754 - (2) Hawaii women vs. (1) UC-Davis
Big West championship
March 16 at Honda Center in Anaheim, CA
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753 - (4) Texas State vs. (1) Georgia State
Sun Belt semifinals
March 16 at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, LA
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Showing posts with label texas state bobcats. Show all posts
Games 673-675: Thursday trio
675 - Charlotte at UT-San Antonio
January 24 at Convocation Center in San Antonio, TX
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Play-by-play announcer Lincoln Rose with a phrase of the year nominee after a Jhivvan Jackson first-half rejection:
"Perhaps the only thing the fans like more than a Jhivvan Jackson three is a little rejection from the future post master general...insufficient postage from the 49ers!"
674 - Charleston Southern at Radford
January 24 at Donald N. Dedmon Center in Radford, VA
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673 - Texas State at Georgia State
January 24 at GSU Sports Arena in Atlanta, GA
There was very little joy found on the main court - GSU was out-played and lost 81-66, its second consecutive Sun Belt defeat after a 5-0 start - so, sadly, the highlight of the evening was this old scoreboard I found at GSU's auxiliary gym:
January 24 at Convocation Center in San Antonio, TX
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Play-by-play announcer Lincoln Rose with a phrase of the year nominee after a Jhivvan Jackson first-half rejection:
"Perhaps the only thing the fans like more than a Jhivvan Jackson three is a little rejection from the future post master general...insufficient postage from the 49ers!"
674 - Charleston Southern at Radford
January 24 at Donald N. Dedmon Center in Radford, VA
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673 - Texas State at Georgia State
January 24 at GSU Sports Arena in Atlanta, GA
There was very little joy found on the main court - GSU was out-played and lost 81-66, its second consecutive Sun Belt defeat after a 5-0 start - so, sadly, the highlight of the evening was this old scoreboard I found at GSU's auxiliary gym:
Games 500-501: Sun Belt squeaker
501 - Texas State at Georgia State
January 27 at GSU Sports Arena
Georgia State had been 0-of-5 from the free-throw line before D'Marcus Simonds stepped to the stripe and knocked down four straight over the final 20 seconds as the Panthers escaped with a 54-50 victory.
It was a defensive struggle as Texas State, top-15 nationally in scoring defense, held GSU to its lowest point total since a 71-56 loss to Prairie View A&M on November 22 which from this point on we shall never, ever again speak of.
Meanwhile, GSU's top-20 nationally in field goal percentage defense & held the Bobcats to 35% shooting and a 2-of-16 performance from three.
Simonds did some great things just before those clutch free throws. Texas State led 48-46 when Simonds made a pair of difficult baskets in the lane to put GSU in front 50-48 with just under a minute to go. GSU's defense then came up with the stop of the day, forcing a shot clock violation with 25 seconds left. Texas State hadn't yet reached the double-bonus, so Simonds was faced with a pair of one-and-one situations and he calmly sent the Panthers to their seventh straight win.
A three-step guide to how you end up winning only 54-50 when you shoot 49% from the field and hold your opponent to 35%
1. you turn the ball over 16 times (Texas State had 11 (!) steals)
2. you give up 12 offensive rebounds, including three on one possession with under three minutes to play, which didn't even end up leading to points for Texas State, but still: someone grab a defensive rebound
3. two players - Simonds (20 points) and Jeff Thomas (14 points) - score more than half your points
But a win to move to 7-2 in Sun Belt play (after starting 0-2) is all that really matters.
500 - Texas State women at Georgia State
January 27 at GSU Sports Arena
The Georgia State women didn't play a good second half at all, but I'm not sure a well-played final 20 minutes would've helped with the way Toshua Leavitt and Taeler Deer performed on Saturday.
Leavitt was 10-of-16 from three-point range to tie a career high with 34 points (the 10 threes also equaled her career-best) and Deer handed out a career-best 14 assists to go along with 19 points in the Bobcats' 83-63 victory.
GSU led at the break 36-35, but the visitors from San Marcos hit half of their 16 threes in the second half, led by the incredible Leavitt (6-of-9). In fact, Madison Newby's free throws with 1:47 left in the third put the Panthers up 51-50, but three straight bad defensive possessions followed, including the inability to locate Leavitt on a pair of 3-pointers, and a lay-in by Ti'Aria Pitts with three seconds to play made it a 58-51 game. The hosts never recovered in the final period.
January 27 at GSU Sports Arena
Georgia State had been 0-of-5 from the free-throw line before D'Marcus Simonds stepped to the stripe and knocked down four straight over the final 20 seconds as the Panthers escaped with a 54-50 victory.
It was a defensive struggle as Texas State, top-15 nationally in scoring defense, held GSU to its lowest point total since a 71-56 loss to Prairie View A&M on November 22 which from this point on we shall never, ever again speak of.
Meanwhile, GSU's top-20 nationally in field goal percentage defense & held the Bobcats to 35% shooting and a 2-of-16 performance from three.
Simonds did some great things just before those clutch free throws. Texas State led 48-46 when Simonds made a pair of difficult baskets in the lane to put GSU in front 50-48 with just under a minute to go. GSU's defense then came up with the stop of the day, forcing a shot clock violation with 25 seconds left. Texas State hadn't yet reached the double-bonus, so Simonds was faced with a pair of one-and-one situations and he calmly sent the Panthers to their seventh straight win.
A three-step guide to how you end up winning only 54-50 when you shoot 49% from the field and hold your opponent to 35%
1. you turn the ball over 16 times (Texas State had 11 (!) steals)
2. you give up 12 offensive rebounds, including three on one possession with under three minutes to play, which didn't even end up leading to points for Texas State, but still: someone grab a defensive rebound
3. two players - Simonds (20 points) and Jeff Thomas (14 points) - score more than half your points
But a win to move to 7-2 in Sun Belt play (after starting 0-2) is all that really matters.
500 - Texas State women at Georgia State
January 27 at GSU Sports Arena
The Georgia State women didn't play a good second half at all, but I'm not sure a well-played final 20 minutes would've helped with the way Toshua Leavitt and Taeler Deer performed on Saturday.
Leavitt was 10-of-16 from three-point range to tie a career high with 34 points (the 10 threes also equaled her career-best) and Deer handed out a career-best 14 assists to go along with 19 points in the Bobcats' 83-63 victory.
GSU led at the break 36-35, but the visitors from San Marcos hit half of their 16 threes in the second half, led by the incredible Leavitt (6-of-9). In fact, Madison Newby's free throws with 1:47 left in the third put the Panthers up 51-50, but three straight bad defensive possessions followed, including the inability to locate Leavitt on a pair of 3-pointers, and a lay-in by Ti'Aria Pitts with three seconds to play made it a 58-51 game. The hosts never recovered in the final period.
Game 315 - Texas State at Georgia State
February 20 at GSU Sports Arena in Atlanta, GA
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Sometimes you need contributions from unexpected players to win.
Devin Mitchell provided that much-needed spark for GSU, knocking down three 3-pointers on his way to 14 points in a 67-51 victory. The Panthers needed a win badly, having lost three consecutive games coming into the night, including a devastating home loss February 18 to Sun Belt leader UT-Arlington in which they blew a 15-point, second half lead.
There was no such collapse on Monday and Mitchell was a big reason why.
At about the 11-minute mark of the second and the Panthers clinging to a six-point lead that felt like much less, Mitchell had a strong drive for a lay-up, then followed that with consecutive 3-pointers. The last long ball was a transition three that came off a Texas State turnover and made it a 51-37 game with 10 minutes left.
The lead wouldn't fall below eight the rest of the night.
Mitchell, a redshirt-sophomore transfer from Alabama, was averaging just 4.2 points before the double-digit outburst. Not only was Mitchell big off the bench (helping GSU finish with a 25-7 advantage in bench production), but D'Marcus Simonds was fantastic in the second half (14 of his 18 points), and leading scorer Jeremy Hollowell, held to just two first-half points, came alive with a 14-point second half.
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Sometimes you need contributions from unexpected players to win.
Devin Mitchell provided that much-needed spark for GSU, knocking down three 3-pointers on his way to 14 points in a 67-51 victory. The Panthers needed a win badly, having lost three consecutive games coming into the night, including a devastating home loss February 18 to Sun Belt leader UT-Arlington in which they blew a 15-point, second half lead.
There was no such collapse on Monday and Mitchell was a big reason why.
At about the 11-minute mark of the second and the Panthers clinging to a six-point lead that felt like much less, Mitchell had a strong drive for a lay-up, then followed that with consecutive 3-pointers. The last long ball was a transition three that came off a Texas State turnover and made it a 51-37 game with 10 minutes left.
The lead wouldn't fall below eight the rest of the night.
Mitchell, a redshirt-sophomore transfer from Alabama, was averaging just 4.2 points before the double-digit outburst. Not only was Mitchell big off the bench (helping GSU finish with a 25-7 advantage in bench production), but D'Marcus Simonds was fantastic in the second half (14 of his 18 points), and leading scorer Jeremy Hollowell, held to just two first-half points, came alive with a 14-point second half.
Game 171 - (6) Georgia State vs. (7) Texas State
Sun Belt first round
March 10 at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, LA
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March 10 at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, LA
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