THIBODAUX, La. — One step forward, two steps back.
Right when Texas State is ready to climb into the next echelon of teams of the Southland Conference, the Bobcats tumble backward.
Texas State struggled from the field and turned the ball over too many times in its 66-63 loss to Nicholls State Saturday afternoon. The Bobcats fell to 12-14 overall and 6-6 in the SLC.
“We didn’t have enough guys step up and play,” Texas State head coach Doug Davalos said. “You can’t win games when you shoot 35 percent and have 21 turnovers.”
The Bobcats didn’t come out ready to play inside Stopher Gymnasium.
Texas State missed its first three shots and turned the ball over three times in the first four minutes. The Colonels took advantage of the mistakes and raced out to an 8-0 lead.
When the Bobcats finally got it in gear, turnovers derailed any semblance of momentum. Texas State tied it up at 11-all with 9:55 remaining, but allowed Nicholls to go on a 10-4 run over the next four minutes.
The Bobcats held the Colonels to a single basket in the final five minutes of the half and took a two-point lead into intermission.
Texas State continued to find more iron than nylon in the second half and tried to make up for it by fouling. The Bobcats put Nicholls in the bonus midway through the stanza.
The Colonels opened up an 11-point advantage soon after, but Texas State wouldn’t fade away. The Bobcats battled back and even took a 63-60 lead with 26 seconds remaining.
Texas State got lost on defense and allowed Nicholls to hit a game-tying 3-pointer and then after a Ryan White offensive foul with less than five seconds left, the Colonels buried the game winner.
“Terrible, terrible loss,” Davalos said. “It should have never happened.”
• Tyler Mayforth
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