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Sports Update For Week Of Nov. 26
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Two strong showings on the road against top teams gave Bearkat fans an indication that the Sam Houston State men's basketball team will again be in the heat of the Southland Conference title race in 2001. Sam Houston State lost to Mississippi in Oxford 71-65 Wednesday and fell to South Alabama 70-66 in Mobile, Ala., on Saturday.Senecca Wall led the Bearkats with 24 points and five rebounds at Mississippi. Demetrice Sims added 17 points and Derrick Douglas scored 11 and pulled down 10 rebounds.
South Alabama, a pre-season National Invitational Tournament participant, had to rally from 11 points down with four minutes to play to pull out a narrow victory over the young Bearkats. Jeremy Burkhalter led Sam Houston State in scoring with 22 points.
Sam Houston State returns home to Johnson Coliseum on Tuesday night in a non-conference game against LeTourneau College. The Bearkats travel to Southwest Missouri State to play in the Pizza Inn Classic on Friday and Saturday.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Mandy Frazer and Stacy Allen each scored 21 points and Alice Johnson added 20 more as the Sam Houston State women's basketball team picked up its first victory of the 2000-2001 season with a 92-45 victory over Centenary Sunday afternoon. Frazer went five of nine from three point range to lead a hot-shooting group of Kats as the SHSU women hit 41.3 per cent from the field. The Kats jumped out to a 14-0 lead and led 40-20 at halftime.Earlier in the week, the SHSU women almost achieved an upset on the road at Louisiana-Lafayette. With only seven players available (Alice Johnson was serving a one-game suspension for an ejection in the season opener at LSU and Stacy Allen was out with a back injury), the Bearkats charged back from 11 points down in the final two minutes to have a shot to win the game in the final few seconds. Brenda Abakwue, who scored 25 points, led the comeback. Rotasha Allison, who scored 15 points, had a shot at the buzzer than rimmed out as Louisiana-Lafayette held on to win 70-68.
The next game for the Sam Houston State women is Wednesday when the Kats travel to Austin to meet the Texas Longhorns.
FOOTBALL
Four Sam Houston State football players were named as first team selections on the 2000 All-Southland Football League honor squad selected by the eight SFL head coaches. The four were free safety Keith Davis, wide receiver Matt Dominguez, tight end Keith Heinrich, and defensive lineman Reginald Reddick.Davis, a junior from Italy who led the Bearkats with 99 tackles this year, also was named Southland Football League "Defensive Player of the Year."
The four first team All-SFL selections led Sam Houston State to a 7-4 record during the 2000 season, SHSU's best record since 1991.
Dominguez, a senior from Georgetown, led the SFL in pass receiving for the third year in a row and completed his career as the league's all-time leading receiver with 211 career catches for 3,273 yards and 27 touchdowns.
Heinrich, a junior from Tomball, caught 25 passes for 224 yards and was an outstanding blocker. Reddick, a junior from Dallas Lincoln, led the Bearkat defensive line in tackles with 55 including 11 for losses.
Six Bearkats were named honorable mention All-SFL including wide receiver Jonathon Cooper, offensive linemen Damon Cobb and Billy Williams, defensive end Trent Taylor, and linebackers Tommy Tull and Jaquail Young.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
Sam Houston State's Bowers Stadium will host two high school playoff games this weekend. Friday at 7:30 p.m. Newton (8-4) plays host to Marlin (9-3) in a Class AAA, Division II Region III playoff. Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Waco University (6-6) is the home team as they face Jacksonville (10-2) in a Class AAAA Division II Region II game.
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Nov. 26, 2000
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