Saturday, December 28
Huntsville
2:30 PM
7-6,0-0CUSA
111
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Sam Houston
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Photo by: Sarah Bautista
Kats close 2024 with home win
12/28/2024 4:33:00 PM | Men's Basketball
DALLAS — Sam Houston proved to be too much for Dallas down the stretch as the Bearkats closed out 2024 with a 111-65 victory at Johnson Coliseum on Saturday afternoon.
The Kats (7-6) had seven players score in double figures led by Cameron Huefner who had a game-high 20 points. Lamar Wilkerson chipped in 17 points, Dorian Finister scored 15, Erik Taylor and Kalifa Sakho had 13, Jaxson Ford finished with 12 and Josiah Hammons poured in 11.
The first half was close for most of the time as the Crusaders got 16 points from Tommy Fleming as the team was 6 for 12 from 3-point range to stay within single digits.
Sam Houston got hot right before the end of the half to begin to pull away. Fleming drilled a 3 to make it a nine-point game, but freshman Erik Taylor answered to push the lead back to 12, and Wilkerson and Huefner closed out the first 20 minutes with 3s to send the Kats into the break in front 50-34.
A 10-0 run by Sam Houston early in the second half put the game away. Finister scored four points, Huefner made a pair of free throws, Wilkerson nailed a jumper and Sakho threw down a dunk to increase the lead to 65-43.
The Bearkats have a short break before hitting the road to open Conference USA play at NM State on Jan. 2 in Las Cruces.
The Kats (7-6) had seven players score in double figures led by Cameron Huefner who had a game-high 20 points. Lamar Wilkerson chipped in 17 points, Dorian Finister scored 15, Erik Taylor and Kalifa Sakho had 13, Jaxson Ford finished with 12 and Josiah Hammons poured in 11.
The first half was close for most of the time as the Crusaders got 16 points from Tommy Fleming as the team was 6 for 12 from 3-point range to stay within single digits.
Sam Houston got hot right before the end of the half to begin to pull away. Fleming drilled a 3 to make it a nine-point game, but freshman Erik Taylor answered to push the lead back to 12, and Wilkerson and Huefner closed out the first 20 minutes with 3s to send the Kats into the break in front 50-34.
A 10-0 run by Sam Houston early in the second half put the game away. Finister scored four points, Huefner made a pair of free throws, Wilkerson nailed a jumper and Sakho threw down a dunk to increase the lead to 65-43.
The Bearkats have a short break before hitting the road to open Conference USA play at NM State on Jan. 2 in Las Cruces.
Team Stats
UD
SHSU
FG%
.383
.594
3FG%
.385
.478
FT%
.900
.818
RB
26
41
TO
21
11
STL
4
12
Game Leaders
Pts
20
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
8
Pts
17
FGM
7
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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