Texas State posted its third consecutive win after beating Sam Houston State, 101-97, Saturday afternoon at Strahan Coliseum. The Bobcats also assured themselves at least the sixth seed in the Southland Conference tournament.
John Rybak led Texas State with 25 points while Emmanuel Bidias a Moute chipped in 16. Both seniors were monumental in the Bobcats' win.
Rybak drained back-to-back 3-pointers to give Texas State the lead late in the second half while Moute set the tone early by battling for tough lay-ups.
Player of the Game: You can't go wrong by giving it to both seniors as they combined for 41 points. It was a welcome sight to see Rybak regain his shot after struggling through most of the SLC slate.
It was over when ... Ryan White took over the game in overtime. White's lay-up with 1:30 remaining gave the Bobcats a four-point lead and his six free throws iced the win.
Quotables
Texas State head coach Doug Davalos on the game: You have to make some big shots and our guys stepped up and made big shots. When our guys do that, we become such a better defensive team that we’re going to be in most games. This ain’t a shocker to the guys in the locker room. We expect, when we play well, to win."
Davalos on the importance of winning on senior night: "We want to kind of make it a tradition here where we send our seniors off with a win. We’ve done it past three years and I said, ‘That’s what you owe to these guys, because you’re going to be a senior one day and the underclassmen when you’re a senior are going to owe it to you. That’s a heck of a tradition to set. The great thing was that the seniors said if you’re not going to do it for me, we’ll carry it ourselves, as well. You can’t write a better script that two seniors were so instrumental in our win."
Rybak on his two huge 3-pointers in the second half: "I've been struggling in the past a little bit, but when you hear that as a shooter (the crowd's cheers after he made the first), it’s almost a given the second one is going in."
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