Sam Houston Bearkats @ Portland Pilots

Women's NIT - 1st Round

18-13, 6-8 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Sam Houston SHSU	14	11	17	17	59
Portland PORT	18	16	6	22	62

Portland PilotsPortlandPORT

19-14, 12-4 Home

Sam Houston Bearkats

starters
Nyla InmonN. Inmon#15
Deborah OgayemiD. Ogayemi#8
Aysia Ward-StrongA. Ward-Strong#5
Fanta KoneF. Kone#4
Whitney DunnW. Dunn#24
bench
Blessing OkohB. Okoh#21
Lea Salinas BeamenL. Salinas Beamen#25
Kaylie CarrK. Carr#1
Esther RodellarE. Rodellar#11
Bryana BlockB. Block#23
Annika CorcoranA. Corcoran#7
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
32	18	8-22	0-0	2-5	3	1	3	2	0	2	1	3
39	8	2-6	0-0	4-6	5	1	4	1	0	2	3	2
33	8	4-6	0-0	0-0	4	0	1	4	0	1	3	1
39	14	6-14	0-2	2-2	7	7	9	10	0	2	5	4
30	9	3-13	0-2	3-4	5	2	4	3	1	4	1	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
11	0	0-3	0-1	0-0	4	1	0	1	0	1	3	0
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
11	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	3	0	0	0	2	2
	59	24-67	0-5	11-17	40	13	24	21	1	15	25	16
		36%	0%	65%

Portland Pilots

starters
Lainey SpearL. Spear#20
Rhyan MogelR. Mogel#22
Dyani AnanievD. Ananiev#2
Florence DallowF. Dallow#3
Nicole AndersonN. Anderson#17
bench
Ella ZimmermanE. Zimmerman#42
Brynn SmithB. Smith#12
Caitlin MonahanC. Monahan#14
Tiffany BarbosaT. Barbosa#7
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
36	14	6-10	0-1	2-2	9	3	7	3	0	2	7	0
33	4	2-6	0-2	0-1	2	6	6	3	1	0	2	3
32	18	7-12	2-6	2-2	4	2	1	1	6	1	3	3
20	4	2-5	0-2	0-0	5	2	3	3	0	0	5	4
20	1	0-5	0-5	1-1	2	0	5	0	0	0	2	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
12	6	3-3	0-0	0-3	4	0	1	0	1	1	3	2
22	10	3-8	2-6	2-2	3	3	1	1	0	0	3	3
3	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
22	5	2-5	1-4	0-0	1	2	4	4	0	0	1	2
	62	25-55	5-27	7-11	33	18	30	15	8	4	29	20
		45%	19%	64%

Game Information

Portland, OR

ESPN+

Referee:Matt Head

Referee:Maggie DeWall

Referee:Michal Ann Ure

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

West Coast Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Loyola Marymount	15-3	-	21-10
Gonzaga	14-4	1	24-10
Santa Clara	13-5	2	24-10
Oregon State	13-5	2	23-12
Portland	11-7	4	20-15
Pepperdine	10-8	5	21-13
San Francisco	9-9	6	19-15
Saint Mary's	6-12	9	15-17
Pacific	6-12	9	11-19
Washington State	6-12	9	9-25
San Diego	4-14	11	11-22
Seattle U	1-17	14	5-25

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