SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Chris Hagan connected on a season-high four 3-pointers and scored 18 points to lead Midwestern State to an 89-71 win over St. Mary's (Texas) in the finale of the River City Classic Saturday night at Bill Greehey Arena.

The win improved the Mustangs to 6-0 on the season as MSU is off to its best start since the 1998-99 squad peeled off 11-straight victories.

"We've got a tough basketball team right now," MSU coach Grant McCasland said. "We have a lot of juniors and seniors. We go on the road expecting tough conditions and calls. I'm proud of the way we've been able to overcome that."

Midwestern, which has won five of its six games away from the comfortable confines of D.L. Ligon Coliseum, returns to the dome for a pair of home contests beginning with Jarvis Christian (Texas) Monday night before taking on defending LSC North Division champion Central Oklahoma on Thursday.

The Mustangs have won their last 14 on Stockton Court.

MSU overcame another slow start as the Rattlers (2-4) led by as many as eight points in the opening half before the Mustangs closed the half on a 10-3 run to go to intermission knotted at 38-38.

The Mustangs used the quickness of Hagan and senior point guard Jason Ebie, who finished with seven points, six rebounds and five assists, to get loose on the break and bury St. Mary's in the second half.

"You won't find two faster guards off of the break," McCasland said. "We needed to secure rebounds before we took off, though. That was a point of emphasis today and we were off to the races."

The Mustangs owned a 13-2 edge in transition points in the second half and the duo also proved stingy on the offense as well by combining for just a pair of turnovers in 59 minutes of court time. MSU committed just nine turnovers as a team.

MSU outscored St. Mary's 30-12 over the opening 11 minutes of the second half to close out the Rattlers for the second time this month after thumping them 83-72 on Nov. 18 in Wichita Falls.

Junior guard Adrian Van Buren gave the Mustangs a lift off of the bench with 14 points, five rebounds and four assists, while junior forward Charlie Logan had 10 points and six rebounds in a reserve role.

Senior guard Craig Green added 13 points as the Mustangs set a season high in points production.

Redshirt freshman Kevin Kotzur paced St. Mary's with 20 points and eight rebounds.

Notables
 * Midwestern State recorded 40 transition points in wins over Langston and St. Mary's this weekend at the River City Classic in San Antonio.
* The Mustangs are a perfect 6-0 at the River City Classic which spans three appearances over the last four seasons. MSU defeated Pittsburg State (Kan.) and Northwest Missouri as part of a nine-game winning streak in 2006-07, then beat Northwest Missouri and Ouachita Baptist as part of a 10-game winning streak last season.
* The win was the first by Midwestern against St. Mary's in games played in San Antonio. The Rattlers had won the previous nine.