers took a 47-32 lead into intermission and never looked back. Overall Murray went 12-of-23 from the field in what was his first career game as a member of the Texas Southern basketball team.
Rodriquez's performance was equally impressive as he was the definition of efficiency throughout the evening going 9-of-12 from the floor and a perfect 2-of-2 from the charity stripe. He tallied a double-double during the contest pulling down 11 boards to go along with two assists and one blocked shot.
"Aaric and Jose have a lot of talent and it showed out there tonight," said Davis. "As a team we've been working hard each day in practice and tonight they were able to reap some of the benefits of that hard work."
Texas Southern plays host to Wiley College on Monday, November 11th at 2:00 pm at the H&PE Arena.
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