Kats Go For Seventh Straight On Saturday
1/27/2017 11:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Game 22
Thursday, Jan. 28 • Huntsville, Texas • 6:15 p.m. CT • Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum (6,100)
Sam Houston State (15-6, 6-2 Southland) vs Southeastern Louisiana (12-9, 5-3 Southland)
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas – There is no team in the Southland Conference hotter than the Sam Houston State Bearkats and on Saturday the Kats will put their six-game win streak on the line when they host Southeastern Louisiana at Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum.
Sam Houston has been perfect since the calendar turned to 2017, picking up wins in each of their six games since opening up conference play with consecutive defeats to Houston Baptist and Central Arkansas. That run has brought the Kats back to within a half-game of the top spot in the league with Saturday's game marking the midway point of SLC play.
Meanwhile, Southeastern has been one of the surprises of the league this season, starting off Southland play with wins in five of its first seven games before falling on Wednesday night to Northwestern State, snapping a 16-game home win streak for the Lions.
PROMOTION
Saturday's games will serve as Faculty/Staff Appreciation Games, presented by HBi Solutions. All Sam Houston faculty/staff are eligible to receive four complimentary general admission tickets to Saturday's doubleheader.
SERIES vs SOUTHEASTERN
The Kats are 26-15 all-time against Southeastern and are currently riding a 5-game win streak against the Lions. That includes winning 10 of the last 11 and 13 of the last 15 dating back to the 2005-06 season. Southeastern's last win in Huntsville came in the 2007-08 season with Sam winning the last five meetings at Johnson Coliseum.
BEARKAT BYTES
- The 15 total wins by Sam Houston are three more than any other team in the Southland Conference.
- John Dewey was only 5-for-28 from long distance entering last week's game against Lamar, but has gone 6-for-9 from 3-point range in the Kats' last 2 games, putting up his two highest-scoring outputs of Southland Conference play with 14 points vs Lamar and 19 vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The top assist man in the Southland, Dewey averaged 6.5 assists per game in last week's two wins on his way to earning Southland Conference Player of the Week honors.
- With a win over Southeastern Louisiana, Sam Houston would finish with a 7-0 record in the month of January. It would be the first undefeated January for the Kats since joining the Division I ranks.
- The Kats went just 11-for-66 (16.6%) from 3-point range in their first 3 league games, but have since found their stroke. In its last three games, Sam Houston is 25-for-46 (46.2%), including hitting a season-high 11 triples in its win at Northwestern State.
- In eight conference games, the Bearkats have featured five different players lead them in scoring.
- In two wins last week Sam Houston hit 59/101 field goals (.584 FG%) while holding a +17 rebound margin.
- With five more victories this season the Kats would reach the 20-win mark for the 17th time in school history and the third time under Jason Hooten, including three of the last four years.
