BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) - Terrance Motley scored 14 points, Darius Gatson added 11 and Sam Houston State overcame poor shooting Thursday night in a 68-57 win over hapless Lamar.
Motley was 6 of 11 from the field for the Bearkats (9-6, 2-1 Southland), who shot 37.5 percent as a team. Gatson was 1 of 6 from the field but made all eight of his free throws. Michael Holyfield didn't score but grabbed nine rebounds.
Amos Wilson led the Cardinals (2-14, 0-4) with 12 points and eight rebounds. Lamar committed 20 turnovers, was outrebounded 43-32 and missed all three of its 3-point attempts.
SHSU, which never trailed, saw Lamar pull within 54-49 on Wilson's layup with 6:41 left. But the Bearkats scored the next nine points to ice the game.
The Bearkats have won their last four games at Lamar, but the Cardinals still hold a 19-10 lead in the series at home.
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| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Sam Houston State (9-6) « | 33 | 35 | 68 |
| Lamar (2-14) | 29 | 28 | 57 |
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| Sam Houston State Bearkats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Thomas, F | 22 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| M. Holyfield, C | 23 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Gatson, G | 25 | 1-6 | 8-8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| P. Baxter, G | 20 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| D. Gatlin, G | 19 | 3-9 | 3-4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Harwell | 20 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| T. Motley | 17 | 6-11 | 2-2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| N. Mason | 16 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| J. McKay | 16 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| W. Bond | 11 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| M. McKinney | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-64 | 17-20 | 43 | 8 | 22 | 68 | |
| 37.5% | 85% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Brown, F | 34 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| A. Wilson, F | 34 | 3-7 | 6-6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| D. Muepo, F | 13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| D. Minor, G | 34 | 4-10 | 2-4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| H. Webb, G | 28 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Mitchell | 28 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| K. Blanks | 19 | 4-9 | 3-5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| N. Acosta | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Minton | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Hancock | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-50 | 15-22 | 32 | 12 | 20 | 57 | |
| 42% | 68.2% | ||||||
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