Saturday, February 12
Huntsville
3:00 PM
11-12,6-6WAC
61
vs
58
Chicago State
4-17,3-9WAC
1
2
3
4
F
Chicago State
21
14
8
15
58
Sam Houston
22
8
18
13
61
Photo by: DJ Shafer
Kats push win streak to six
2/12/2022 7:02:00 PM | Women's Basketball
HUNTSVILLE — The Sam Houston women's basketball team rallied in the second half to come away with a 61-58 victory over Chicago State at Johnson Coliseum on Saturday.
Faith Cook led the Bearkats with 16 points as they pushed their winning streak to six games to improve to 6-6 in WAC play and 11-12 overall. Damaya Telemaque added 11 points, and Courtney Cleveland and Madelyn Batista, who had 11 rebounds, each chipped in nine.
Sam Houston trailed by five at the half but came back to take the lead in the second half thanks to an 11-4 run to begin the third quarter. LeAndra Echi got the run started with layup and Telemaque capped with basket to make it 41-39 with 3:50 left in the period.
The Cougars came back to take the lead by two with less than three minutes to go in the game, but the Kats answered with back-to-back layups by Telemaque and Cleveland to put Sam Houston up for good.
The Bearkats return to action Monday when they travel to Beaumont to take on Lamar at 7 p.m.
Faith Cook led the Bearkats with 16 points as they pushed their winning streak to six games to improve to 6-6 in WAC play and 11-12 overall. Damaya Telemaque added 11 points, and Courtney Cleveland and Madelyn Batista, who had 11 rebounds, each chipped in nine.
Sam Houston trailed by five at the half but came back to take the lead in the second half thanks to an 11-4 run to begin the third quarter. LeAndra Echi got the run started with layup and Telemaque capped with basket to make it 41-39 with 3:50 left in the period.
The Cougars came back to take the lead by two with less than three minutes to go in the game, but the Kats answered with back-to-back layups by Telemaque and Cleveland to put Sam Houston up for good.
The Bearkats return to action Monday when they travel to Beaumont to take on Lamar at 7 p.m.
Team Stats
CSU
SHSU
FG%
.420
.298
3FG%
.000
.182
FT%
.667
.595
RB
42
40
TO
24
17
STL
8
12
Game Leaders
Pts
16
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
11
Pts
11
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
9
FGM
1
3FGM
0
FTM
7
Players Mentioned
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