EL PASO, TX. — After missing the last two Texas State women's basketball games, fifth-year senior
Da'Nasia Hood returned to the floor for head coach
Zenarae Antoine Saturday night and showed why the San Antonio native is a three-time all-conference performer.
Hood, a 6-foot-1 forward, turned in a season-high 28 points on 12-of-22 shooting (54.5 percent) and pulled down a season-high 15 rebounds, which also tied her career high she set back against UTA on Jan. 22, 2022. The January game against the Mavericks was also part of a stretch of seven consecutive games with 20-or-more points last season, which was the last time Hood has scored 20-or-more points in consecutive games played.
Saturday's performance at UTEP was also Hood's first double-double since scoring a career-high 33 points and pulling down 13 rebounds in Texas State's postseason conference tournament win against South Alabama on March 2, 2022.
Hood's performance was also part of a pair of double-doubles for Texas State (3-1) that also saw
Kennedy Taylor finish with 10 points and 10 assists, marking the first time the Bobcats finished a game against a Division I opponent with multiple double-doubles since Jan. 15, 2022, when the Hood (26 points, 14 rebounds) and Taylor (15 points, 10 assists) accomplished the feat at Georgia State.
STAT LEADERS
SCORES BY QUARTERS
- 1st | UTEP 12, Texas State 10
- 2nd | Texas State 26, UTEP 21
- 3rd | Texas State 42, UTEP 40
- 4th | Texas State 55, UTEP 55
- OT | UTEP 72, Texas State 68
MATCH NOTES
- For the second time in four games this season, fifth-year senior Kennedy Taylor turned a double-double (points, assists) as the point guard finished with 10 points and 10 assists in 44 minutes of game action.
- Taylor also turned in a 12-point, 12-assist double-double in the Bobcats' season-opening win over Howard Payne on Nov. 7, 2022.
- Tianna Eaton turned in her fourth consecutive double-figure scoring performance as the sixth-year guard scored 16 points on 6-of-18 shooting that included a pair of 3-pointers and free throws.
- Eaton's 16 points were tied for the second most by the California native this season after she had 16 against Howard Payne in the season-opening contest.
- Ja'Kayla Bowie filled up the stat sheet Saturday night as the fifth-year senior scored three points, brought down two rebounds, dished out two assists, credited with one steal and blocked a shot.
- Da'Nasia Hood nearly accomplished the feat, too, but fell an assist short.
- By holding UTEP to only nine points during the second quarter, it marked the sixth time this season the Bobcat defense has held an opponent to single digits during a quarter.
- Texas State held Arlington Baptist to single digits in three of the four quarters played earlier this week after limiting Howard Payne's offense to single digits in two of four quarters nearly two weeks ago.
- Through four games this season, sixth-year senior Tianna Eaton has already connected on 29 field goal attempts and eight 3-pointers, both season highs for the third-year Bobcat.
- During the 2021-22 season, Eaton sank 28 field goal attempts that included seven attempts from behind the 3-point arc.
UP NEXT
- For the first time this season, the Texas State women's basketball program will play a second consecutive road game when the Bobcats travel to College Station, Texas to play Texas A&M at 4 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Nov. 23.
- Texas A&M is currently 2-1 on the season with wins over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Army but fell to Duke. The Aggies will play Texas Southern on Sunday, Nov. 20 at 2 p.m. CT before facing the Bobcats next week.
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