SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State women's basketball team fell on Saturday afternoon to the Houston Baptist Huskies by a score of 61-56. Sophomore guard Kaitlin Walla led the Bobcats with 15 points on 6-for-9 shooting.


 
The first half of the game was a series of runs on both sides of the basketball. Houston Baptist opened up the contest with a 6-0 run through the first three minutes of the game. Texas State answered starting with 16:50 left in the first and proceeded to rattle off a 14-0 run to take a 14-6 lead over the Huskies.
 
With 11:28 left in the first, Meghan Braeuer made a lay-up to give Texas State its largest lead of the game, 18-8.
 
At one point in the first, Houston Baptist held Texas State scoreless for almost four minutes as it proceeded to tie up the game at 21-all. The Huskies finished the first half on a 21-8 run against the Bobcats. Walla led Texas State with nine first half points.
 
After the intermission, Texas State saw what was a seven point Houston Baptist lead grow to as many as 10 in the early moments of the second half. That 10 point lead by the Huskies was then snapped to zero as the Bobcats produced another large run capped by a three-pointer by Ayriel Anderson with 15:11 left to make it 36-all.
 
The two squads would proceed to exchange leads in the following minutes with four more ties including the last tie at 55-55 with 3:33 remaining in the game. The Huskies then finished the game on a 6-1 run to defeat the Bobcats for the second-straight time.
 
Along with Walla, Braeuer led the Bobcats by finishing with 10 points. Kileah Mays finished the game with a career-high four blocks to go along with a team-high 11 rebounds for Texas State. The Bobcats were, however, outrebounded 46-35 by the Huskies.
 
The Bobcats fall to 1-2 on the young season and 1-1 at Strahan Coliseum.
 
Texas State will remain at home on Tuesday evening as the Bobcats welcome former Southland Conference foe Lamar to Strahan Coliseum. Tip-off against the Cardinals is scheduled for 7 p.m. Live stats and live video can be found at www.txstatebobcats.com. The game will be broadcasted on an internet feed that will be at www.txstatebobcats.com. For more information please contact the Texas State Athletic Ticket Office at 512-245-2272 or email at gametickets@txstate.edu.