Northern Colorado
11/12/2026 10:52:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Game 4 • at Northern Colorado
Northern Colorado • Bank of Colorado Arena (2,992)
Sam Houston (2-1, 0-0 CUSA) at Northern Colorado (2-1, 0-0 Big Sky)
Saturday, November 14 • 7:00 PM CT
TV: ESPN+Â
HOW TO FOLLOW: Live Stats • @Bearkats_WBB on X
GAME NOTES: Sam Houston • Northern Colorado
Series vs the Bears: Bearkats leads 1-0
GREELEY, Co. – Sam Houston hits the road after a record-setting win, traveling to face Northern Colorado on Saturday.
Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. CT at Bank of Colorado Arena and will stream on ESPN+.
KATS HIT THE ROAD
Sam Houston enters Saturday at 2-1 after Tuesday's record-setting 114-31 win over Jarvis Christian at Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum. The 83-point margin set the program record for largest margin of victory.
Hannah Wallace led the Bearkats with a career-high 22 points, while Lanaijha Johnson recorded her first career double-double with career highs of 20 points and 16 rebounds. Deborah Ogayemi and Esther Rodellar each added 16 points, and Fanta Kone set a career high with 12 assists in just 20 minutes.
The Kats are 0-1 away from home this season after a 78-50 loss at Houston on Nov. 5, and 2-0 at home.
Sam Houston has scored at least 100 points in two of its three games and is averaging 91.7 points per game.
Sam Houston's pressure defense has forced 104 turnovers in three games — 37 against McMurry, 25 at Houston and 42 against Jarvis Christian — with 46 steals overall.
SAM HOUSTON vs THE BEARS
Sam Houston owns a 1-0 record against Northern Colorado, with the only meeting taking place in Huntsville.
The Kats claimed a 65-56 victory in the first meeting on Dec. 22, 2025, at Johnson Coliseum. The Bearkats trailed 27-21 at halftime before outscoring the Bears 44-29 in the second half to secure the nine-point win.
Sam Houston forced 38 Northern Colorado turnovers in that game and scored 32 points off them. Deborah Ogayemi had 15 points and six steals, and Fanta Kone added seven steals. Northern Colorado was led by Neenah George with 18 points and Heather Baymon with 16 points off the bench.
Saturday marks the first meeting between the teams in Greeley, and Sam Houston's first trip to Bank of Colorado Arena.
THE LAST TIME
Sam Houston earned a 65-56 victory over Northern Colorado in the teams' only meeting on Dec. 22, 2025, at Johnson Coliseum.
The Bearkats trailed 27-21 at halftime before outscoring the Bears 44-29 in the second half to secure the nine-point win. Sam Houston forced 38 Northern Colorado turnovers in the game and scored 32 points off them.
PREGAME NOTES
Ravon Justice enters Saturday with 118 victories at Sam Houston. She needs one win to tie Brenda Nichols (119) for second place in program history and is 15 victories away from matching Rebecca Bilsing's school record of 133.
Fanta Kone passed 300 career assists on Tuesday — she now has 309, 10th in program history, after her career-high 12 against Jarvis Christian — and has 210 career steals, tied for fourth in program history.
Hannah Wallace leads the Bearkats at 14.7 points per game through three games. Kone is averaging 12.0 points and 8.0 assists per game, and Johnson is averaging 11.3 points and 9.7 rebounds.
Sam Houston is one of just three Division I programs that returned a pair of NCAA statistical qualifiers who each averaged at least 2.5 steals per game in 2025-26, joining UConn and Vanderbilt. Kone averaged 3.6 steals per game last season, while Deborah Ogayemi averaged 2.6.
Ogayemi returns after earning preseason all-CUSA honors for the second consecutive year. A two-time second-team all-CUSA selection, she averaged 11.9 points and a team-high 7.2 rebounds last season.
KATS HIT THE ROAD
Sam Houston enters Saturday at 2-1 after Tuesday's record-setting 114-31 win over Jarvis Christian at Bernard G. Johnson Coliseum. The 83-point margin set the program record for largest margin of victory.
Hannah Wallace led the Bearkats with a career-high 22 points, while Lanaijha Johnson recorded her first career double-double with career highs of 20 points and 16 rebounds. Deborah Ogayemi and Esther Rodellar each added 16 points, and Fanta Kone set a career high with 12 assists in just 20 minutes.
The Kats are 0-1 away from home this season after a 78-50 loss at Houston on Nov. 5, and 2-0 at home.
Sam Houston has scored at least 100 points in two of its three games and is averaging 91.7 points per game.
Sam Houston's pressure defense has forced 104 turnovers in three games — 37 against McMurry, 25 at Houston and 42 against Jarvis Christian — with 46 steals overall.
SAM HOUSTON vs THE BEARS
Sam Houston owns a 1-0 record against Northern Colorado, with the only meeting taking place in Huntsville.
The Kats claimed a 65-56 victory in the first meeting on Dec. 22, 2025, at Johnson Coliseum. The Bearkats trailed 27-21 at halftime before outscoring the Bears 44-29 in the second half to secure the nine-point win.
Sam Houston forced 38 Northern Colorado turnovers in that game and scored 32 points off them. Deborah Ogayemi had 15 points and six steals, and Fanta Kone added seven steals. Northern Colorado was led by Neenah George with 18 points and Heather Baymon with 16 points off the bench.
Saturday marks the first meeting between the teams in Greeley, and Sam Houston's first trip to Bank of Colorado Arena.
THE LAST TIME
Sam Houston earned a 65-56 victory over Northern Colorado in the teams' only meeting on Dec. 22, 2025, at Johnson Coliseum.
The Bearkats trailed 27-21 at halftime before outscoring the Bears 44-29 in the second half to secure the nine-point win. Sam Houston forced 38 Northern Colorado turnovers in the game and scored 32 points off them.
PREGAME NOTES
Ravon Justice enters Saturday with 118 victories at Sam Houston. She needs one win to tie Brenda Nichols (119) for second place in program history and is 15 victories away from matching Rebecca Bilsing's school record of 133.
Fanta Kone passed 300 career assists on Tuesday — she now has 309, 10th in program history, after her career-high 12 against Jarvis Christian — and has 210 career steals, tied for fourth in program history.
Hannah Wallace leads the Bearkats at 14.7 points per game through three games. Kone is averaging 12.0 points and 8.0 assists per game, and Johnson is averaging 11.3 points and 9.7 rebounds.
Sam Houston is one of just three Division I programs that returned a pair of NCAA statistical qualifiers who each averaged at least 2.5 steals per game in 2025-26, joining UConn and Vanderbilt. Kone averaged 3.6 steals per game last season, while Deborah Ogayemi averaged 2.6.
Ogayemi returns after earning preseason all-CUSA honors for the second consecutive year. A two-time second-team all-CUSA selection, she averaged 11.9 points and a team-high 7.2 rebounds last season.
