The Texas State men’s basketball team will open the Southland Conference Tournament Wednesday against Southeastern Louisiana. A win for the Bobcats is likely to set up a rematch with Sam Houston State, which the Bobcats defeated Saturday at Strahan Coliseum.

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With an 83-76 win Wednesday at Texas-San Antonio, the Texas State men’s basketball team could climb to as high as third when they finish the regular season Saturday. However, they would have to beat league leader Sam Houston State at Strahan Coliseum.

J.B. Conley scored 42 points off the bench Saturday for the Texas State men’s basketball team, which clinched a berth in the Southland Conference Tournament with an 89-75 win at Northwestern State. The Texas State women’s team is out of the hunt, but notched a 76-57 win against Northwestern State at Strahan Coliseum.

The Texas State men’s basketball team remains in playoff position, though a little closer to the bubble after a last-minute, 66-63 loss Saturday at Nicholls State. The Bobcats have four games left in the regular season, the next one coming Wednesday against Stephen F. Austin at Strahan Coliseum.

Emerging Texas State men’s basketball star Cameron Johnson triggered a 15-0 rally with five points, two assists and a steal Saturday as the Bobcats continued their drive to the Southland Conference Tournament with an 81-67 win against Lamar at Strahan Coliseum.

The Texas State women’s basketball is 1-10 in the Southland Conference after an 85-71 loss Saturday at Lamar. With five games remaining in their season, the Bobcats have to make up more than three games to enter the league tournament.

Texas State couldn’t score in either of its last two times down the floor and lost, 63-60, at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in men’s basketball Wednesday night. The Bobcats dropped to 5-5 and seventh place in the Southland Conference. The Texas State women’s basketball team lost for the ninth time in ten league games Wednesday night at home against the Islanders.

Returning to winning ways, the Texas State men’s basketball team took hold in the last four minutes Saturday afternoon for a 95-88 win against McNeese State at Strahan Coliseum. The Texas State women’s team lost, 77-70, at McNeese State.

The Texas State women’s basketball team snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 53-44 win at home against Southeastern Louisiana Wednesday night, while the men’s team lost at Southeastern Louisiana to fall into fifth place.