Game 9 • at Texas Southern
Houston. • H&PE Arena
Sam Houston (5-3) vs Texas Southern (1-5)
Saturday, Dec. 6 • 4 PM
 
TV: YouTube
RADIO: BSN
 
HOW TO FOLLOW: Live Stats • @Bearkats_MBB
Series vs the Tigers: Sam Houston leads 4-3
   
HOUSTON — Sam Houston will try to get back in the win column when it heads to H&PE Arena to play Texas Southern Saturday.
 
Tipoff for the game is set for 4 p.m. and will air on YouTube. The game can also be heard online on the Bearkat Sports Network with Carlos Zimmermann on the call.
 
Cowboys snap Kats' win streak
 
Oklahoma State pulled away late to end Sam Houston's four-game winning streak with a 93-83 victory in Stillwater on Tuesday.

The Bearkats (5-3) used another big shooting night from behind the arc to lead by as many as seven, going 14 for 37 from 3 following 16 for 27 in an 94-68 win over Idaho last week. Po'Boigh King, who made a career-high six 3s Tuesday, led the team with 20 points.
 
As good as Sam Houston was from long range, the Cowboys (8-0) opened the second half with some key shots. Oklahoma State went on a 18-8 run to trim the Kats' seven-point half time lead to 55-51.
 
Sam Houston hit a snag on the offensive end. The Bearkats went more than six minutes without a field goal until Kashie Natt, who had nine points and six rebounds, hit a jumper to keep SHSU within a couple of possessions.
 
Freshman Jacob Walker, who added 14 points, hit a shot, and Isaiah Manning, who scored 16, took a layup all the way for a three-point play possibility with eight minutes to go. He made the free throw to get Sam Houston back to a 70-65 deficit after falling behind by 10.
 
Walker made a pair of free throws and then a 3 to make it 72-70 with under six minutes left. Jaxson Ford also made a key jumper down the stretch to keep it a two-point game, but Sam Houston just couldn't even it back up as the Cowboys held on.

Making it count from long range 

Sam Houston has made 30 3-pointers in its last two games. The Bearkats went 14 for 37 in a loss to Oklahoma State on Tuesday after going 16 for 27 in a win over Idaho to close out the Holiday Hoops Classic in Boise with a perfect 2-0 record. The last time Sam made more than 30 3-pointers during a two-game span was during the 2021-22 season when the Kats went 16 for 28 in a win over Schreiner and 15 for 35 in a loss to UTSA. In the game prior to Schreiner, SHSU made 8 in a 16-point loss at Texas, making 39 3-pointers which is the most during any three-game stretch since then.
 

NCAA announces NET Rankings
• Sam Houston is ranked No. 78 in the first NCAA NET rankings that were released on Monday. NM State is the only CUSA school ahead of the Bearkats, coming in at 70 with WKU at 95. The highest ranking Sam has had was 7th when the NCAA introduced NET rankings for the first time in December 2022.