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Texas State Runs Past HTU 95-61
Nov. 30, 2005
SAN MARCOS - Texas State got 14 points from both Jeana Hoffman and Tamara Thompson, and the Bobcats broke the 90-point barrier for the first time since 1999 in a 95-61 win over Huston-Tillotson Wednesday night at Strahan Coliseum. The 95-point output was the most by a Bobcat team since a 108-51 win on Nov. 20, 1999, over Centenary, and the win also pushed Texas State (5-0) to its best five-game start in its 39-year women's basketball history. Erica Putnam scored 13 points to join Hoffman and Thompson in double figures, while Ashley Leffingwell and Ally Kelly rounded out the double-digit list with 12 points each. HTU (0-4) was paced by Candis Mosley's 16 points, and she was joined in double digits by Ashley Taylor and Dominique Brown, who each scored 13. Texas State beat the Rams 49-36 on the glass, led by nine rebounds from Thompson, and HTU's leader on the boards was Faviela Parrila, who pulled down nine in the loss. Texas State opened the game with a Jeana Hoffman three-point goal, and Joyce Ekworomadu wrestled away three steals in the game's first 3:00, enabling the `Cats to jump out to a 14-6 lead with 16:30 to play in the half. A 5-0 Huston-Tillotson burst cut the Bobcat lead to three with 15:10 to play, and the Rams continued the hot streak with a lay-up at the 12:20 mark that evened the score at 17-17. An 8-1 Texas State run put the `Cats in front 25-18, and Texas State secured its first double-digit advantage of the game at the 7:10 mark on a pair of Kia Palmer free throws to lead 33-23.
With 5:00 to play in the half, Huston-Tillotson completed an 11-2 run that narrowed the Bobcat lead to 34-31, but the Bobcats outscored the Rams 16-3 over the final 4:57 to lead 50-34 at the halftime break. HTU stuck with the `Cats for the second half's first 6:00, but with 13:13 to play in the game, Texas State went on a 10-0 run and held the Rams scoreless until an HTU free-throw at the 7:00 mark cut the Bobcat lead to 76-50. A 9-4 Texas State run over the next 2:11 gave the `Cats an 85-54 lead with 4:49 to go, and the Bobcats outscored HTU 9-7 to end the game with the 95-61 win. The Bobcats shot 47.8 percent in the game on 32-of-67 from the floor, while the defense held HTU to 35.2 percent on 25-of-71 shooting. Texas State's next action will come in six days, when the Bobcats host Schreiner to end a six-game homestand on Dec. 6. The game is slated for a 7 p.m. tip at Strahan Coliseum. |
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