LAFAYETTE, La. — As quickly as
Da'Nasia Hood lit the torch against Louisiana on Saturday afternoon, the senior forward passed it to fellow senior
Kennedy Taylor throughout the second half as the duo combined for 40 points.
But it wasn't enough as Louisiana (9-3, 1-1) withstood a late fourth-quarter rally from Texas State (6-8, 1-1) to escape with a 78-72 win.
Taylor, just two nights after scoring 10 points and dishing out eight assists in the Bobcats' eight-point win at ULM, continued to showcase her top-tier point guard abilities as the Dallas native went for 20 points, had nine assists, credited with five steals, and brought down five rebounds while playing all 40 minutes for the second time in a three-day span.
With Louisiana trying to balloon the scoring margin in the game's late stages, Taylor continued to fight as pass was on the receiving end of a
Gabby Standifer 3-pointer with 1:28 left in the game. Then, Taylor, herself, connected on a 3-pointer with 42 seconds left to cut the Bobcats' deficit. Nineteen seconds later, the 5-foot-3 guard sank a 35-foot shot and capped the 4-point play with a free throw.
Taylor, again, was credited with an assist when Hood converted a layup opportunity out of a timeout with 15 seconds left. Taylor capped her 8-point-in-42-second spurt with a free throw with 0.4 seconds left in the game.
STAT LEADERS
SCORES BY QUARTER
- 1st | Texas State 15, Louisiana 15
- 2nd | Texas State 29, Louisiana 27
- 3rd | Louisiana 47, Texas State 44
- 4th | Louisiana 78, Texas State 28
MATCH NOTES
- Saturday afternoon's contest marked the first time a pair of Texas State teammates scored 20-or-more points in the same game since Kennedy Taylor (28) and Ja'Kayla Bowie (23) did so against Troy during the 2020-21 Sun Belt Conference Tournament on March 6, 2021.
- Texas State's 51.9 shooting percentage (27-52) against Louisiana marked the highest percentage by the Bobcats since shooting 66.7 percent (42-63) against Texas College on Dec. 5, 2021. The Bobcats' 42.1 percent (8-19) from behind the 3-point arc versus the Ragin' Cajuns was also the highest since shooting 52.4 percent (11-21) against Texas College.
- The 28 points by the Texas State Bobcats during the fourth quarter marked the seventh time the team has scored 20-or-more points in a quarter against a Division I opponent this season. Saturday afternoon marked the first time Texas State has scored 20-or-more points in a quarter against a Division I foe since going for 23 at Loyola Marymount on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021.
UP NEXT
- Texas State will return to action next week when the Bobcats host Troy on Thursday, Jan. 6 at 7 p.m. The Bobcats will then host South Alabama two days later on Saturday, Jan. 8 at 2 p.m.
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