Saturday, February 25
Huntsville
4:30 PM
22-6,12-4WAC
64
vs
57
Southern Utah
19-10,11-5WAC
1
2
F
Southern Utah
28
29
57
Sam Houston
28
36
64
Photo by: DJ Shafer
Bearkats clip Thunderbirds 64-57
2/25/2023 9:36:00 PM | Men's Basketball
HUNTSVILLE — The Bearkats avenged an early Western Athletic Conference loss to Southern Utah on Saturday at Johnson Coliseum.
Sam Houston wore down the Thunderbirds with lockdown defense en route to a 64-57 victory to improve to 22-6 overall and remain in second place in the WAC with a 12-4 record.
The game was close for most of the time before the Kats made their move midway through the fourth quarter.
It was 37-35 when Qua Grant, who scored a game high 22 points, completed an old-fashioned three-point play when he was fouled on a layup. Grant did it again a minute later to put Sam Houston up 43-35.
Southern Utah (19-10, 11-5) answered with a 3, but Lamar Wilkerson, who was clutch off the bench with 15 points, buried a 3 to match it. The Kats' largest lead came at 54-42 when Cameron Huefner knocked down a pair of free throws and Kaosi Ezeagu threw down a two-handed dunk off an assist from Grant with 4:13 to go in the game.
The Thunderbirds cut it to 61-57 with 29 seconds left, but Tristan Ikpe connected on a pair of free throws, and Grant hit one with 10 seconds left to seal it.
Sam Houston has a big road matchup with rival Stephen F. Austin on Wednesday at William R. Johnson Coliseum at 6:30 p.m.
Sam Houston wore down the Thunderbirds with lockdown defense en route to a 64-57 victory to improve to 22-6 overall and remain in second place in the WAC with a 12-4 record.
The game was close for most of the time before the Kats made their move midway through the fourth quarter.
It was 37-35 when Qua Grant, who scored a game high 22 points, completed an old-fashioned three-point play when he was fouled on a layup. Grant did it again a minute later to put Sam Houston up 43-35.
Southern Utah (19-10, 11-5) answered with a 3, but Lamar Wilkerson, who was clutch off the bench with 15 points, buried a 3 to match it. The Kats' largest lead came at 54-42 when Cameron Huefner knocked down a pair of free throws and Kaosi Ezeagu threw down a two-handed dunk off an assist from Grant with 4:13 to go in the game.
The Thunderbirds cut it to 61-57 with 29 seconds left, but Tristan Ikpe connected on a pair of free throws, and Grant hit one with 10 seconds left to seal it.
Sam Houston has a big road matchup with rival Stephen F. Austin on Wednesday at William R. Johnson Coliseum at 6:30 p.m.
Team Stats
SUU
SHSU
FG%
.304
.396
3FG%
.276
.200
FT%
.714
.704
RB
38
42
TO
15
15
STL
5
8
Game Leaders
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
7
FGM
2
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
6
FGM
1
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Players Mentioned
F
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