Central Michigan Chippewas @ Sam Houston Bearkats

6-1, 1-0 Away

Final

	1	2	T
C Michigan CMU	30	51	81
Sam Houston SHSU	39	26	65

Sam Houston BearkatsSam HoustonSHSU

3-5, 2-1 Home

Central Michigan Chippewas

starters
Rob MontgomeryR. Montgomery#5
David DiLeoD. DiLeo#14
Kevin McKayK. McKay#20
Shawn RoundtreeS. Roundtree#2
Larry Austin Jr.L. Austin Jr.#0
bench
Romelo BurrellR. Burrell#24
Innocent NwokoI. Nwoko#11
Dallas MorganD. Morgan#23
Matt BeachlerM. Beachler#22
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
24	8	2-5	0-0	4-5	5	0	1	0	2	1	4	4
34	10	2-4	2-3	4-4	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	1
30	18	7-11	2-3	2-4	4	1	3	0	0	1	3	4
36	14	4-11	3-8	3-4	4	3	2	0	0	0	4	3
35	23	8-12	0-1	7-8	6	7	7	3	0	0	6	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
15	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	2	2	4
6	0	0-0	0-0	0-2	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	2
8	5	2-5	1-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
12	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	4	1	1	0	0	0	4	2
	81	26-52	9-21	20-27	37	16	17	4	2	6	31	23
		50%	43%	74%

Sam Houston Bearkats

starters
Kai MitchellK. Mitchell#20
Zach NutallZ. Nutall#10
Chad BowieC. Bowie#3
Marcus HarrisM. Harris#22
Cameron DelaneyC. Delaney#2
bench
R.J. SmithR.J. Smith#1
Albert AlmanzaA. Almanza#0
Bubba FurlongB. Furlong#13
Xavier BryantX. Bryant#11
ZaQwaun MatthewsZ. Matthews#5
Josh DelaneyJ. Delaney#15
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
14	7	3-4	0-0	1-2	5	1	2	0	1	2	3	5
21	0	0-4	0-3	0-0	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	2
34	21	8-15	3-5	2-5	7	2	5	1	1	2	5	2
25	9	3-8	2-4	1-2	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1
29	13	4-9	1-3	4-6	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
24	3	0-2	0-0	3-4	8	3	1	1	0	2	6	1
19	3	1-6	1-5	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	3
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	3	1-2	0-0	1-2	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1
2	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	6	2-10	2-8	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
	65	22-61	9-29	12-21	36	11	15	3	4	12	24	20
		36%	31%	57%

Game Information

Huntsville, TX

Referee:Jeff Malham

Referee:Dave Cusick

Referee:Denny George

NCAA Division I

Mid-American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Miami (OH)	11-0	-	24-0
Akron	10-1	1	19-5
Kent State	9-3	2.5	18-7
Toledo	7-5	4.5	13-12
Ohio	7-5	4.5	13-12
Bowling Green	6-6	5.5	15-10
Massachusetts	6-6	5.5	15-10
Buffalo	5-7	6.5	15-10
Northern Illinois	3-8	8	8-15
Ball State	3-8	8	8-16
Central Michigan	3-8	8	7-17
Eastern Michigan	3-9	8.5	9-16
Western Michigan	2-9	9	8-16

NCAA Division I

Conference USA	CONF	GB	OVR
Liberty	13-0	-	21-3
Sam Houston	8-5	5	16-8
Jacksonville State	8-5	5	13-11
Louisiana Tech	7-6	6	14-10
Missouri State	7-6	6	13-11
Kennesaw State	6-7	7	14-10
Western Kentucky	6-7	7	13-11
Middle Tennessee	6-7	7	12-12
UTEP	6-8	7.5	10-15
Florida International	4-9	9	11-13
Delaware	4-9	9	8-16
New Mexico State	4-10	9.5	11-13

Men's College Basketball News

Arkansas, Calipari land top guard in 2026 class

Top guard in '26 class, Jordan Smith, picks Arkansas over Duke

Top-five senior Jordan Smith, the best guard in the 2026 class, has committed to Arkansas, he announced on Friday.

KU's Darryn Peterson 'good to go' against Iowa St., Bill Self says

Kansas star freshman Darryn Peterson is "good to go" for the Jayhawks' game Saturday at Iowa State, Bill Self told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Friday.

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