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San Marcos, Texas – Tony Bishop netted 22 points and 10 rebounds for his eighth double-double of the season to lift Texas State to an 82-69 come from behind victory tonight at Strahan Coliseum. The Bobcats beat the Lions to earn their ninth consecutive conference home victory and maintain first-place in the SLC West division. The win improved Texas State's record to 14-13, 9-4 SLC, while Southeastern Louisiana drops to 12-12, 6-7 SLC.
In addition to Bishop's double-double, Cameron Johnson had 16 points and Eddie Rios tallied 12. Ryan White and John Bowman added 11 points each.
A 14-0 run by Texas State sparked by an Eddie Rios layup, followed by a steal and three-pointer by Brooks Ybarra shifted the momentum in the building to the home team. With 10:36 remaining in the game, a trey by White gave Texas State a 55-53 lead and the Bobcats never looked back. Southeastern Louisiana's Trent Hutchin made a layup to end the Bobcats' run, but it may have been a little too late for the Lions.
Texas State went on to outscore Southeastern Louisiana, 19-10, including six points from Johnson and White in the final seven minutes. Mr. Free Throw himself (Ryan White) was 4-for-4 from the charity stripe in the final minute and 30 seconds to help the Bobcats seal the win.
Southeastern Louisiana held a five point lead heading into halftime after a three-point play by Antonnio Benton gave the Lions a 36-31 lead with three seconds remaining. Bishop led all scorers at intermission with 11 points on 4-for-7 shooting.
Trent Hutchin led Southeastern Louisiana with 18 points. David Ndoumba added 17 points and seven rebounds.
Texas State hosts UTSA on Saturday, Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. in the Southland Conference TV Game of the Week. It will be the Bobcats' last home game of the season as they will honor their six seniors: Tony Bishop, J.B. Conley, Cameron Johnson, Uriel Segura, Jonathan Sloan and Ryan White.
David Ndoumba cut Texas State's lead to 63-59 with 6:56 left on the clock, unfortunately for the green and yellow that would be the closest they would get for the rest of the game.
