LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Placed into the starting lineup for just the third time this season, sophomore guard
Sierra Dickson was instrumental in Texas State bouncing back from a bumpy fourth quarter to beat Little Rock, 69-65, in triple overtime.
In the early stages of the nearly three-hour game, Dickson was one of four different Bobcat student-athletes to be credited with an assist when
Da'Nasia Hood opened the game by scoring Texas State's first 11 points on 5-of-5 shooting. Dickson later joined the scoring column, too, when she took one of
Kennedy Taylor's game-high 10 assists and then put the basketball through the net. The layup gave the Bobcats' its largest lead of the game at 19 with 6:34 remaining in the third.
However, there was no bigger play by the 5-foot-7 guard then, with less than five seconds remaining in the first overtime period, Dickson stole the ball from Little Rock's Angelique Francis, who rebounded a potential go-ahead layup from
Kennedy Taylor, then laid the ball up herself to tie the game at 57-57 with 1.1 seconds left in the period.
Dickson went on to all but put the game away during the third extra five-minute period when she converted a free throw attempt to extend Texas State's lead to four with 24.4 seconds left.
FROM HEAD COACH ZENARAE ANTOINE
"I thought the most impressive thing from today's game was how our team continued to battle. It's been a tough road. We have four teammates who can't travel with us, so we only have four guards. We have several young women who are playing through a lot going on with their bodies. We had multiple big-time plays that really helped us.
Sierra Dickson, just a young sophomore, stepping into a starting role for us and I thought her play today was huge for us. I thought we can countless student-athletes step in and contribute in different ways whether it be a big rebound or finishing a play."
STAT LEADERS
SCORES BY QUARTER
- 1st | Texas State 18, Little Rock 7
- 2nd | Texas State 31, Little Rock 18
- 3rd | Texas State 45, Little Rock 33
- 4th | Texas State 50, Little Rock 50
- OT | Texas State 57, Little Rock 57
- 2OT | Texas State 61, Little Rock 61,
- 3OT | Texas State 69, Little Rock 65
GAME NOTES
- Thursday morning's triple-overtime game at Little Rock marked the first triple-overtime contest in recorded* Texas State women's basketball history. It was also the first multiple-overtime game for the Bobcats since taking South Alabama to double overtime on Jan. 25, 2020. *Individual game results are not available for the 1966-1969,1970-1972 seasons
- Texas State's win marked the first win against Little Rock in Little Rock since Feb. 13, 2020, when the Bobcats won, 50-47, behind a team-high 17 points from Da'Nasia Hood.
- Texas State guard Kennedy Taylor became just the seventh Division I women's basketball student-athlete to play 55-or-more minutes in a single game this season as the senior was not subbed out at any points throughout Thursday's game.
- For the second time this season, Texas State senior forward Da'Nasia Hood surpassed the 30-point mark in a single game when she finished with 30 on 12-of-20 shooting. She also brought down a team-high 11 rebounds for her fourth-straight double-double.
- For the third time in her last four games, Kennedy Taylor was credited with 10-or-more assists in a game this season.
UP NEXT
- Texas State (9-11, 4-4) will conclude its two-game swing through the state of Arkansas when the Bobcats travel to Jonesboro to play Arkansas State on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 1 p.m. CT.
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