Thursday, January 20
Las Cruces, N.M.
7:00 PM
5-11,0-5WAC
59
at
72
New Mexico State
6-8,2-2WAC
1
2
3
4
F
Sam Houston
14
13
20
12
59
New Mexico State
22
16
19
15
72
Photo by: DJ Shafer
Kats open road trip with loss at New Mexico State
1/20/2022 9:12:00 PM | Women's Basketball
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The Sam Houston Bearkats could not overcome an 11-point halftime deficit on Thursday night, falling 72-59 to New Mexico State at the Pan Am Center.
Damaya Telemaque put in 16 points, leading three Kats (5-11, 0-5 WAC) in double figures on the night. Sam Houston finished 14-for-17 at the foul line, but was just 1-for-7 from beyond the arc and was dominated by the Aggies (6-8, 2-2 WAC) off the bench as the NMSU reserves outscored SHSU's bench by a 52-10 margin.
Faith Cook used a 7-for-8 night at the stripe to aid her 14 points and Courtney Cleveland added 11. Meanwhile, Madelyn Batista finished with eight points and a game-high nine rebounds before fouling out late in the fourth quarter.
Sam Houston found itself down 38-27 at the half, but came out swinging in the second half, outscoring the Aggies 16-6 in the first half of the third period to draw back to within a point at 44-43. But NMSU held the Kats without a field goal for the final 4:29 of the quarter and went on a 13-4 run in that span to still manage to take a double-digit lead into the final stanza.
The game kicked off a tough stretch of three road games in just five days with a contest at Grand Canyon on Saturday and another game at UTRGV on Monday in Edinburg.
Damaya Telemaque put in 16 points, leading three Kats (5-11, 0-5 WAC) in double figures on the night. Sam Houston finished 14-for-17 at the foul line, but was just 1-for-7 from beyond the arc and was dominated by the Aggies (6-8, 2-2 WAC) off the bench as the NMSU reserves outscored SHSU's bench by a 52-10 margin.
Faith Cook used a 7-for-8 night at the stripe to aid her 14 points and Courtney Cleveland added 11. Meanwhile, Madelyn Batista finished with eight points and a game-high nine rebounds before fouling out late in the fourth quarter.
Sam Houston found itself down 38-27 at the half, but came out swinging in the second half, outscoring the Aggies 16-6 in the first half of the third period to draw back to within a point at 44-43. But NMSU held the Kats without a field goal for the final 4:29 of the quarter and went on a 13-4 run in that span to still manage to take a double-digit lead into the final stanza.
The game kicked off a tough stretch of three road games in just five days with a contest at Grand Canyon on Saturday and another game at UTRGV on Monday in Edinburg.
Team Stats
SHSU
NMSU
FG%
.386
.528
3FG%
.143
.500
FT%
.824
.789
RB
26
29
TO
19
20
STL
8
9
Game Leaders
Pts
16
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
14
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
7
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
8
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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