The San Marcos Rattlers are thieves.
Laredo LBJ walked into the Snake Pit averaging 71.9 points per game, most of them stemming from its full-court press. But San Marcos was prepared to play defense all night. The Rattlers stole the ball 16 times, leading to multiple fastbreak opportunities at the rim. Freshman forward Malik Presley paced the team with five steals and three other Rattlers added multiple steals to the stat sheet on the way to a 74-59 win at home against the Wolves.
“I just thought we kind of jumped on them a little bit. They’re a good team that is like (17-7) so (LBJ head coach Jose Ojeda) does a good job,” head coach Steven Pinchback said. “They made a run so I told the guys once they got it to five, ‘This is a game of runs. A good team is gonna make a run. They made theirs. We’re a good team. Let’s make ours.’ And they got my back.”
