Texas St. 82, SE Louisiana 69

Texas St. 82, SE Louisiana 69

Published Feb. 23, 2011 10:56 p.m. ET

Tony Bishop's double-double helped Texas State overcome a 13-point second-half deficit for an 82-69 victory over Southeastern Louisiana on Wednesday night.

Bishop had game highs of 22 points and 10 rebounds for the Bobcats (14-13, 9-4), who lead the Southland Conference West Division.

Cameron Johnson scored 16 points, Eddie Rios 12 and Ryan White and John Bowman 11 each for Texas State, which has won seven of its last nine and nine in a row at home.

Trent Hutchin hit three 3-pointers and scored 18 points to pace the Lions (12-13, 6-7), who dropped their third in a row. David Ndoumba added 17 points and a team-leading seven rebounds.

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Southeastern Louisiana led 36-31 at the break and expanded that to 50-37 with 15:15 left.

But Bishop scored six points during a 22-3 spurt that put the Bobcats ahead for good 59-53 with 9:08 to go.

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