Texas State
Women hold off Texas State 85-81
1/20/2010 11:14:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Brooks went 6-of-10 from three point range as she was one of two Bearkats in double figures. Whitney Smith added 12 for Sam Houston (4-11, SLC 1-2).
Diamond Ford led Texas State (4-11, SLC 0-4) with a game high 28 points.
Sam Houston never trailed in the game. The contest was tied once at 20-20 with 8:34 left in the first half. The Bearkats closed the period with a 23-14 run to lead 43-34 at intermission.
The Kat women kept rolling early in the second half, eventually building a 21 point lead when Clarke Davis hit a jumper at 10:45 to put Sam Houston up 70-48.
Paced by Ford, however, Texas State dominated at the end of the contest. The Bobcats outscored Sam Houston 33-14 in the final 10 minutes. A three-point basket by Ford with 12 seconds remaining cut the margin to 84-81. But that was as close as Texas State could come.
"The girls battled hard in a difficult atmosphere on the road," Sam Houston head coach Brenda Nichols said. "They've never given up during this long dry stretch and I'm proud of them."
Sam Houston out-rebounded the Bobcats 43-40 as Smith and Bre Agnew each pulled down eight rebounds.
Ray Alexander and Agnew each added nine points while Sequeena Thomas scored eight for Sam Houston.
Next action for the Sam Houston State women is a 2 p.m. contest with UT-Arlington Saturday at Johnson Coliseum.
Tickets are on sale on-line now at www.gobearkats.com or at the Sam Houston ticket office located in the Ron Mafrige Field House at Bowers Stadium. Ticket office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The ticket office telephone number is 936 294-1729.
