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McHenry scores 20 as Western Kentucky takes down Sam Houston 75-66

AP
Jan 25, 2025

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) Don McHenry scored 20 points off of the bench to help lead Western Kentucky Hilltoppers over Sam Houston Bearkats 75-66 on Saturday.

McHenry shot 6 for 17 (2 for 8 from 3-point range) and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line for the Hilltoppers (12-8, 3-4 Conference USA). Braxton Bayless added 16 points while going 6 of 9 (2 for 3 from 3-point range) while they also had five rebounds. Enoch Kalambay shot 3 for 6 (2 for 3 from 3-point range) and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line to finish with 13 points.

Cameron Huefner led the Bearkats (8-13, 1-7) in scoring, finishing with 15 points and 13 rebounds. Marcus Boykin added 13 points, six assists and two steals for Sam Houston. Kalifa Sakho finished with 12 points.

Western Kentucky entered halftime up 36-34. Bayless paced the team in scoring in the first half with 10 points. McHenry scored 15 second-half points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
WKU
Hilltoppers
36
SHOU
Bearkats
34

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Tyrone Marshall Jr. vs. Kalifa Sakho (Hilltoppers gains possession)
19:44		Cameron Huefner shooting foul (Enoch Kalambay draws the foul)
19:44	+1	Enoch Kalambay makes regular free throw 1 of 2	1-0
19:44		Enoch Kalambay misses regular free throw 2 of 2
19:44		Tyrone Marshall Jr. offensive rebound
19:41		Tyrone Marshall Jr. misses three point jump shot
19:39		Cameron Huefner defensive rebound
19:32		Lamar Wilkerson misses three point jump shot
19:30		Cameron Huefner offensive rebound
19:27		Cameron Huefner misses two point jump shot
19:25		Cameron Huefner offensive rebound
19:25		Jalen Jackson personal foul
19:13	+2	Marcus Boykin makes two point jump shot	1-2
19:04		Blaise Keita misses two point layup
19:02		Lamar Wilkerson defensive rebound
18:50	+3	Cameron Huefner makes three point jump shot (Josiah Hammons assists)	1-5
18:47		Hilltoppers 30 second timeout
18:14	+2	Tyrone Marshall Jr. makes two point jump shot	3-5
17:55	+3	Cameron Huefner makes three point jump shot (Marcus Boykin assists)	3-8
17:44		Tyrone Marshall Jr. misses three point jump shot
17:42		Cheikh Ndiaye defensive rebound
17:36		Josiah Hammons misses three point jump shot
17:34		Hilltoppers defensive rebound
17:13		Kalifa Sakho blocks Braxton Bayless's two point jump shot
17:11		Kalifa Sakho defensive rebound
17:02		Marcus Boykin misses two point jump shot
17:00		Don McHenry defensive rebound
16:52	+3	Don McHenry makes three point jump shot	6-8
16:35	+2	Kalifa Sakho makes two point dunk (Marcus Boykin assists)	6-10
16:20		Enoch Kalambay turnover (double dribble)
16:09		Josiah Hammons misses three point jump shot
16:07		Blaise Keita defensive rebound
15:57		Don McHenry misses two point jump shot
15:55		Blaise Keita offensive rebound
15:49		Don McHenry misses three point jump shot
15:47		Don McHenry offensive rebound
15:37		Don McHenry misses two point jump shot
15:35		Cameron Huefner defensive rebound
15:29		Marcus Boykin turnover (Braxton Bayless steals)
15:22	+2	Braxton Bayless makes two point layup	8-10
15:11		Lamar Wilkerson misses two point jump shot
15:09		Blaise Keita defensive rebound
14:53		Don McHenry misses two point layup
14:51		Marcus Boykin defensive rebound
14:46		Cameron Huefner misses three point jump shot
14:44		Bearkats offensive rebound
14:42		TV timeout
14:31		Dorian Finister misses two point jump shot
14:29		Enoch Kalambay defensive rebound
14:22	+2	Enoch Kalambay makes two point jump shot (Khristian Lander assists)	10-10
14:01		Jack Edelen personal foul
13:51		Brennen Burns misses two point jump shot
13:49		Khristian Lander defensive rebound
13:39		Enoch Kalambay misses two point jump shot
13:37		Jaxson Ford defensive rebound
13:20		Khristian Lander personal foul
13:18		Dorian Finister personal foul
13:08		Khristian Lander misses two point jump shot
13:06		Blaise Keita offensive rebound
13:00		Khristian Lander misses three point jump shot
12:58		Jalen Jackson offensive rebound
12:58		Jaxson Ford blocks Jalen Jackson's two point layup
12:56		Hilltoppers offensive rebound
12:52		Tyrone Marshall Jr. misses three point jump shot
12:50		Khristian Lander offensive rebound
12:48		Tyrone Marshall Jr. misses two point jump shot
12:46		Kalifa Sakho defensive rebound
12:44		Tyrone Marshall Jr. personal foul
12:31	+2	Kalifa Sakho makes two point hook shot (Brennen Burns assists)	10-12
12:22		Kalifa Sakho shooting foul
12:22		Tyrone Marshall Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 2
12:22		Tyrone Marshall Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:22		Cheikh Ndiaye defensive rebound
12:07		Tyrone Marshall Jr. blocks Cheikh Ndiaye's two point layup
12:05		Cameron Huefner offensive rebound
11:52	+2	Cameron Huefner makes two point layup	10-14
11:46	+3	Braxton Bayless makes three point jump shot	13-14
11:26	+2	Brennen Burns makes two point layup	13-16
11:12	+3	Jack Edelen makes three point jump shot (Braxton Bayless assists)	16-16
10:47		TV timeout
10:37		Lamar Wilkerson misses three point jump shot
10:35		Don McHenry defensive rebound
10:25		Tyrone Marshall Jr. misses three point jump shot
10:23		Braxton Bayless offensive rebound
10:15		Don McHenry misses two point layup
10:13		Cameron Huefner defensive rebound
10:03		Cheikh Ndiaye misses two point layup
10:01		Blaise Keita defensive rebound
9:50		Tyrone Marshall Jr. offensive foul
9:50		Tyrone Marshall Jr. turnover (offensive foul)
9:41		Brennen Burns turnover (Enoch Kalambay steals)
9:32		Khristian Lander misses three point jump shot
9:30		Braxton Bayless offensive rebound
9:22		Enoch Kalambay turnover (Cameron Huefner steals)
9:12		Khristian Lander shooting foul (Cameron Huefner draws the foul)
9:12		Cameron Huefner misses regular free throw 1 of 3
9:12	+1	Cameron Huefner makes regular free throw 2 of 3	16-17
9:12	+1	Cameron Huefner makes regular free throw 3 of 3	16-18
8:47		Enoch Kalambay turnover (Marcus Boykin steals)
8:42		Jalen Jackson shooting foul (Brennen Burns draws the foul)
8:42	+1	Brennen Burns makes regular free throw 1 of 2	16-19
8:42	+1	Brennen Burns makes regular free throw 2 of 2	16-20
8:29	+2	Braxton Bayless makes two point jump shot (Leeroy Odiahi assists)	18-20
8:07	+3	Josiah Hammons makes three point jump shot (Lamar Wilkerson assists)	18-23
7:56		Jalen Jackson misses two point layup
7:54		Cameron Huefner defensive rebound
7:47		Cameron Huefner misses three point jump shot
7:45		Hilltoppers defensive rebound
7:45		TV timeout
7:34	+2	Leeroy Odiahi makes two point layup (Braxton Bayless assists)	20-23
7:16		Lamar Wilkerson offensive foul
7:16		Lamar Wilkerson turnover (offensive foul)
7:03		Tyrone Marshall Jr. offensive foul
7:03		Tyrone Marshall Jr. turnover (offensive foul)
6:48	+3	Cameron Huefner makes three point jump shot (Marcus Boykin assists)	20-26
6:17		Don McHenry misses three point jump shot
6:15		Braxton Bayless offensive rebound
6:08	+3	Braxton Bayless makes three point jump shot	23-26
5:55		Marcus Boykin turnover
5:49	+2	Jalen Jackson makes two point layup	25-26
5:49		Bearkats 30 second timeout
5:31		Dorian Finister misses three point jump shot
5:29		Kalifa Sakho offensive rebound
5:22		Leeroy Odiahi shooting foul (Kalifa Sakho draws the foul)
5:22	+1	Kalifa Sakho makes regular free throw 1 of 2	25-27
5:22	+1	Kalifa Sakho makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-28
5:12		Braxton Bayless turnover (back court violation)
4:58	+2	Dorian Finister makes two point jump shot	25-30
4:47		Braxton Bayless misses three point jump shot
4:45		Bearkats defensive rebound
4:36		Lamar Wilkerson misses three point jump shot
4:34		Enoch Kalambay defensive rebound
4:24	+2	Khristian Lander makes two point layup (Enoch Kalambay assists)	27-30
3:52		Marcus Boykin misses three point jump shot
3:50		Dorian Finister offensive rebound
3:43		Dorian Finister misses two point jump shot
3:41		Enoch Kalambay defensive rebound
3:30		Don McHenry misses three point jump shot
3:28		Marcus Boykin defensive rebound
3:20	+2	Marcus Boykin makes two point jump shot	27-32
3:08		Kalifa Sakho shooting foul
3:08		TV timeout
3:08	+1	Don McHenry makes regular free throw 1 of 2	28-32
3:08	+1	Don McHenry makes regular free throw 2 of 2	29-32
2:54		Marcus Boykin misses three point jump shot
2:52		Blaise Keita defensive rebound
2:42	+2	Khristian Lander makes two point layup	31-32
2:28	+2	Marcus Boykin makes two point layup	31-34
2:19		Enoch Kalambay misses two point layup
2:17		Hilltoppers offensive rebound
2:15	+3	Enoch Kalambay makes three point jump shot (Khristian Lander assists)	34-34
1:55		Marcus Boykin misses two point jump shot
1:53		Jack Edelen defensive rebound
1:29		Enoch Kalambay misses three point jump shot
1:27		Marcus Boykin defensive rebound
0:59		Cheikh Ndiaye misses two point jump shot
0:57		Leeroy Odiahi defensive rebound
0:49		Don McHenry misses three point jump shot
0:47		Cheikh Ndiaye defensive rebound
0:21		Cameron Huefner misses three point jump shot
0:19		Cheikh Ndiaye offensive rebound
0:18		Leeroy Odiahi personal foul
0:14		Cheikh Ndiaye misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:14		Cheikh Ndiaye misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:14		Enoch Kalambay defensive rebound
0:04	+2	Khristian Lander makes two point layup	36-34
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
WKU
Hilltoppers
39
SHOU
Bearkats
32

Time		Play	Score
19:39		Jalen Jackson personal foul
19:31	+2	Kalifa Sakho makes two point dunk (Marcus Boykin assists)	36-36
19:10		Cameron Huefner shooting foul (Enoch Kalambay draws the foul)
19:10	+1	Enoch Kalambay makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-36
19:10	+1	Enoch Kalambay makes regular free throw 2 of 2	38-36
18:57		Marcus Boykin offensive foul
18:57		Marcus Boykin turnover (offensive foul)
18:38		Khristian Lander misses three point jump shot
18:36		Cameron Huefner defensive rebound
18:27	+2	Marcus Boykin makes two point jump shot	38-38
18:12	+3	Tyrone Marshall Jr. makes three point jump shot (Jalen Jackson assists)	41-38
17:54	+3	Lamar Wilkerson makes three point jump shot (Marcus Boykin assists)	41-41
17:41		Blaise Keita turnover (Marcus Boykin steals)
17:32		Cameron Huefner misses three point jump shot
17:30		Cameron Huefner offensive rebound
17:25		Bearkats 30 second timeout
17:25		TV timeout
17:12		Marcus Boykin misses three point jump shot
17:10		Blaise Keita defensive rebound
16:50		Blaise Keita turnover (bad pass)
16:32	+2	Kalifa Sakho makes two point dunk (Cameron Huefner assists)	41-43
16:15	+2	Braxton Bayless makes two point jump shot	43-43
16:00		Cameron Huefner misses three point jump shot
15:58		Kalifa Sakho offensive rebound
15:56		Jalen Jackson personal foul
15:56		TV timeout
15:56	+1	Lamar Wilkerson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	43-44
15:56	+1	Lamar Wilkerson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	43-45
15:30		Khristian Lander turnover (bad pass)
15:22		Leeroy Odiahi personal foul
15:05		Kalifa Sakho turnover (Braxton Bayless steals)
14:57	+3	Don McHenry makes three point jump shot (Braxton Bayless assists)	46-45
14:42		Marcus Boykin misses three point jump shot
14:40		Enoch Kalambay defensive rebound
14:32		Don McHenry misses three point jump shot
14:30		Bearkats defensive rebound
14:25		Dorian Finister misses two point layup
14:23		Leeroy Odiahi defensive rebound
14:14		Enoch Kalambay turnover
13:56		Leeroy Odiahi blocks Marcus Boykin's two point layup
13:54		Marcus Boykin offensive rebound
13:52		Leeroy Odiahi shooting foul (Marcus Boykin draws the foul)
13:52	+1	Marcus Boykin makes regular free throw 1 of 2	46-46
13:52	+1	Marcus Boykin makes regular free throw 2 of 2	46-47
13:36		Kalifa Sakho personal foul
13:31		Dorian Finister blocks Khristian Lander's three point jump shot
13:29		Khristian Lander offensive rebound
13:20		Don McHenry misses two point jump shot
13:18		Cameron Huefner defensive rebound
13:10		Lamar Wilkerson turnover (Khristian Lander steals)
13:04		Dorian Finister personal foul
12:53		Khristian Lander misses three point jump shot
12:51		Jack Edelen offensive rebound
12:45		Jack Edelen turnover (Dorian Finister steals)
12:43	+2	Dorian Finister makes two point layup	46-49
12:32		Jump ball. Braxton Bayless vs. Brennen Burns (Hilltoppers gains possession)
12:27		Tyrone Marshall Jr. misses three point jump shot
12:25		Khristian Lander offensive rebound
12:17		Braxton Bayless misses two point layup
12:15		Dorian Finister defensive rebound
11:53		Brennen Burns misses two point jump shot
11:51		Dorian Finister offensive rebound
11:41		Dorian Finister misses two point jump shot
11:39		Tyrone Marshall Jr. defensive rebound
11:32	+2	Khristian Lander makes two point layup	48-49
11:28		Hilltoppers 30 second timeout
11:28		TV timeout
11:09	+2	Lamar Wilkerson makes two point jump shot	48-51
10:52	+2	Don McHenry makes two point layup	50-51
10:35	+2	Josiah Hammons makes two point jump shot (Brennen Burns assists)	50-53
10:22		Cheikh Ndiaye shooting foul (Enoch Kalambay draws the foul)
10:22	+1	Enoch Kalambay makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-53
10:22	+1	Enoch Kalambay makes regular free throw 2 of 2	52-53
9:57		Josiah Hammons misses two point layup
9:55		Cameron Huefner offensive rebound
9:49		Bearkats turnover (shot clock violation)
9:27	+2	Khristian Lander makes two point layup	54-53
9:04		Cameron Huefner misses two point jump shot
9:02		Cameron Huefner offensive rebound
8:55		Cameron Huefner misses two point jump shot
8:53		Hilltoppers defensive rebound
8:28		Tyrone Marshall Jr. turnover (Brennen Burns steals)
8:14		Jack Edelen blocks Brennen Burns's two point layup
8:12		Bearkats offensive rebound
7:58		Marcus Boykin misses two point jump shot
7:56		Braxton Bayless defensive rebound
7:46		Kalifa Sakho shooting foul
7:46		TV timeout
7:46	+1	Don McHenry makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-53
7:46	+1	Don McHenry makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-53
7:35		Marcus Boykin turnover
7:14	+2	Tyrone Marshall Jr. makes two point layup (Braxton Bayless assists)	58-53
6:42		Cameron Huefner misses two point jump shot
6:40		Braxton Bayless defensive rebound
6:31		Don McHenry misses three point jump shot
6:29		Marcus Boykin defensive rebound
6:21		Braxton Bayless personal foul
6:21		Dorian Finister misses regular free throw 1 of 2
6:21		Dorian Finister misses regular free throw 2 of 2
6:21		Tyrone Marshall Jr. defensive rebound
5:58	+3	Enoch Kalambay makes three point jump shot (Don McHenry assists)	61-53
5:47		Bearkats 30 second timeout
5:25		Lamar Wilkerson misses two point jump shot
5:23		Tyrone Marshall Jr. defensive rebound
5:00		Hilltoppers turnover (back court violation)
4:48		Braxton Bayless personal foul
4:46	+2	Cameron Huefner makes two point layup (Marcus Boykin assists)	61-55
4:31		Khristian Lander turnover (out of bounds)
4:09		Jump ball. Kalifa Sakho vs. Leeroy Odiahi (Bearkats gains possession)
4:05		Dorian Finister misses three point jump shot
4:03		Leeroy Odiahi defensive rebound
3:36		Tyrone Marshall Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Josiah Hammons steals)
3:28		Leeroy Odiahi shooting foul
3:28		TV timeout
3:28	+1	Dorian Finister makes regular free throw 1 of 2	61-56
3:28		Dorian Finister misses regular free throw 2 of 2
3:28		Enoch Kalambay defensive rebound
3:06		Khristian Lander misses three point jump shot
3:04		Kalifa Sakho defensive rebound
2:40		Marcus Boykin misses two point layup
2:38		Enoch Kalambay defensive rebound
2:30	+2	Don McHenry makes two point layup (Tyrone Marshall Jr. assists)	63-56
2:11	+3	Lamar Wilkerson makes three point jump shot	63-59
1:41	+2	Don McHenry makes two point layup	65-59
1:17		Lamar Wilkerson turnover (Enoch Kalambay steals)
1:12		Hilltoppers 30 second timeout
1:08	+2	Braxton Bayless makes two point layup (Enoch Kalambay assists)	67-59
0:56		Marcus Boykin misses two point layup
0:54		Tyrone Marshall Jr. defensive rebound
0:49	+2	Don McHenry makes two point layup (Tyrone Marshall Jr. assists)	69-59
0:39		Tyrone Marshall Jr. blocks Cameron Huefner's three point jump shot
0:37		Cameron Huefner offensive rebound
0:37		Don McHenry personal foul (Cameron Huefner draws the foul)
0:37		Cameron Huefner misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:37		Tyrone Marshall Jr. defensive rebound
0:33		Dorian Finister personal foul (Don McHenry draws the foul)
0:33	+1	Don McHenry makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-59
0:33	+1	Don McHenry makes regular free throw 2 of 2	71-59
0:28	+2	Kalifa Sakho makes two point layup (Josiah Hammons assists)	71-61
0:22		Josiah Hammons personal foul (Braxton Bayless draws the foul)
0:22	+1	Braxton Bayless makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-61
0:22	+1	Braxton Bayless makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-61
0:18	+3	Marcus Boykin makes three point jump shot	73-64
0:13		Cameron Huefner personal foul
0:13	+1	Tyrone Marshall Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	74-64
0:13	+1	Tyrone Marshall Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	75-64
0:07	+2	Lamar Wilkerson makes two point layup	75-66
0:00		End of period

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Lamar Wilkerson makes two point layup