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SAN ANTONIO — In a huge turnout to their first game of the season, St. Mary’s put on a show, in particular Daryell Taylor, on the road to defeat crosstown rival Incarnate Word.

To compliment their first victory on the season and Taylor’s (Sr., Houston) big showing, the league has named the senior this week’s Heartland Conference Player of the Week.

Taylor had a huge opening night for the Rattlers, scoring 27 points on 4-of-6 shooting from downtown to go along with four assists, two boards and a steal against Incarnate Word. Taylor shot 62.5 percent from the floor in the game, playing in all but two minutes of the contest.

Taylor’s efforts accounted for nearly a third of the Rattlers’ (1-0) points against the aspiring-Division I Cardinals, marking a career-high 27 points and his first-ever Player of the Week award from the conference. But Taylor’s work in the game opener is just a continuation from his junior year last season, as he was ranked No.15 in conference in scoring and was among the Rattlers’ main contributors. As he was also No. 10 in the league for 3-pointers last season, Taylor has already begun his tally with four on the season, all made during the Incarnate Word victory.

This week’s Player of the Week and the rest of the Rattlers take on their first home game of the season tonight against Concordia University at 7:30 p.m. at Bill Greehey Arena.

St. Mary’s University, as a Catholic Marianist University, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community service, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence. The University has six athletic national titles: men’s basketball (1989–NAIA), baseball (2001–NCAA Div. II), softball (1986–NAIA and 2002–NCAA Div. II) and an individual national champion in men’s golf (2006–NCAA Div. II) and a national academic championship in men’s golf (2009–NCAA Div. II). St. Mary’s also had more than 40 percent of its athletes named to conference, regional and/or national honor rolls this past year. St. Mary’s student–athletes graduation rate is 65 percent, higher than the NCAA Division II average of 55 percent. To learn more about St. Mary's, visit www.stmarytx.edu/athletics.