LAFAYETTE, La. – Da'Nasia Hood scored 27 points and Texas State held Louisiana to its fewest points against the Bobcats in six years as the Bobcats beat the Ragin' Cajuns, 58-51, on the road in the Cajundome on Wednesday.
 
Hood scored 17 of her 27 points in the second half, including nine in the third quarter in which she was 4-of-4 from the field and the Bobcats (20-8, 12-5 Sun Belt) were 8-of-11 (73 percent) as a team. The graduate student finished 9-of-16 shooting and 7-of-10 at the free throw line to tally her second straight 20-point game.
 
The victory also gave the Bobcats their 20th win of the season, which is their most wins since 2017-18, and kept them in a tie for second in the Sun Belt standings enter Friday's regular season finale.
 
Texas State limited Louisiana (16-13, 10-7 Sun Belt) to 36 percent shooting in the game and only one Ragin' Cajun – Lanay Wheaton with 23 points – to reach double-figures in scoring.
 
The Bobcats snapped a four-game road losing streak to Louisiana. It was Texas State's first win at Louisiana since Feb. 23, 2019.
 
Lauryn Thompson joined Hood in double-figures for points as the redshirt senior had 10 along with four rebounds. Thompson was 6-of-6 at the free throw line as the Bobcats were 18-of-28 as a team.
 
After being tied following the first quarter, Texas State finished the game leading for nearly three-quarters of it thanks to a second-quarter effort that saw the Bobcats only make three field goals but go a perfect 6-of-6 at the free throw line. The Texas State defense, meanwhile, held the Ragin' Cajuns to just four field goals and two fruitless attempts at the free throw line that helped the Bobcats take a 23-19 lead into halftime.
 
In the third quarter, both teams combined to go 15-of-25 from the field. However, led by the nine points by Hood and six from Thompson, the Bobcats maintained their lead going into the final period.
 
Texas State led by as much as 38-29 midway through the third quarter with a 7-0 run over a 1:09 stretch. The Bobcats started the third quarter 6-of-7 from the field in the first five-and-a-half minutes.
 
In the fourth, Texas State forced Louisiana to miss 14 of its 18 shots, including nine misses on 12 attempts by Wheaton, to keep the win in hand. On the offensive end, the Bobcats had a pair of three-pointers for its only field goals made, with both giving them an eight-point lead at the time. Hood hit a three-pointer for the fourth quarter's first basket and made it 45-37, and later, Taelour Pruitt drilled a three-pointer as the shot clock was expiring to give the Bobcats a 51-43 advantage with just over two minutes remaining in the game.
 
The Ragin' Cajuns never closed it any closer than six points in the fourth quarter after Hood's initial basket.
 
STAT LEADERS

• Points – Da'Nasia Hood (27)
• Rebounds – Da'Nasia Hood, Tianna Eaton (9)
• Assists – Kennedy Taylor (5)
• Steals – Taelor Pruitt (3)
• Blocks – Tianna Eaton (1)

 
SCORES BY QUARTER
1st | Texas State 11, Louisiana 11
2nd | Texas State 23, Louisiana 19
3rd | Texas State 42, Louisiana 37
4th | Texas State 58, Louisiana 51
 
GAME NOTES

• With the win, Texas State clinched its first winning record on the road in a season since 2017-18.
• Texas State outshot Louisiana, 40 percent to 36 percent.
• The Bobcats attempted 28 free throw attempts to Louisiana's 12.
• The 28 free throw attempts for Texas State tied its fourth-highest in a game this season (2nd-most in a Sun Belt game; 30 at Georgia Southern).
• Texas State scored 14 fastbreak points. Louisiana had three.
• The Bobcats have held 12 of their 17 Sun Belt opponents to less than 60 points.
• In the last six road games, Texas State is holding its opponents to an average of 51.8 points per game.
• The Bobcats are 5-1 over the last 6 road games.
• Texas State is 6-2 in conference road games this year.
• Texas State was outrebounded, 35-32, by the Ragin' Cajuns. Texas State is 12-8 this year when it loses the rebounding battle.
• Texas State only attempted 45 field goals, its fewest in a game since Dec. 16 earlier this season against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (42).
• Wednesday's 51 points by Louisiana were the fewest allowed by the Bobcats in the all-time series since Jan. 21, 2017 (W, 62-40).

 
UP NEXT
Texas State will conclude its regular season on Friday with a matchup at Arkansas State at 7 pm in Jonesboro, Ark. The Bobcats beat the Red Wolves, 89-55, earlier this season in San Marcos.