Incarnate Word Cardinals vs. UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros

FINAL

Jan 5, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
UIW	29	38	67
UTRGV	44	36	80

Game Recap

Brankovic's 29 help UT Rio Grande Valley take down Incarnate Word 80-67. Filip Brankovic had 29 points in UT Rio Grande Valley's 80-67 victory over Incarnate Word on Monday night.

Player Stats

INCARNATE WORD	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
7Jordan Pyke	35	2-10	0-4	5-7	9	1	1	0	2	2	9
21Lewis Rowe	24	3-9	0-0	0-0	8	4	0	0	0	0	6
5Davion Bailey	34	4-15	2-10	1-2	1	0	6	0	1	2	11
10Harold Woods	35	5-8	1-1	3-5	6	0	0	1	2	1	14
2Tahj Staveskie	38	7-18	4-6	3-4	2	4	1	0	2	3	21
0Esteban Mann	17	1-3	0-0	2-2	3	1	0	0	0	1	4
8Marcus Glover	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0
4Jayden Williams	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
99Amani Drummond	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Love Bettis	7	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
TOTAL	-	23-6634.8%	7-2330.4%	14-2070.0%	31	11	8	1	8	15	67

UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
33Filip Brankovic	34	10-16	3-7	6-7	9	3	2	1	2	2	29
13Julien Gomez	27	4-6	1-2	1-1	9	5	0	0	1	1	10
0Jaylen Washington	24	4-4	0-0	0-0	3	5	1	0	1	4	8
4Koree Cotton	29	8-15	2-7	5-5	5	4	2	3	1	3	23
10Marvin McGhee III	30	0-6	0-5	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
21Marshal Destremau	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	1	3	0
1Always Wright	15	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	3	0	0	1	1	0
5Zae Blake	17	1-5	1-4	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3
22Jalen Ricks	18	2-6	2-5	1-2	5	2	1	1	2	0	7

TOTAL	-	29-6147.5%	9-3228.1%	13-1586.7%	37	23	7	5	9	16	80

Play-by-Play

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1st halfUIWUTRGV

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Incarnate Word.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by UT Rio Grande Valley.
(19:43) Jordan Pyke misses driving layup.
(19:41) Jordan Pyke Offensive Rebound.
+2 (19:40) Jordan Pyke makes layup.
20
+2 (19:10) Filip Brankovic makes 6-foot hook shot (Julien Gomez assists).
22
(18:48) Jordan Pyke misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(18:44) Lewis Rowe Offensive Rebound.
(18:38) Davion Bailey misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(18:34) Julien Gomez Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:28) Koree Cotton makes driving layup (Julien Gomez assists).
24
(18:07) Lewis Rowe misses 8-foot hook shot.
(18:04) Julien Gomez Defensive Rebound.
(17:54) Marvin McGhee III misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(17:50) Jaylen Washington Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:48) Filip Brankovic makes layup (Koree Cotton assists).
26
+2 (17:31) Tahj Staveskie makes 14-foot pullup jump shot.
46
+2 (17:14) Filip Brankovic makes layup (Jaylen Washington assists).
48
+2 (16:46) Harold Woods makes layup (Lewis Rowe assists).
68
+3 (16:30) Filip Brankovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jaylen Washington assists).
611
(15:57) Lewis Rowe misses layup.
(15:55) Julien Gomez Defensive Rebound.
(15:50) Foul on Jordan Pyke.
+1 (15:50) Koree Cotton makes free throw 1 of 2.
612
+1 (15:50) Koree Cotton makes free throw 2 of 2.
613
(15:41) Tahj Staveskie misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(15:40) Marvin McGhee III Defensive Rebound.
(15:17) Foul on Marcus Glover.
+1 (15:17) Filip Brankovic makes free throw 1 of 2.
614
+1 (15:17) Filip Brankovic makes free throw 2 of 2.
615
(14:59) Foul on Marshal Destremau.
+1 (14:59) Tahj Staveskie makes free throw 1 of 2.
715
+1 (14:59) Tahj Staveskie makes free throw 2 of 2.
815
(14:46) Jalen Ricks bad pass turnover.
(14:46) Tahj Staveskie Steal.
+2 (14:30) Esteban Mann makes driving layup.
1015
(14:06) Jalen Ricks misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:04) Julien Gomez Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:03) Julien Gomez makes layup.
1017
(13:32) Tahj Staveskie misses 10-foot pullup jump shot.
(13:28) Marshal Destremau Defensive Rebound.
(13:23) Always Wright misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:18) Jalen Ricks Offensive Rebound.
(13:18) Foul on Jayden Williams.
(13:18) Jalen Ricks misses free throw 1 of 2.
(13:18) UT Rio Grande Valley Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (13:18) Jalen Ricks makes free throw 2 of 2.
1018
+2 (13:02) Lewis Rowe makes layup (Tahj Staveskie assists).
1218
(12:45) Always Wright bad pass turnover.
(12:45) Davion Bailey Steal.
(12:38) Davion Bailey misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(12:35) Harold Woods Offensive Rebound.
+2 (12:30) Harold Woods makes layup.
1418
+3 (12:16) Jalen Ricks makes 23-foot three point jumper (Always Wright assists).
1421
(11:55) Lewis Rowe misses driving layup.
(11:55) Jalen Ricks Block.
(11:50) Harold Woods Offensive Rebound.
(11:49) Harold Woods misses layup.
(11:48) Incarnate Word Offensive Rebound.
(11:48) Foul on Marshal Destremau.
(11:48) Harold Woods misses free throw 1 of 2.
(11:48) Incarnate Word Deadball Team Rebound.
(11:48) Harold Woods misses free throw 2 of 2.
(11:48) Jalen Ricks Defensive Rebound.
(11:34) Filip Brankovic bad pass turnover.
(11:34) Davion Bailey Steal.
(11:30) Jordan Pyke bad pass turnover.
(11:30) Filip Brankovic Steal.
+3 (11:12) Jalen Ricks makes 23-foot three point jumper (Always Wright assists).
1424
(10:47) Davion Bailey misses 17-foot pullup jump shot.
(10:44) Lewis Rowe Offensive Rebound.
+3 (10:41) Tahj Staveskie makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lewis Rowe assists).
1724
+3 (10:08) Filip Brankovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Zae Blake assists).
1727
(9:39) Davion Bailey misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(9:36) Always Wright Defensive Rebound.
(9:33) Marvin McGhee III misses driving layup.
(9:33) Harold Woods Block.
(9:32) Incarnate Word Defensive Rebound.
(9:14) Jordan Pyke misses 9-foot jumper.
(9:13) Julien Gomez Defensive Rebound.
(8:50) Filip Brankovic misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(8:48) Jordan Pyke Defensive Rebound.
+3 (8:33) Tahj Staveskie makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jordan Pyke assists).
2027
(8:07) Foul on Davion Bailey.
+1 (8:07) Filip Brankovic makes free throw 1 of 2.
2028
(8:07) Filip Brankovic misses free throw 2 of 2.
(8:07) Jordan Pyke Defensive Rebound.
(7:39) Amani Drummond misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(7:35) UT Rio Grande Valley Defensive Rebound.
(7:23) Jalen Ricks misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(7:20) Julien Gomez Offensive Rebound.
+2 (7:10) Julien Gomez makes layup.
2030
+2 (6:51) Davion Bailey makes layup (Marcus Glover assists).
2230
(6:25) Koree Cotton misses 17-foot pullup jump shot.
(6:22) Marcus Glover Defensive Rebound.
(6:15) Tahj Staveskie bad pass turnover.
(6:15) Jaylen Washington Steal.
+2 (6:12) Koree Cotton makes 2-foot dunk (Jaylen Washington assists).
2232
(5:59) Jordan Pyke bad pass turnover.
(5:59) Koree Cotton Steal.
+2 (5:55) Koree Cotton makes 3-foot dunk (Jalen Ricks assists).
2234
(5:33) Davion Bailey misses 9-foot pullup jump shot.
(5:31) UT Rio Grande Valley Defensive Rebound.
(5:31) Foul on Marcus Glover.
(5:24) Jaylen Washington turnover.
(5:15) Harold Woods bad pass turnover.
(4:58) Koree Cotton misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(4:54) Jaylen Washington Offensive Rebound.
(4:52) Marvin McGhee III misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(4:48) Jayden Williams Defensive Rebound.
(4:43) Tahj Staveskie misses driving layup.
(4:41) Harold Woods Offensive Rebound.
(4:40) Harold Woods misses layup.
(4:38) Tahj Staveskie Offensive Rebound.
(4:38) Tahj Staveskie misses layup.
(4:38) Filip Brankovic Block.
(4:37) Incarnate Word Offensive Rebound.
(4:31) Tahj Staveskie misses 8-foot floating jump shot.
(4:29) Koree Cotton Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:12) Filip Brankovic makes layup (Jaylen Washington assists).
2236
(3:52) Jordan Pyke misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(3:50) Jalen Ricks Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:26) Jaylen Washington makes driving layup (Jalen Ricks assists).
2238
+2 (3:11) Harold Woods makes layup (Tahj Staveskie assists).
2438
(2:51) Foul on Jayden Williams.
+2 (2:49) Filip Brankovic makes layup (Koree Cotton assists).
2440
(2:22) Lewis Rowe misses layup.
(2:22) Koree Cotton Block.
(2:22) UT Rio Grande Valley Defensive Rebound.
(2:13) Filip Brankovic misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(2:10) Jordan Pyke Defensive Rebound.
(2:00) Love Bettis bad pass turnover.
(2:00) Jalen Ricks Steal.
(1:27) team shot clock turnover .
+2 (1:15) Tahj Staveskie makes 19-foot pullup jump shot.
2640
(1:02) Koree Cotton misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(1:00) Jaylen Washington Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:58) Jaylen Washington makes driving layup.
2642
(0:44) Foul on Jaylen Washington.
(0:36) Foul on Koree Cotton.
+3 (0:31) Tahj Staveskie makes 29-foot three pointer.
2942
+2 (0:07) Jaylen Washington makes 7-foot floating jump shot.
2944
(0:02) Harold Woods misses driving layup.
(0:01) Foul on Marvin McGhee III.
(0:00) Incarnate Word Offensive Rebound.
(0:00) Lewis Rowe misses 12-foot floating jump shot.
(0:00) UT Rio Grande Valley Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

UIW

UTRGV

67Points80

23-66(34.8%)Field Goal(%)29-61(47.5%)

7-23(30.4%)3-Point(%)9-32(28.1%)

14-20(70.0%)Free Throw(%)13-15(86.7%)

37(18)Rebounds(Offensive)43(14)

11Assists23

8Steals7

1Blocks5

8Turnovers10

15(0)Fouls(Technical)16(0)

2Largest Lead16

Game Details

Monday, January 5, 2026 · 7:30 PM

UTRGV Fieldhouse · Edinburg, TX

attendance: 711 (28.4%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: UTRGV -1.5

over/under: 146.5