Sam Houston Bearkats at UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros
· NCAA Men's Basketball
86 - 90
UTRGV survives Sam Houston St. 90-86 in double overtime
Varner scored 33 points with 13 rebounds and five steals.
Kai Mitchell made back-to-back jump shots for Sam Houston State to tie it at 86 in the second overtime, but the Bearkats never scored again. Jordan Jackson made a pair of foul shots with 74 seconds to go and Varner sealed it with a pair of foul shots with 2 seconds left. Sam Houston State missed its last four shots.
Trailing 82-78 with less than a minute left in the first overtime, Jackson and Varner each made a pair of free throws to force the second extra session. Anthony Bratton threw down a dunk for the Vaqueros with 6 seconds left at the end of regulation to tie it at 70 apiece.
Jackson scored 15 for UTRGV (3-5) and Bratton posted career highs in points and rebounds with 12 and 14, respectively. Javon Levi tied a career-high distributing 13 of the Vaqueros' 20 assists.
Zach Nutall led Sam Houston State (4-4) with 22 points and Mitchell grabbed a career-high 19 rebounds and scored 18.
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| 4th 0:00 | End of Game | 86 - 90 |
| 4th 0:00 | End of 2nd overtime | 86 - 90 |
| 4th 0:00 | Sam Houston State Offensive Rebound. | 86 - 90 |
| 4th 0:00 | Dajuan Jones missed Three Point Jumper. | 86 - 90 |
| 4th 0:02 | Lesley Varner II made Free Throw. | 86 - 90 |
Statistics
 SHSU |
 RGV |
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|---|---|---|
| 25-72 | FG | 29-71 |
| 35 | Field Goal % | 41 |
| 7-22 | 3PT | 9-28 |
| 32 | Three Point % | 32 |
| 29-42 | FT | 23-29 |
| 69 | Free Throw % | 79 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 11 | Offensive Rebounds | 12 |
| 29 | Defensive Rebounds | 35 |
| 14 | Assists | 20 |
| 15 | Steals | 10 |
| 3 | Blocks | 7 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 19 | Total Turnovers | 22 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 13 | Points Off Turnovers | 18 |
| 15 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| 24 | Points in Paint | 28 |
| 27 | Fouls | 31 |
| 11 | Largest Lead | 4 |
Game Information
Location: Edinburg, TX
Attendance: 1,196 | Capacity:
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|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 17-3 | - | 26-8 |
| Sam Houston | 13-7 | 4 | 22-12 |
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| Western Kentucky | 11-9 | 6 | 18-14 |
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| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen F. Austin | 20-2 | - | 28-6 |
| McNeese | 19-3 | 1 | 28-6 |
| UT Rio Grande Valley | 14-8 | 6 | 19-14 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 13-9 | 7 | 18-15 |
| LSU New Orleans | 12-10 | 8 | 15-18 |
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| Houston Christian | 8-14 | 12 | 12-20 |
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