Thursday, January 14, 2010

College Basketball: Islanders sink the Bobcats

By Tyler Mayforth
Daily Record Sports

San Marcos — Texas State lives and dies a step behind the 3-point line.

If the Bobcats knock down their 3-pointers early, there’s usually a good chance they’ll win. Should Texas State struggle to find its shot, like it did Wednesday night against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, it’s going to be a long game for the Bobcats.

Texas State missed 18 of its 23 attempted 3-pointers in the 68-59 loss to the Islanders. The Bobcats fell to 7-9 overall and 1-1 in the Southland Conference.

“When they got open looks, they hit them. When we got open looks, we didn’t,” Texas State head coach Doug Davalos said. “I have no idea why we don’t hit open shots. It’s not like we don’t shoot the ball in practice.

“This happened in our gym too; this is what surprises me. This is the same gym we shoot in all the time. So it’s not the lighting, it’s not the court and it’s not anything else but just stepping up and knocking down the shots we needed to.”

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