Gilberto Clavell scored 22 points including six free throws in the final minute to lead Sam Houston State to a 67-60 Southland Conference men's basketball victory over Lamar Saturday night.  

Drae Murray scored 13 points and Josten Crow added nine for the Bearkats. Crow scored the go-ahead points on a jumper with 9:41 to play to put Sam Houston up 41-40. The Kats never trailed again.  

Lamar held a 29-25 lead at intermission after a first half in which the score changed seven times. Sam Houston out-scored the Cardinals 42-32 in the second period.  

Anthony Miles led Lamar with 14 points.  

Sam Houston hit 47 percent from the field while the Cardinals managed only 37 percent.  

The Bearkats travel to Nacogdoches to face Stephen F. Austin Wednesday, then complete their 2011 regular season schedule next Saturday hosting Texas State.

The top two finishers in both the Southland Conference West and East Divisions plus the next four best records advance to the State Farm Southland Conference Tournament at the Merrell Center in two weeks in Katy, Texas.

Tickets both for Sam Houston's final regular season finale against Texas State next Saturday and the Southland championships are on sale both online at www.gobearkats.com/tickets and at the SHSU 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 is 936 294-1729.