# 2012–13 Texas–Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team

The 2012–13 Texas–Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by seventh year head coach Scott Cross, played their home games at the College Park Center and were first year members of the Western Athletic Conference. This was their only season as a member of the WAC as they joined the Sun Belt Conference in July 2013. They finished the season 19–14, 11–7 in WAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the championship game of the WAC tournament where they lost to New Mexico State. They were invited to the 2013 CIT where they lost in the first round to Oral Roberts.

## Roster

| Number | Name | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown |
| 1 | Reger Dowell | Guard | 6–1 | 183 | Junior | Duncanville, Texas |
| 2 | Luke Davis | Guard | 6–1 | 154 | Freshman | Lubbock, Texas |
| 3 | Jamel Outler | Guard | 6–2 | 183 | Sophomore | Houston, Texas |
| 4 | Drew Charles | Guard | 6–2 | 193 | Freshman | Azle, Texas |
| 5 | Stuart Lagerson | Center | 7–0 | 220 | Junior | Converse, Texas |
| 12 | Shaquille White-Miller | Guard | 5–9 | 176 | Junior | Port Arthur, Texas |
| 13 | Vincent Dillard | Forward | 6–5 | 200 | Junior | Sanford, Florida |
| 15 | Kyle McElvain | Guard | 6–2 | 191 | Junior | Arlington, Texas |
| 21 | Greg Gainey | Forward | 6–5 | 212 | Junior | Dayton, Ohio |
| 24 | Kevin Butler | Forward | 6–5 | 214 | Senior | Duncanville, Texas |
| 25 | Cameron Catlett | Guard | 6–3 | 188 | Senior | San Antonio, Texas |
| 33 | Karol Gruszecki | Forward | 6–5 | 200 | Senior | Łódź, Poland |
| 35 | Brandon Edwards | Forward | 6–6 | 224 | Junior | Fort Worth, Texas |
| 42 | Deon Rodgers | Forward | 6–6 | 265 | Freshman | Fort Worth, Texas |
| 44 | Vernell Blackman | Forward | 6–5 | 202 | Junior | Dallas, Texas |
| 55 | Jordan Reves | Forward | 6–10 | 240 | Senior | Jeffersontown, Kentucky |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season |||||
| 11/09/2012* 8:00 pm | at Cal State Bakersfield | W 62–60 | 1–0 | Icardo Center (1,257) Bakersfield, CA |
| 11/16/2012* 7:00 pm, FSSW+ | Oklahoma | L 59–63 | 1–1 | College Park Center (6,421) Arlington, TX |
| 11/24/2012* 7:00 pm | at Samford | W 65–58 | 2–1 | Pete Hanna Center (417) Homewood, AL |
| 11/28/2012* 7:00 pm, KTXA | at North Texas | W 72–59 | 3–1 | The Super Pit (4,832) Denton, TX |
| 12/01/2012* 7:00 pm, LHN | at Texas | L 54–70 | 3–2 | Frank Erwin Center (3,926) Austin, TX |
| 12/03/2012* 7:00 pm | at Texas–Pan American | W 60–51 | 4–2 | UTPA Fieldhouse (437) Edinburg, TX |
| 12/13/2012* 7:00 pm | Houston Baptist | W 81–47 | 5–2 | College Park Center (1,259) Arlington, TX |
| 12/19/2012* 7:00 pm, FSSW+ | at No. 24 Oklahoma State | L 44–69 | 5–3 | Gallagher-Iba Arena (8,714) Stillwater, OK |
| 12/29/2012 7:00 pm | New Mexico State | W 68–47 | 6–3 (1–0) | College Park Center (1,518) Arlington, TX |
| 12/31/2012 2:00 pm | Denver | L 35–50 | 6–4 (1–1) | College Park Center (1,066) Arlington, TX |
| 01/02/2013* 7:00 pm | Boise State | L 46–64 | 6–5 | College Park Center (1,107) Arlington, TX |
| 01/05/2013 7:00 pm | Louisiana Tech | L 52–55 | 6–6 (1–2) | College Park Center (1,276) Arlington, TX |
| 01/10/2013 7:00 pm | at UTSA | W 75–67 | 7–6 (2–2) | Convocation Center (1,094) San Antonio, TX |
| 01/12/2013 2:00 pm | at Texas State | W 91–74 | 8–6 (3–2) | Strahan Coliseum (1,055) San Marcos, TX |
| 01/17/2013 7:00 pm | Seattle | L 44–61 | 8–7 (3–3) | College Park Center (1,082) Arlington, TX |
| 01/19/2013 7:00 pm | Idaho | L 64–77 | 8–8 (3–4) | College Park Center (1,424) Arlington, TX |
| 01/24/2013 8:05 pm, ESPN3 | at Utah State | W 74–68 | 9–8 (4–4) | Smith Spectrum (7,229) Logan, UT |
| 01/26/2013 9:00 pm | at San Jose State | W 66–47 | 10–8 (5–4) | Event Center Arena (1,027) San Jose, CA |
| 02/02/2013 7:00 pm | at Louisiana Tech | L 51–64 | 10–9 (5–5) | Thomas Assembly Center (5,024) Ruston, LA |
| 02/07/2013 7:00 pm | Texas State | W 75–50 | 11–9 (6–5) | College Park Center (2,053) Arlington, TX |
| 02/09/2013 7:00 pm | UTSA | W 68–63 | 12–9 (7–5) | College Park Center (2,112) Arlington, TX |
| 02/14/2013 9:05 pm | at Idaho | W 71–68 | 13–9 (8–5) | Cowan Spectrum (883) Moscow, ID |
| 02/16/2013 9:00 pm | at Seattle | W 65–63 | 14–9 (9–5) | KeyArena (3,502) Seattle, WA |
| 02/20/2013* 7:00 pm | Texas–Pan American | W 63–48 | 15–9 | College Park Center (1,085) Arlington, TX |
| 02/23/2013* 5:00 pm | UC Irvine BracketBusters | L 70–77 | 15–10 | College Park Center (1,349) Arlington, TX |
| 02/28/2013 7:00 pm | San Jose State | W 81–74 | 16–10 (10–5) | College Park Center (1,308) Arlington, TX |
| 03/02/2013 7:00 pm | Utah State | W 61–46 | 17–10 (11–5) | College Park Center (4,837) Arlington, TX |
| 03/07/2013 8:00 pm | at Denver | L 55–84 | 17–11 (11–6) | Magness Arena (2,630) Denver, CO |
| 03/09/2013 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | at New Mexico State | L 66–69 | 17–12 (11–7) | Pan American Center (6,849) Las Cruces, NM |
| WAC tournament |||||
| 03/14/2013 10:30 pm | vs. Utah State Quarterfinals | W 83–78 | 18–12 | Orleans Arena (N/A) Paradise, NV |
| 03/15/2013 10:30 pm | vs. UTSA Semifinals | W 69–53 | 19–12 | Orleans Arena (949) Paradise, NV |
| 03/16/2013 10:00 pm | vs. New Mexico State Championship Game | L 55–64 | 19–13 | Orleans Arena (N/A) Paradise, NV |
| 2013 CIT |||||
| 03/20/2013* 7:30 pm | Oral Roberts First Round | L 76–84 | 19–14 | College Park Center (1,627) Arlington, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. |||||