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SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Jeff Beverly scored 24 points and pulled down eight rebounds and UT San Antonio cruised past Old Dominion 73-55 in the regular season finale for both teams on Saturday.
The win positions the Roadrunners (13-18, 8-10) as the No. 9 seed in the Conference USA Championship. Old Dominion enters as the No. 3 seed.
Lucas O'Brien added 17 points and eight rebounds; Gino Littles had 13 points and Byron Frohnen 11.
Beverly scored eight points as part of an 11-6 stretch to open the second half that extended UTSA's four-point intermission lead to 46-37 with 13:55 to play. Old Dominion closed it to 50-43 with 9:33 to go but the Roadrunners opened it up again with the help of two Littles 3-pointers to go up 70-53 with 2:36 remaining.
B.J. Stith scored 13 points to lead the Monarchs (19-11, 12-6).
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