{"id":165315,"date":"2026-02-15T03:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T03:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/165315\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T03:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T03:00:12","slug":"sam-houston-defeats-kennesaw-state-83-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/165315\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Houston defeats Kennesaw State 83-79"},"content":{"rendered":"

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KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) Damon Nicholas Jr.’s 21 points helped Sam Houston<\/a> defeat Kennesaw State<\/a> 83-79 on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Nicholas shot 6 for 8 (4 for 4 from 3-point range) and 5 of 8 from the free-throw line for the Bearkats (17-8, 9-5 Conference USA). Po’Boigh King scored 20 points while shooting 6 of 8 from the field and 7 for 8 from the line. Jacob Walker finished 6 of 10 from the field to finish with 14 points.<\/p>\n

Amir Taylor finished with 21 points, six rebounds and two steals for the Owls (14-11, 6-8). RJ Johnson added 21 points and six assists for Kennesaw State. Braedan Lue also had 20 points, eight rebounds and two blocks.<\/p>\n

Sam Houston went into halftime ahead of Kennesaw State 45-42. Nicholas put up 12 points in the half. Sam Houston pulled off the victory after a 10-2 second-half run erased a three-point deficit and gave them the lead at 69-64 with 7:55 remaining in the half. King scored 14 second-half points.<\/p>\n

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n

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