HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Aurimas Majauskas became the 24^th Bearkat to reach 1,000 points for a career and Sam Houston State won its fifth straight game, 119-81, on Monday night at Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum.

Majauskas entered the night needing 17 points to reach the plateau and finished with 18 points on the night as one of six Bearkats (9-3) in double figures. It was the most points by a Bearkats team since the 2005-06 season.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Bearkats never trailed in the game, but the Saints (4-9), never made things easy behind 14 threes as a team and a game-high 28 points from swingman Trey Sneed. Still, Sam led by as much as 19 points in the opening half and as much as 42 in the game on its way to the win.

Dakarai Henderson provided a big spark in the opening 20 minutes, pumping in 14 of his 18 points in the first half with four of Sam's seven triples, including three on three consecutive possessions at one point of the period.

The Kats shot 48.6 percent in the opening half, but hit 18-for-22 from the foul line and forced 10 turnovers to take a 61-46 lead into the break.

Majauskas did most of his damage from the foul line, hitting all 10 of his shots from the charity stripe and eight in the first half before reaching the 1,000-point mark with a three-point play with just over eight minutes remaining in the game.

Sam Houston poured it on offensively in the second half, hitting better than 65 percent of its shots from the field and finishing a 27-for-33 at the foul line with a season-high 10 three-point baskets.

PLAYERS OF THE GAME
Henderson and Majauskas led the way with 18 points apiece, but nearly all of the Kats got in on the scoring action with 12 players putting in at least one bucket. Phillip Jones Jr. finished with 13 points and seven boards in just 17 minutes off the bench, while Albert Almanza canned three triples on his way to 13 points of his own.

Chris Galbreath Jr., who was named the Southland's Player of the Week for the second straight week earlier in the day, added 12 points and eight rebounds, and Josh Delaney pumped in two threes to go for a season-best 10 points. John Dewey III had six assists and a pair of steals, while Cameron Delaney and Paul Baxter just missed double figures in scoring with nine apiece.  

KEY STATS
The Kats entered the game hitting just 68 percent from the foul line, but finished the game 27-for-33. They forced 20 Randall turnovers, turning them into 26 points, while having assists on 25 of 41 made baskets.

UP NEXT
Sam Houston will test itself once more out of conference before the Christmas break and the start of Southland Conference play when it battles the Arkansas Razorbacks on Thursday. The game will be played at Verizon Arena in North Little Rock, Ark., with tipoff set for 7:00 p.m.