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News > January 16
EAST
CENTRAL ESCAPES WITH 47-44 WIN
DENTON,
TX—Texas Woman's University (4-9) led 22-18 at
halftime, but hit only eight shots in the second half and
fell to East Central University (8-6) by the score of 47-44.
The loss marked the fourth straight time the Pioneers have
been beaten by the Lady Tigers. ECU's Stormy Griffith led
all scorers with a game-high 18 points.
“In
tonight's game, there were crucial points in the game that
East Central went on a run and we did not respond. Our girls
did a good job of keeping the ball out of the low post for
most of the game, but during a stretch in the second half,
we quit and let the ball go down low and Stormy Griffith
took over the game,” head coach Devin Gabbard said. “We
made some poor decisions during the final stages of the game
and it cost us.”
The
Pioneers' Sonya Hodge (Eustace, TX/Paris J.C.) scored
the game's first field goal 20 seconds into the first half
when she received an assist from Meaghan Lewis (Celeste,
TX/Blinn College). ECU then went on a 9-2 run, capped
by Lindsay Furche's three-pointer, during the next six minutes
to take a 9-4 lead. TWU battled back through most of the
first half and knotted the game up at 12 after Daphne
Lyons (Flower Mound, TX/ Louisiana-Monroe) nailed a short
jumper with 6:22 showing on the clock. Three minutes later, Lauri
Engleman (Jewett, TX/Leon H.S.) hit her only three-pointer
of the game to give the Pioneers their second lead, making
the score 16-14. Keshun Irving (Karnack, TX/Tyler J.C.) and
Lyons both added layups to end the half with TWU on top,
22-18. TWU caused 19 ECU turnovers and converted them to
14 points while hitting 30% of their shots from the field.
It
took the Lady Tigers only one minute to regain the lead in
the second period after Griffith hit a short jumper and Rashaundra
Singleton nailed a three. The Pioneers kept the game close
and retook the lead when Lyons connected on another short
jumper, making the score 29-28 with 14 minutes left. ECU
answered with a 12-4, eight-minute run to build a seven point
lead, 33-40 with 5:45 showing. Sonya Hodge capped a 6-0 run
by the Pioneers by hitting a fall-away jumper to bring the
score to within one point, 39-40 with 1:54 remaining in the
game. The Lady Tigers made four straight free throws in the
game's final minute and road their small lead all the way
to the end, winning 44-47.
TWU
finished the game by making 18 of 62 shots from the field
for 29% while the Lady Tigers were 18 of 46 for 39.1%. The
Pioneers turned the ball over a season-low 12 times, but
lost the battle on the boards 42-37. Sonya Hodge led TWU
in scoring with 13 points and tied Irving for the most rebounds
with six. Lyons also recorded double-digits in scoring, chipping
in 10 points.
Next
up, the Pioneers host Southeastern Oklahoma State on Saturday,
Jan. 18 at 3 p.m. It will be "Take a Kid to the Game" day
in Kitty Magee Arena, so if an adult buys a ticket, their
kid gets in free.
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