Boxscore HUNTSVILLE, Texas ? Freshman
Tarkeisha Wysinger scored a career-high 24 points to lead Louisiana Tech to a 93-58 win over Sam Houston State at Bernard Johnson Coliseum Saturday evening.
Sophomore
Shanavia Dowdell added a career-high 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Tech (5-7) ended its five-game losing streak which dated back to a Dec. 5 win at Alabama.
Tech shot 55 percent (36-65) from the field for the game, including over 50 percent in both halves on its way to recording a season-high in points.
?We needed a game like this,? said Tech head coach Chris Long. ?We needed some confidence and to shoot the basketball as well as we did. Hopefully this performance will give us the confidence we need. I was able to play everyone which was also good.?
Wysinger scored 18 points in the first half in leading the Lady Techsters to a 49-29 halftime advantage. Tech scored the first nine points of the game before Sam Houston State (1-11) hit their first field goal with just over 17 minutes to play.
?I continue to see improvement in Tarkeisha?s game,? Long said. ?She came off a couple of on ball screens tonight and hit 15 foot jumpers. If she can start to do that consistently, she will be extremely hard to defend.?
The Techsters led 30-13 midway through the opening 20 minutes. Tech pushed the advantage out to 43-19 before entering the lockerroom with the 20-point lead.
?We came out and got off to a great start,? Long said. ?We had a couple of periods late in the first half and early in the second where we didn?t execute as well. Overall, I think we made strides as a team.?
Sam Houston State started the second half cutting the Tech advantage to 53-37 before the Lady Techsters answered with 10-0 run to grab a 63-37 lead with 12:01 to play.
Tech held its biggest lead at 93-54 before settling for the 35-point win.
Jo Sneed added her eighth double double of the season with 12 points and 11 rebounds while
Nastassja Levingston also added 12 points.
Tech outrebounded Sam Houston State 61-30, including a 36-10 advantage on the boards in the second half.
Sam Houston State hit only 30 percent (21-69) of its field goals in the game, however, the Bearkats made 7-of-19 from beyond the arc.
Brittany Brooks led Sam Houston State with 16 points.
Tech closes out the non-conference portion of its schedule Monday afternoon with a 1 p.m. tipoff against McNeese State.
