Thursday, January 19
Huntsville
6:30 PM
14-5,4-3WAC
76
vs
71
Stephen F. Austin
13-7,5-2WAC
1
2
F
Stephen F. Austin
41
30
71
Sam Houston
36
40
76
Photo by: DJ Shafer
Kats overcome deficit to edge SFA
1/19/2023 9:09:00 PM | Men's Basketball
HUNTSVILLE — The Bearkats rallied from eight down to knock off Stephen F. Austin 76-71 in an instant classic at Johnson Coliseum on Thursday night.
The Lumberjacks (13-7, 5-2 WAC) went up 39-31 with 17 minutes left on the game. Sam Houston (14-5, 4-3) started chipping away at the lead thanks to back-to-back baskets byt Kaosi Ezeagu that trimmed the advantage to 48-44 a minute later.
Cameron Huefner drilled a 3-pointer to make it a one-point game and cap a 7-0 run at the 15-minute mark. SFA pushed the lead back to three, but Huefner hit a jumper and Damon Nicholas Jr., who played a key role off the bench with seven points, threw down a baseline dunk to put Sam Houston up 51-50.
The Lumberjacks briefly retook the lead before Nicholas drained a shot from behind the arc and Kian Scroggins made a jumper to make it 56-52 midway through the second half. The Bearkats' biggest lead was 63-54 following a layup by Qua Grant.
Huefner led Sam Houston with 20 points on 4 for 6 shooting from long range. Grant scored 13, Donte Powers had nine and Ezeagu finished with eight.
The Bearkats return to action Saturday when they host UTRGV at 4:30 p.m.
The Lumberjacks (13-7, 5-2 WAC) went up 39-31 with 17 minutes left on the game. Sam Houston (14-5, 4-3) started chipping away at the lead thanks to back-to-back baskets byt Kaosi Ezeagu that trimmed the advantage to 48-44 a minute later.
Cameron Huefner drilled a 3-pointer to make it a one-point game and cap a 7-0 run at the 15-minute mark. SFA pushed the lead back to three, but Huefner hit a jumper and Damon Nicholas Jr., who played a key role off the bench with seven points, threw down a baseline dunk to put Sam Houston up 51-50.
The Lumberjacks briefly retook the lead before Nicholas drained a shot from behind the arc and Kian Scroggins made a jumper to make it 56-52 midway through the second half. The Bearkats' biggest lead was 63-54 following a layup by Qua Grant.
Huefner led Sam Houston with 20 points on 4 for 6 shooting from long range. Grant scored 13, Donte Powers had nine and Ezeagu finished with eight.
The Bearkats return to action Saturday when they host UTRGV at 4:30 p.m.
Team Stats
SFA
SHSU
FG%
.490
.520
3FG%
.316
.381
FT%
.833
.593
RB
23
34
TO
17
18
STL
9
5
Game Leaders
Pts
20
FGM
7
3FGM
4
FTM
2
Pts
9
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
3
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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