No. 6 seed on line as women host Demons Wednesday
3/2/2010 7:58:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The Sam Houston State women's basketball team could wrap up the No. 6 seed in the State Farm Southland Conference Post-Season Classic with a victory over Northwestern State when the two meet Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Johnson Coliseum.
With Central Arkansas still ineligible for post-season play, Northwestern State and Sam Houston are tied for sixth in the overall league standings each with 6-8 Southland records. The Sam Houston women already have clinched their first post-season tournament appearance since 2004.
Sam Houston also will be attempting to post double figure wins for the first time since 2000. The Bearkats are 9-17 for the season. The Bearkats are led by three seniors - 5-4 Brittany Brooks(14.5 points per game), 5-11 Whitney Smith (12.2) and 5-5 Ray Alexander (12.2).
The Demons stand 13-13 for the year. Top scorer for Northwestern State is 5-6 guard Brittiany Houston with 12.7 points per game.
Northwestern State and Sam Houston are meeting for the 46th time in women's basketball. The Demons own a 33-12 advantage in the series. Northwestern State has won six of the last eight meetings. The Demons won 85-82 and 94-57 in Natchitoches the past two years. Sam Houston won 77-66 in Huntsville in 2007.
Smith and Brooks both have entered the Bearkat women's 1,000-point career club. Smith ranks No. 5 in SHSU career scoring with 1,181 points. Brook moved into the 1,000-point club with her first basket of the Nicholls victory and now stands No. 11 all-time at Sam Houston with 1,112 points. Only once before, in 1982, have two players from Sam Houston reached the 1,000 point career mark in the same season.
Tickets for the game are on-sale now on-line at www.gobearkats.com or at the Sam Houston athletic 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.
