Sam Houston Bearkats vs. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs

Feb 7, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
SHSU	38	40	78
LT	37	50	87

Game Recap

Player Stats

SAM HOUSTON	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
8Veljko Ilic	19	2-6	0-0	1-4	1	0	0	0	2	2	5
55Jacob Walker	37	4-10	0-1	8-10	4	4	4	0	6	3	16
35Po'Boigh King	33	7-18	6-12	1-2	3	1	1	0	3	2	21
4Kashie Natt	24	3-8	2-5	2-2	5	3	1	0	2	4	10
25Damon Nicholas Jr.	31	0-3	0-1	0-0	3	2	3	1	0	4	0
12Matt Dann	20	4-4	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	3	0	2	8
2Jacobe Coleman	29	5-7	5-7	3-3	4	4	0	0	1	5	18
1CJ Beaumont	7	0-1	0-1	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0


TOTAL	-	25-5743.9%	13-2748.1%	15-2171.4%	24	14	9	4	15	22	78

LOUISIANA TECH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
5Avery Thomas II	34	7-10	1-3	0-0	11	0	4	0	1	1	15
21Melian Martinez	9	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	2	2
0DJ Dudley	29	2-11	0-4	1-2	4	2	1	0	4	3	5
4Jaylen Fenner	9	0-3	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
3AJ Bates	28	5-9	0-3	11-13	0	6	1	0	4	3	21
10Kylan Howze	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7Sir Issac Herron	26	6-8	0-0	6-9	2	2	1	3	0	2	18
6Keegan Rowell	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8Scooter Williams	27	4-12	0-4	2-4	2	4	0	0	1	1	10
11Kaden Cooper	33	5-10	0-2	6-7	18	3	3	2	0	2	16
TOTAL	-	30-6546.2%	1-175.9%	26-3574.3%	43	17	10	5	12	15	87

Play-by-Play

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1st halfSHSULT

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Sam Houston.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Louisiana Tech.
(19:46) Jacob Walker misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(19:42) Melian Martinez Defensive Rebound.
(19:38) DJ Dudley misses layup.
(19:36) Sam Houston Defensive Rebound.
(19:21) Veljko Ilic misses layup.
(19:17) Melian Martinez Defensive Rebound.
(19:11) AJ Bates misses layup.
(19:08) Melian Martinez Offensive Rebound.
(19:08) Melian Martinez misses tip in dunk.
(19:07) Sam Houston Defensive Rebound.
(18:57) Po'Boigh King misses 13-foot jumper.
(18:54) Jaylen Fenner Defensive Rebound.
(18:37) Jaylen Fenner misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(18:34) Avery Thomas II Offensive Rebound.
(18:34) Foul on Kashie Natt.
(18:04) DJ Dudley bad pass turnover.
(18:04) Damon Nicholas Jr. Steal.
+3 (17:52) Kashie Natt makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jacob Walker assists).
30
+2 (17:31) Melian Martinez makes 6-foot alley oop dunk (AJ Bates assists).
32
(17:11) Kashie Natt misses layup.
(17:09) Kaden Cooper Defensive Rebound.
(16:40) DJ Dudley misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:38) Jaylen Fenner Offensive Rebound.
(16:21) Kaden Cooper misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:17) Kashie Natt Defensive Rebound.
(16:15) Foul on AJ Bates.
(16:06) Foul on Melian Martinez.
(16:06) Veljko Ilic misses free throw 1 of 2.
(16:06) Sam Houston Deadball Team Rebound.
(16:06) Veljko Ilic misses free throw 2 of 2.
(16:06) DJ Dudley Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:04) Scooter Williams makes layup.
34
(15:45) Veljko Ilic misses layup.
(15:42) Scooter Williams Defensive Rebound.
(15:18) Foul on Melian Martinez.
(15:18) Melian Martinez turnover.
(15:00) Foul on DJ Dudley.
(15:00) Jacob Walker misses free throw 1 of 2.
(15:00) Sam Houston Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (15:00) Jacob Walker makes free throw 2 of 2.
44
(14:31) DJ Dudley misses layup.
(14:31) Damon Nicholas Jr. Block.
(14:26) Jacob Walker Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:24) Po'Boigh King makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jacobe Coleman assists).
74
(14:08) DJ Dudley misses 18-foot jumper.
(14:05) Kaden Cooper Offensive Rebound.
(13:57) AJ Bates bad pass turnover.
(13:57) Jacob Walker Steal.
(13:50) Jacobe Coleman bad pass turnover.
(13:50) Kaden Cooper Steal.
(13:45) Kaden Cooper misses layup.
(13:43) DJ Dudley Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:42) DJ Dudley makes layup.
76
(13:19) Po'Boigh King misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(13:16) Kaden Cooper Defensive Rebound.
(13:10) Kaden Cooper misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:05) Damon Nicholas Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(12:57) Po'Boigh King bad pass turnover.
(12:57) AJ Bates Steal.
+2 (12:52) Scooter Williams makes layup (DJ Dudley assists).
78
+3 (12:15) Jacobe Coleman makes 23-foot three point jumper.
108
(11:49) Jaylen Fenner misses 11-foot jumper.
(11:46) Veljko Ilic Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:26) Kashie Natt makes 18-foot jumper.
128
(10:58) Jaylen Fenner misses layup.
(10:56) Kylan Howze Offensive Rebound.
(10:54) DJ Dudley misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(10:50) CJ Beaumont Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:40) Veljko Ilic makes layup.
148
(10:29) Foul on Veljko Ilic.
+1 (10:29) DJ Dudley makes free throw 1 of 2.
149
(10:29) DJ Dudley misses free throw 2 of 2.
(10:27) Avery Thomas II Offensive Rebound.
(10:23) Scooter Williams misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(10:20) Avery Thomas II Offensive Rebound.
(10:14) Scooter Williams misses 11-foot jumper.
(10:10) Sam Houston Defensive Rebound.
(9:46) Veljko Ilic misses layup.
(9:44) Kaden Cooper Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:37) DJ Dudley makes 22-foot jumper.
1411
(9:17) CJ Beaumont bad pass turnover.
(9:17) Kaden Cooper Steal.
+2 (9:13) Scooter Williams makes layup (Kaden Cooper assists).
1413
(8:54) Kashie Natt misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(8:49) CJ Beaumont Offensive Rebound.
(8:38) Kashie Natt misses layup.
(8:38) Kaden Cooper Block.
(8:34) Avery Thomas II Defensive Rebound.
(8:31) Avery Thomas II misses layup.
(8:29) Po'Boigh King Defensive Rebound.
(8:27) Foul on DJ Dudley.
+1 (8:27) Kashie Natt makes free throw 1 of 2.
1513
+1 (8:27) Kashie Natt makes free throw 2 of 2.
1613
(8:23) Jacob Walker bad pass turnover.
(8:23) Avery Thomas II Steal.
+2 (8:15) Avery Thomas II makes 15-foot jumper.
1615
(7:50) Damon Nicholas Jr. misses layup.
(7:46) Matt Dann Offensive Rebound.
+2 (7:46) Matt Dann makes layup.
1815
(7:24) Avery Thomas II bad pass turnover.
(7:24) Jacob Walker Steal.
+2 (7:03) Sir Issac Herron makes 15-foot jumper (Scooter Williams assists).
1817
(7:03) Jacob Walker bad pass turnover.
(7:03) Kaden Cooper Steal.
(6:41) Foul on Scooter Williams.
(6:41) Po'Boigh King misses free throw 1 of 2.
(6:41) Sam Houston Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (6:41) Po'Boigh King makes free throw 2 of 2.
1917
+2 (6:25) Avery Thomas II makes layup (Sir Issac Herron assists).
1919
(6:06) Jacob Walker misses layup.
(6:03) Jacob Walker Offensive Rebound.
+3 (6:01) Po'Boigh King makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jacob Walker assists).
2219
(5:50) AJ Bates misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(5:46) Kaden Cooper Offensive Rebound.
+2 (5:44) AJ Bates makes layup (Kaden Cooper assists).
2221
(5:16) Foul on AJ Bates.
+1 (5:16) Jacob Walker makes free throw 1 of 2.
2321
+1 (5:16) Jacob Walker makes free throw 2 of 2.
2421
+2 (4:58) Sir Issac Herron makes layup.
2423
(4:33) Jacob Walker misses 12-foot jumper.
(4:29) Sir Issac Herron Defensive Rebound.
(4:23) Foul on Matt Dann.
+1 (4:23) AJ Bates makes free throw 1 of 2.
2424
+1 (4:23) AJ Bates makes free throw 2 of 2.
2425
(4:09) Po'Boigh King misses 12-foot jumper.
(4:08) Louisiana Tech Defensive Rebound.
(3:50) Foul on Veljko Ilic.
+1 (3:50) Sir Issac Herron makes free throw 1 of 2.
2426
+1 (3:50) Sir Issac Herron makes free throw 2 of 2.
2427
+3 (3:39) Jacobe Coleman makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jacob Walker assists).
2727
+2 (3:24) Kaden Cooper makes 4-foot alley oop dunk (AJ Bates assists).
2729
+3 (3:04) Jacobe Coleman makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jacob Walker assists).
3029
+2 (2:47) Kaden Cooper makes 3-foot alley oop dunk (Scooter Williams assists).
3031
+2 (2:31) Jacob Walker makes 9-foot jumper.
3231
(2:31) Foul on Sir Issac Herron.
+1 (2:31) Jacob Walker makes free throw 1 of 1.
3331
(2:07) Scooter Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(2:03) Jacob Walker Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:53) Matt Dann makes layup (Damon Nicholas Jr. assists).
3531
(1:41) Foul on Jacob Walker.
+1 (1:41) AJ Bates makes free throw 1 of 2.
3532
+1 (1:41) AJ Bates makes free throw 2 of 2.
3533
(1:29) Po'Boigh King misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(1:25) Sir Issac Herron Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:16) Sir Issac Herron makes layup (AJ Bates assists).
3535
(1:16) Foul on Kashie Natt.
(1:16) Sir Issac Herron misses free throw 1 of 1.
(1:14) Jacob Walker Defensive Rebound.
(0:48) Jacob Walker bad pass turnover.
(0:48) Avery Thomas II Steal.
+2 (0:44) Kaden Cooper makes layup.
3537
(0:13) Jacob Walker misses layup.
(0:13) Sir Issac Herron Block.
(0:12) Sam Houston Offensive Rebound.
(0:10) Foul on Kaden Cooper.
+1 (0:10) Jacobe Coleman makes free throw 1 of 3.
3637
+1 (0:10) Jacobe Coleman makes free throw 2 of 3.
3737
+1 (0:10) Jacobe Coleman makes free throw 3 of 3.
3837
(0:00) AJ Bates misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Sam Houston Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

SHSU

78Points87

25-57(43.9%)Field Goal(%)30-65(46.2%)

13-27(48.1%)3-Point(%)1-17(5.9%)

15-21(71.4%)Free Throw(%)26-35(74.3%)

30(6)Rebounds(Offensive)46(18)

14Assists17

9Steals10

4Blocks5

16Turnovers12

22(0)Fouls(Technical)15(0)

7Largest Lead9

Game Details

Saturday, February 7, 2026 · 3:00 PM

Thomas Assembly Center · Ruston, LA

attendance: 2,670 (33.4%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: SHSU -3.5

over/under: 143.5