The Huntsville Item, Huntsville, TX

Sports

Discussion

November 24, 2009

Bearkats set for ballroom tussle with Oral Roberts

Sam Houston State looking to snap two-game losing streak

The Sam Houston State Bearkats face Oral Roberts today in the first of two contests to be played at the Moon Palace Resort in Cancun, Mexico, as part of the Cancun Challenge.

The Cancun Challenge features eight men’s NCAA Division I college basketball teams with eight games played in the U.S., and eight games played at the all-inclusive Moon Palace resort.

“This trip is an excellent opportunity for the team to become closer as a squad,” Sam Houston head coach Bob Marlin said. “This is a beautiful complex and the players are excited to be here.”

The facility the Bearkats will play in today and Wednesday is unique.

“It’s actually a huge ballroom converted into a basketball court,” Marlin said. “It’s a little strange to see chandeliers on the ceiling but it’s going to be a good experience.”

The four teams which hosted U.S. games are in one four-team bracket,while the four squads that all played road games for their stateside contests are in another.

Sam Houston came close to pulling off an upset. The Bearkats fell to No. 4 Kentucky 102-92 in Lexington last Thursday night. Sam Houston was only eight points behind with six minutes to play thanks to a record-setting performance by Bearkat senior guard Corey Allmond, who totaled 11 3-point baskets and scored 37 points.

The Bearkats lost 80-65 at Cleveland State on Saturday.

Oral Roberts defeated Stanford 83-81 last Wednesday, but lost to Virginia 76-55 after traveling across the country to play Saturday.

On the other side of Sam Houston’s Cancun bracket, Rider faces off with Florida A&M; today. Rider lost 79-46 at Virginia on Thursday and 92-63 at Kentucky on Saturday. Florida A&M; fell 78-64 at Cleveland State and 99-69 at Stanford on Saturday.

Sam Houston State enters today’s contest with three players scoring in double figures. Allmond has scored 76 points in the Kats’ four contests for a 19-point scoring average. Allmond is 18-of-39 from 3-point range for a .462 shooting percentage from beyond the arc.

Junior post player Gilberto Clavell is adding 12.8 points per contest and senior forward Preston Brown is scoring 10.3 points per game.

On Wednesday, the winners of today’s contests will play at 3 p.m. while the losers will meet at 12:30 p.m.

Text Only
Sports
  • 2-11-kriston-driving.jpg Hornets still rocking

    The Hornets knocked off another one Friday night and improved their playoff chances immensely. Led by seniors Kriston Minor and Abram Veasey, the Huntsville boys basketball team bounced the Bulldogs from Summer Creek 52-38 to improve to 6-7 in District 18-4A play.

    February 10, 2012 1 Photo

  • Bulldogs back in the playoffs

    Centerville didn’t mess around with the Bulldogs Friday night and almost snuck out of New Waverly with a win.
    But thanks to junior point guard Brent Purvis making four out of five free throws at the end of the game, the Dogs came away with a 57-54 victory and solidified their third-place standing in District 23-2A.

    February 10, 2012

  • Hornet swimmers positioned well for today’s regional finals

    All the Huntsville swimmers wanted to do and needed to do in the regional swimming meet was to put themselves in position to qualify for state. Well, consider that mission accomplished. In every event in which Huntsville qualified for in the Class 4A Region V swimming meet, no matter whether it was as an individual or in a relay, the Hornets and Lady Hornets finished among the top eight in the preliminaries Friday to advance to today’s finals at the Magnolia ISD Natatorium.

    February 10, 2012

  • Hornet golfers get out to strong start in Bastrop

    Halfway into their latest tournament, the Hornets are set up well to win quite a bit of hardware. Following the first 18 holes in the Evans-Dodson Memorial golf tournament in Bastrop, the Huntsville boys are just four shots off the pace and have a pair of players within range from sitting atop the individual medalist leaderboard.

    February 10, 2012

  • Huntsville wrestlers gain experience at regional meet

    The experience wasn’t as long as they would’ve hoped, but they’ll take it just the same. Competing in the regional meet in Katy, a pair of Huntsville wrestlers earned hard-fought, elusive wins, but fell in the consolation quarterfinals.

    February 10, 2012

  • 2-10-hornet-swimming-jaron-wagner.jpg Raring to go

    They’re as ready as they’re going to be. With two weeks to prepare from their district meet, the Huntsville swimmers will take the next step toward qualifying for state today. Over the next two days, a group of Hornets and Lady Hornets will take part in the Class 4A Region V swimming meet at the Magnolia I.S.D. Natatorium with the preliminaries taking place today and the finals on Saturday.

    February 9, 2012 2 Photos

  • Next week’s playoff matchups all set

    After spending countless hours in the gym, the hard work has paid off for both the girls basketball teams from Huntsville and New Waverly. Now the fun begins as the Class 4A and 2A girls basketball playoffs get going next week.

    February 9, 2012

  • Scott: Kats still looking for go-to guy

    February 9, 2012

  • College Scene: Former Hornets doing well at respective colleges

    February 9, 2012

  • 2-9-gatlin-driving.jpg OUTGUNNED: First-place Mavericks shoot down Sam Houston, run winning streak to 14

    Texas-Arlington had an answer for every Sam Houston run Wednesday night on the way to a 75-63 victory over the Bearkats. It was the Mavericks’ 14th consecutive win and improved their Southland Conference record to 10-0.
    The last team to start league action with such perfection was Sam Houston in 2010, a team which won the conference’s regular season as well as the postseason tournament championship.

    February 8, 2012 1 Photo