SAN MARCOS, TX — Coming off an emotional roller coaster win on Thursday night, the Texas State women's basketball program used a highly-productive third quarter to earn its 66-58 win over ULM on Saturday.
With ULM leading by 10 at 43-33 with 6:11 following a pair of Kierra Crockett free throws,
Jaeda Reed started took a
Kennedy Taylor pass and converted on a turnaround jumper in the paint to cut it to single digits. Reed's basket sparked a 9-0 run to cut the Bobcats' deficit to one. Over the last three minutes of the quarter, Texas State went on an 8-2 scoring run to take a 50-47 lead into the third quarter.
Sierra Dickson's free throw with 35 seconds left in the quarter gave the Bobcats a 48-47 lead, which was Texas State's first lead since 9-6 during the first quarter. Taylor was instrumental in giving the home time a three-point lead heading into the fourth quarter as she was credited with a steal and assist on a Dickson layup with 16 seconds left in the quarter.
FROM HEAD COACH ZENARAE ANTOINE
"If you take a look at the x's and o's of the game, I was probably more stressed out about this game than any other conference game — and you can ask my coaching staff — not because it was a trap game, but I truly believe she has very good players on her team. For whatever reason, they just haven't gotten over that hump yet and I didn't want that hump to be Texas State."
STAT LEADERS
SCORES BY QUARTER
- 1st | ULM 20, Texas State 16
- 2nd | ULM 37, Texas State 29
- 3rd | Texas State 50, ULM 47
- 4th | Texas State 66, ULM 58
GAME NOTES
- Saturday afternoon's win over ULM marked the first five-game conference winning streak for Texas State since the Bobcats won five straight from Feb. 15 to March 2, 2018.
- Texas State's win against ULM on Saturday marked the first time the Bobcats have opened the month of February with three straight wins since the 2016-2017 season, when Texas State won four straight contests to start the month.
- Texas State's 83.3 percent from the free throw line on Saturday was the highest percentage for the Bobcats against a conference foe this season. The 83.3 percent was the highest percentage from the free throw line since going 6 for 6 against Dartmouth on Dec. 16, 2021.
- By holding the Warhawks to 18.2 percent from behind the 3-point arc on Saturday afternoon, it marked the sixth different time the Texas State defense held a conference opponent to 20 percent or lower from 3-point land.
UP NEXT
- Following its victories two-game stretch this week, the Texas State women's basketball program (13-11, 8-4) will now break for seven days, before returning to action at Appalachian State (12-10, 6-3) on Saturday, Feb. 19 at 1 p.m. CT.
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