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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Bearkats return to action Monday when they travel to Beaumont to take on Lamar at 7 p.m.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Bearkats return to action Monday when they travel to Beaumont to take on Lamar at 7 p.m.
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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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