SAN MARCOS, TX — Following Texas State's 66-59 win over App State Thursday night, it no longer takes more than five minutes to find the last time a pair of Bobcat women's basketball student-athletes recorded double-doubles in the same game.
As the only two Texas State student-athletes to play 31-or-more minutes against the Mountaineers, fifth-year seniors
Kennedy Taylor and
Da'Nasia Hood each finished with double-doubles, marking the first time since the Bobcats' trip to UTEP on Nov. 19, 2022, that a pair of Texas State teammates recorded a double-double in the same game.
Hood finished as the Bobcats' leading scorer and rebounding against App State as the San Antonio native scored 19 points and brought down 11 rebounds. Taylor, who directed a Texas State offense that finished with a 46.8 shooting percentage on the night, paired 11 points with a season-high 13 assists.
Taylor's 13 assists tied her career high, which she set against UTA on Feb. 1, 2020, and was one shy of tying Taeler Deer's program record of 14 assists set in a contest against Georgia State on Jan. 27, 2018.
The second half of Thursday's game was when the duo shined the most as Hood netted 12 of her 19 points during the final 20 minutes. Taylor had over half of her assist total (7) during the same period.
But it was really the final 10-minute stanza when Antoine needed her all-conference duo. And they delivered as Hood scored nine of the Bobcats' 17 points during the fourth quarter, while Taylor was credited with five of her team's six assists.
FROM HEAD COACH ZENARAE ANTOINE
"First off, I want to take my hat off to App State, that's a really good team. The matchup — from the very beginning — was going to be very difficult, because of their ability to spread the floor out, while being able to put the ball on the floor, too. They are excellent 3-point shooters, which we obviously saw tonight, so we really had to challenge our team, specifically our forwards, because they aren't used to guarding guards off the bounce and there were times (App State) was playing with five guards at once."
FROM FORWARD DA'NASIA HOOD
"I think I played OK tonight. Of course, there's always room for improvements. I think it's all about just staying focused and being locked on what our coaches are saying to us, staying locked in on our assignment first and then finding a way to help our teammates out. It feels good to get the win, but there's always room to get better."
STAT LEADERS
SCORES BY QUARTERS
- 1st | Texas State 16, App State 14
- 2nd | Texas State 32, App State 27
- 3rd | Texas State 49, App State 44
- 4th | Texas State 66 App State 59
MATCH NOTES
- With her 11 rebounds on the night, fifth-year senior Da'Nasia Hood passed Ashley Ezeh (2010-14) for ninth on the program's career rebounding list.
- Hood will enter Texas State's game against Louisiana on Saturday tied win Erin Peoples (2012-17) for eighth on the list with 713 career rebounds.
- Kennedy Taylor's 13 assists on the night make her just the 11th Division I women's basketball student-athlete to have been credited with 13 assists in a game this season.
- UConn's Nika Muhl and UNC Greensboro's Akira Wiggins have the top spot for most assists in a Division I women's basketball game this season with 15.
- By pairing her 13 assists with 11 points, fifth-year senior Kennedy Taylor passed Ayriel Anderson (2012-16) for thirteenth on the program's career scoring list.
- Taylor will go into this weekend's game against Louisiana with 1,152 career points.
- With Thursday night's win, the Texas State women's basketball program is off to its best start through a season's first 14 games (10-4) under head coach Zenarae Antoine.
- The previous best record was 9-5 to begin the 2017-18 season, when the Bobcats won 23 games, including 14 in league play, and earned a berth in the WNIT, and the 2011-12 campaign, which was Antoine's first year at the helm of the program.
- Thursday evening's victory over App State marked the first win for Texas State over App State since Feb. 3, 2018, when the Bobcats won 92-50 in San Marcos.
- Of Texas State's now six all-time wins over App State, four have occurred inside Strahan Arena, including the last two.
- Texas State now moves to 8-2 all time in its first home Sun Belt Conference game of the season under head coach Zenarae Antoine.
- With the win, Texas State women's basketball head coach Zenarae Antoine tied Suzanne Fox (1998-11) as the program's all-time winningest head coach with 174 career wins.
UP NEXT
- Texas State (10-4, 2-1) will look for its ninth home win on the young season when the Bobcats play Louisiana (7-8, 1-2) at 2 p.m. CT on Saturday, Jan. 7.
- Louisiana is coming off a 44-43 loss at Southern Miss on Thursday, Jan. 5.
- Overall, the Ragin' Cajuns have lost back-to-back Sun Belt Conference games — after losing to Coastal Carolina, 68-57, on Saturday, Dec. 31 — and four of their last six basketball contests.
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