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The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

Lina Moon| Staff
The Comets are shooting threes at an all-time high. If they continue their trend of shooting the ball so effectively from beyond the arc, they will finish the season as one of the top teams in the nation at threes and as the best team from long range in program history.

Three-point shooting key to success

January 26, 2015

The three-point shot, one of the most exciting plays in basketball, is the cornerstone of the men’s basketball team this season. The Comets are on pace to rewrite history: If they maintain their shooting...

Senior captains lead the way

Senior captains lead the way

January 12, 2015

Correction: Madi Hess' name was misspelled in an earlier version of this article. The Mercury regrets this error. Senior guards top team in scoring, grow as teammates, become friends over four year career...

Arun Prasath
Carruthers is now in his eighth year as an assistant coach for UTD. Prior to that, he played his collegiate career as a Comet,  leaving his mark as the program’s all-time leader in assists.

Sideline Stories 1: UTD all-time leader in assists takes role as second-in-command after solid career, aims to be a head coach one day

December 1, 2014

It was the start of the 2007 basketball season, and the men’s basketball team had traveled to Buffalo, N.Y., to play in a tournament. Assistant coach Travis Carruthers, on the sidelines for the first...

Basketball by the numbers

Basketball by the numbers

November 17, 2014

Mercury File Photo | Staff

Kyle Schleigh is the first Comet to be named the ASC Male Athlete of the year. He leaves UTD as the all-time leader in scoring, rebounds, games played, steals and blocked shots. He also was named the MVP of the ASC tournament this  past season.

Basketball player named ASC best

July 7, 2014

Following a record-breaking year and overall career, the American Southwest Conference named men’s basketball player Kyle Schleigh their male Athlete of the Year on June 11. Schleigh becomes the first...

Schleigh Named ASC Male Athlete of the Year

Schleigh Named ASC Male Athlete of the Year

June 12, 2014

Forward Kyle Schleigh was named the ASC Male Athlete of the Year in a statement released by the league office on Wednesday. Schleigh, who was also named the male UTD Student Athlete of the Year, was named...

UTD on four-game win streak

January 14, 2013

Men hoping to claim crown again The Comets are on a roll as they finished their holiday play.  The Comets (10-4, 6-3 ASC) opened up the new year and second half of the season with a 4-0 record, cruising...

Yang Xi | Mercury Staff

Sophomore guard Christina Brosnahan dribbles past an ETBU defender during UTD’s 67-57 win on Jan. 10 at home. She finished the game with a career-high 22 points, four rebounds, two assists and one steal. Named to the ASC East All-Freshman Team in her debut season, the interdisciplinary studies major hopes to have more performances like this.

Comets win eight straight

January 14, 2013

Players working hard to continue string of success It was a perfect December for the Comets as they won all six December games plus two January games to claim eight straight wins. The women’s basketball...

Yang Xi | Mercury Staff

Coach’s life-long passion for basketball

January 14, 2013

Former three-time ASC champion desires to build relationships through coaching UTD women Many people spend a considerable amount of their lives searching for the perfect career, or finding out their path...

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