Box Score

HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Corey Allmond scored 18 of his season-high 25 points in the second half and Sam Houston State hit key free throws down the stretch to hold on and defeat Southeastern Louisiana, 73-62, in a Southland Conference game Saturday at Johnson Coliseum.

Drae Murray scored 13 of his 15 points in the first half and fueled a 10-1 first half run with a pair of 3-pointers as SHSU (7-8, 1-1 SLC) built a 13-point first half lead and snapped a two-game losing streak. Southeastern (7-9, 1-2 SLC), which hosts McNeese State on Wednesday at 7 p.m., dropped its ninth game on the road in 10 tries.

Southeastern trailed 39-29 on a layup by Allmond with 18:28 remaining before going on a 14-5 run to close to within 44-43. Chris Cyprian, who led Southeastern with 12 points, started the run with a pair of 3-pointers before David Ndoumba scored seven straight points, the last on a three-point play that cut the lead to 44-42.

Warrell Span then made one of two free throws to close the gap to 44-43, but the Lions would not get any closer as SHSU answered each Southeastern challenge.

After Patrick Sullivan missed a layup that would have cut into a 59-54 lead, Allmond converted a 3-pointer with 5:10 left to put the Bearkats ahead, 62-54, and added another 3-pointer to for a 65-56 lead with 3:10 left.

Sullivan grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds for Southeastern, which shot 46 percent from the floor, but was 5-for-20 from behind the 3-point line. Ashton Mitchell added 13 points and 10 assists for SHSU, which shot 43 percent from the floor and made 8 of 18 3-pointers in the contest.

SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA (7-9, SLC 1-2)
Cyprian 3-8 4-4 12; Sullivan 3-5 3-4 9; Forest 3-7 1-2 8; Tibbs 3-4 1-2 8; Span 3-8 1-3 7; Ndoumba 3-4 1-1 7; Fortenberry 1-3 3-5 5; Patterson 2-6 0-0 5; Pope 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 21-46 15-23 62.

SAM HOUSTON STATE (7-8, SLC 1-1)
Allmond 8-15 5-6 25; Murray 4-4 4-6 15; Mitchell 3-9 6-9 13; Brown 2-7 0-0 4; Pevehouse 1-5 2-2 4; Falkner 1-1 2-2 4; Crow 1-3 1-2 3; Zulu 1-1 0-0 2; Ramirez 1-4 0-0 2; Thompson 0-1 1-2 1; Kvedys 0-1 0-0 0; Bootle 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-51 21-29 73.

Halftime – SHSU 37, SLU 29. 3-point goals – SLU 5-20 (Cyprian 2-6; Forest 1-4; Tibbs 1-2; Patterson 1-4; Fortenberry 0-2; Span 0-2), SHSU 8-18 (Allmond 4-8; Murray 3-3; Mitchell 1-3; Crow 0-1; Ramirez 0-1; Pevehouse 0-1; Brown 0-1). Fouled out - Cyprian. Rebounds – SLU 29 (Sullivan 10), SHSU 32 (Brown 6). Assists – SLU 19 (Patterson 6), SHSU 18 (Mitchell 10). Total fouls – SLU 25, SHSU 21. Technical fouls - None. A – 1,173.