Sam Houston Bearkats @ Southern Utah Thunderbirds

WAC/CUSA Challenge

6-3, 1-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Sam Houston SHSU	18	19	17	18	72
Southern Utah SUU	22	13	13	13	61

Southern Utah ThunderbirdsSouthern UtahSUU

1-10, 1-3 Home

Sam Houston Bearkats

starters
Kyleigh McGuireK. McGuire#10
Aysia Ward-StrongA. Ward-Strong#5
Fanta KoneF. Kone#4
Kaila KelleyK. Kelley#1
Whitney DunnW. Dunn#24
bench
Lea Salinas BeamenL. Salinas Beamen#25
Esther RodellarE. Rodellar#11
Kelis GrantK. Grant#3
Sydnee KempS. Kemp#0
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
23	14	6-10	0-0	2-3	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	4
25	6	3-6	0-0	0-1	5	1	0	0	1	0	5	4
39	13	4-8	1-1	4-5	8	11	9	5	4	2	6	2
32	17	7-15	0-2	3-4	6	2	2	3	0	2	4	2
22	16	6-14	2-2	2-2	6	0	3	0	1	2	4	3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
6	2	0-3	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
6	0	0-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	4	1-7	0-0	2-2	3	0	0	1	0	3	0	4
26	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2
	72	27-69	3-7	15-19	40	14	18	12	7	14	26	22
		39%	43%	79%

Southern Utah Thunderbirds

starters
Ava UhrichA. Uhrich#44
Jaeden BrownJ. Brown#24
Samantha JohnstonS. Johnston#34
Daylani BallenaD. Ballena#22
Sydney GandyS. Gandy#14
bench
Lexi BullL. Bull#23
Ashley BanksA. Banks#13
Sierra ChambersS. Chambers#3
Kortney DomanK. Doman#1
Charli KayC. Kay#5
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
16	7	2-5	0-2	3-3	2	2	2	0	1	0	2	4
26	8	3-6	0-0	2-3	11	2	2	0	0	2	9	1
16	3	1-6	1-5	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
32	11	5-12	0-2	1-2	4	2	2	1	0	1	3	0
22	10	4-12	1-6	1-1	0	2	8	1	0	0	0	3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
19	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	6	2	3	0	0	2	4	3
14	9	3-4	0-0	3-4	5	0	2	0	3	4	1	1
16	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
22	6	2-9	0-2	2-3	5	2	0	1	0	2	3	3
17	5	2-5	1-2	0-0	4	1	3	0	0	2	2	2
	61	23-65	3-21	12-16	44	14	24	4	4	16	28	19
		35%	14%	75%

Aysia Ward-Strong scores and draws the foul

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Southern Utah Thunderbirds vs. Sam Houston Bearkats - Game Highlights

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Game Information

Cedar City, UT

Referee:Marc Merritt

Referee:Felicity Willis

Referee:Kayla Barker

NCAA Division I

Conference USA	CONF	GB	OVR
Louisiana Tech	17-1	-	26-7
Florida International	12-6	5	21-12
Missouri State	11-7	6	23-13
Liberty	11-7	6	18-13
Sam Houston	11-7	6	18-13
Middle Tennessee	11-7	6	17-16
Jacksonville State	9-9	8	16-16
Kennesaw State	6-12	11	13-17
Delaware	6-12	11	13-19
UTEP	5-13	12	13-17
New Mexico State	5-13	12	9-21
Western Kentucky	4-14	13	8-21

Western Athletic Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
California Baptist	15-3	-	23-11
Abilene Christian	13-5	2	24-11
Southern Utah	11-7	4	19-13
Utah Valley	9-9	6	16-15
Tarleton State	7-11	8	14-17
UT Arlington	4-14	11	12-21
Utah Tech	4-14	11	9-20

Women's College Basketball News

Optimistic Baker: New NCAA eligibility rules not retroactive

NCAA president Charlie Baker, who is "pretty optimistic" the age-based eligibility proposal will pass, told ESPN that the implementation is not expected to include athletes who graduated or exhausted their eligibility in the 2025-26 season.

Kentucky nabs Florida transfer Me'Arah O'Neal, Shaq's daughter

Me'Arah O'Neal, a standout forward at Florida last season and the youngest daughter of Shaquille O'Neal, announced her commitment to Kentucky.

Women's NCAA basketball transfer rankings for 2026-27 season

The transfer portal is closed. Audi Crooks is headed to Oklahoma State while Addy Brown is bound for UCLA.

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