Game Notes
San Marcos, Texas – Texas State men's basketball returns home on Wednesday, Feb. 23 to host Southeastern Louisiana. Tip-off at Strahan Coliseum is slated for 7 p.m. The Bobcats have won eight straight games at home as they get ready to face the Lions who are 2-4 on the road in league play. Texas State is tied for first-place in the league with an 8-4 record, while the Lions are in a four-way tie for seventh overall with a 6-6 record.
Live Audio: KTSW 89.9 fm or www.txstatebobcats.com. Color commentary by Bill Culhane and Robert Fisher.
Live Stats: Live scores for the game can be found at www.txstatebobcats.com
Series: Southeastern Louisiana leads the series, 17-13. Last the two teams met Texas State loss to Southeastern Louisiana, 78-79, in the quarterfinals of the 2010 SLC Tournament. Texas State last beat Southeastern La. at home on Feb. 4, 2009, in a 84-82 victory.
Scouting Texas State
Texas State (13-13, 8-4 SLC) snapped its five-game win streak on Feb. 19 with a 70-73 overtime loss to Stephen F. Austin. It was the first loss in the month of February for the Bobcats. Texas State is led by team captains Cameron Johnson (13.2 ppg, 5.5 rpg) and Tony Bishop (11.8 ppg, 7.8 rpg); Texas State's top scorers and rebounders. Bishop posted his team-leading seventh double-double as he spurted out a career-high 23 points to go along with 13 boards. The Bobcats are shooting 44.6 percent from the field and averaging 78.2 points per game. Texas State averages 82.8 points per game at home.
Scouting Southeastern Louisiana
Southeastern Louisiana (12-12, 6-6 SLC) is on a two-game slide after recent losses to Lamar (52-57) and UT Arlington (66-68, ot). The Lions are 2-4 on the road in conference play this season with their last conference road win occurring on Feb. 12 in a 76-68 win over Northwestern State. The Lions are led by Trent Hutchinson who is averaging 15.5 points per game and 1.5 rebounds per game. Hutchinson has scored 32 points on three separate times this season. Southeastern Louisiana is averaging 70.4 points per game and 34.4 rebounds per game.
Flashback
March 10, 2010 - Katy, Texas- - After going toe-to-toe for 44 minutes and 57.7 seconds, the Texas State men's basketball team could only sit and watch as Patrick Sullivan stood at the free throw line for Southeastern Louisiana in the quarterfinals of the Southland Conference Tournament.
The two teams continued to battle back and forth in the overtime period before Sullivan was fouled with 2.3 seconds left. All the Bobcats could do was stand and watch him make his second free throw to put the Lions up 79-78. Texas State had one last chance to pull out the victory. The Bobcats worked the ball up court to Cameron Johnson on the left wing. But, his desperation shot rolled off the rim to end Texas State's season.
Johnson finished the game with 23 points, and Ryan White finished with 17. Sullivan led Southeastern with 21 points.
