Women's Basketball: Nov. 25 Scoreboard
Houston Baptist 85, Southwestern Assemblies of God 57
Central Arkansas 58, Lyons College 43
Southeastern Louisiana 74, University of Mobile (Ala.) 47
Northwestern State 86, LSU-Alexandria 58
Stephen F. Austin 65, St. Edwards 56
Texas State 79, Lamar 72
Houston Baptist 85, Southwestern Assemblies of God 57
HOUSTON, Texas – Junior guard Rachel Arthur scored a career-high 23 points, as HBU used a strong second half to subdue Southwestern Assemblies of God, 85-57, Tuesday evening from Sharp Gym.
Arthur was near perfect from the floor for HBU (2-2), as she went 10-of-12 from the floor and a perfect 3-for-3 from the line. She also pulled down three rebounds and dished out an assist in just 22 minutes. Senior forward Shanice Steenholdt recorded her third double-double of the season, as she scored 20 points and grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds in 21 minutes. Anna Strickland scored four points, but was a huge defensive presence, as she had three steals. The Huskies shot 57 percent from the floor for the night.
SAGU (3-3) was led by Meghan Becker with 14 points, while Kassy Cox pulled down a team-high six rebounds. The Lady Lions shot 42 percent from the floor.
HBU led by seven, 10-3, in the early goings before SAGU used a 9-2 run to tie the game at 12-all with 12:51 remaining in the first half, culminated by a Bethany Krock three-pointer. The Lady Lions took their first lead of the game 39 seconds later, as Charity Page made one of two free throws to give SAGU a 13-12 advantage.
SAGU led by as many as four in the first half, 20-16, before HBU rattled off four-straight points to tie the game at 20-all with 8:18 remaining. Ashleigh Nwanguma hit a layup, Tayler Jefferson forced a turnover, which resulted in an Arthur layup. The Huskies forced four steals in a span of 36 seconds.
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Central Arkansas 58, Lyons College 43
CONWAY, Ark. — Central Arkansas ran out to a 19-3 lead in the first 6:30 and encountered little difficulty in defeating Lyon College 59-43 on Tuesday in the Sugar Bears' 2014-15 home opener.
In the first meeting between the in-state foes in nine years, the Sugar Bears (2-2) made seven of their first 10 field goals as they built what would prove to be an insurmountable lead early against the Scots. The Sugar Bears would increase their advantage to as many as 17 in the half as they shot 46.2 percent from 3-point range (6 of 13) and 83.3 percent at the free throw line (5 of 6) in the period.
After taking a 33-20 lead into the break, the Sugar Bears began the second half with a 9-2 run and eventually built a lead as large as 21 before going cold from the field, scoring just nine points over the final 9:30. It wouldn't matter, however, as Lyon had offensive difficulties of its own – shooting 25 percent – and never drew closer than 15.
After making all 15 of their free throw attempts in Saturday's win over Jackson State, the Sugar Bears followed by hitting 10 of 11 (90.9 percent) against Lyon on Tuesday, led by Brittany Agee's 4-for-4.
For the game, the Sugar Bears shot 36.7 percent from the field and 39.1 percent from the 3-point line. Kendara Watts led UCA with 21 points, nearly doubling her season total of 22 coming in. She also added six rebounds and a pair of assists in 31 minutes. Maggie Proffitt added 13 points, and Brianna Mullins had six points, four assists and a career-high 10 rebounds.
Ashala Watson, Lyon's 5-foot-2 senior guard, led the Scots with 9 points, and game highs of 11 rebounds and 4 steals.
Tuesday's game was the 50th meeting between the two teams, with the Sugar Bears holding a 37-13 advantage in the series, winning six in a row and 17 of the last 20. Lyon last defeated the Sugar bears 58-53 in Conway in 1999.
The Sugar Bears are home again at Noon on Saturday when they host Jacksonville State out of the Ohio Valley Conference. The Sugar Bears defeated JSU 58-54 in Jacksonville, Ala. last season.
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Southeastern Louisiana 74, University of Mobile (Ala.) 47
HAMMOND, La. – Southeastern Louisiana senior forward Jameika Hoskins and junior forward Nanna Pool each posted double-doubles, as the Lady Lions rolled past Mobile, 74-47, in non-conference women’s basketball action Tuesday night in the University Center.
Southeastern (2-2) broke the game open with a dominant effort in the second half, as the Lady Lions outscored Mobile, 44-24, in the final 20 minutes. The Rams dropped to 2-3 overall with the loss, as SLU held Mobile to 30.5 percent (18-for-59) from the field for the game.
Hoskins, a native of Somerville, Tennessee, posted her first career double-double finishing with 13 points and a career-high 15 rebounds. Pool posted her second straight double-double, notching a team-high 18 points to go with 10 rebounds, as Southeastern finished with a dominant 48-32 rebounding margin.
Senior guard Symone Miller added 16 points for SLU and was joined in double figures by junior guard Peaches Anderson (10 points). Senior guard Elizabeth Styles was the catalyst of the Lady Lion offense, dishing out a season-high 10 assists. Freshman guard Taylin Underwood pitched in with seven points – the first of her Southeastern career.
Sophomore guard Kali Koenig led Mobile with 21 points. Sophomore guard Jammieca Hudson led the Rams with eight rebounds and four assists.
The Lady Lions opened the game by building a 16-point first-half lead. Junior guard Erica Hernandez’s steal and layup put Southeastern up, 30-14, with 3:56 remaining in the opening period. Mobile answered, however, closing the half on a 9-0 run and going into the break down, 30-23.
Southeastern squashed the Rams’ upset hopes emphatically early in the second half. SLU outscored Mobile, 29-5, to start the second half, as Miller capped the run with a layup to put the Lady Lions ahead, 59-28, with 11:26 remaining. Mobile would get no closer than 27 the rest of the way.
Southeastern will return home on Saturday, hosting Louisiana-Lafayette at 2 p.m. in the University Center. LionVision subscribes will be able to access a live video stream of the game at LionSports.net, where live stats will also be available. Junior Erica Hernandez will be the Spotlight Player of the Game and the first 100 fans will receive a trading card featuring the Floresville, Texas native courtesy of PRIDE.
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Northwestern State 86, LSU-Alexandria 58
NATCHITOCHES, La. – A return home was just what the Northwestern State women’s basketball team needed.
In the welcoming atmosphere of Prather Coliseum, the Lady Demons turned in the highest-scoring performance of the Brooke and Scott Stoehr era, cruising to an 86-58 victory against LSU-Alexandria on Tuesday night.
The previous high in the three years of the Stoehr era came Jan. 2, 2014, in a 78-59 victory against Sam Houston State at Prather Coliseum. Overall, the 86 points marked the most scored by a Lady Demons team since an 86-70 victory against Texas-Arlington on Feb. 25, 2012.
Those shots helped NSU (3-1) shoot 49.3 percent for the game, including 52.8 percent in the first half when it built a 21-point halftime lead.
Keisha Lee led four Lady Demons in double figures with 24 points on an efficient 8-for-12 shooting night. Her starting backcourt mate, Janelle Perez, struck for a season-high 14 points while Amy Staha had her third double-figure scoring night of the season with 13, and TaSheena Moore was one off her career high, scoring 12 points.
Lee and Perez spearheaded an NSU defensive effort that forced 27 turnovers by the visiting Generals, an NAIA team playing this game as an exhibition. Lee set a career high with eight steals in the victory.
At no time was the NSU defense more active than in the final five minutes of the first half. After a Pearl Paulo jumper cut NSU’s lead to 29-25, Northwestern State forced five turnovers in the final five minutes of the half, sparking a 19-2 run to end the half.
That defensive effort helped the Lady Demons survive a hot-shooting second half from LSUA’s Bianca Harvey, who connected on hit all six of her second-half 3-point attempts en route to a team-high 23 points.
NSU overcame Harvey’s shooting by dominating in the paint (50 points), off turnovers (33) and in fast-break points (18). Defensively, Northwestern State, which posted a 20-to-12 assist-to-turnover ratio, did not allow a fast-break point.
The Lady Demons will enjoy a six-day break from competition before returning to action Monday when they host Central Baptist College at 6:30 p.m.
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Stephen F. Austin 65, St. Edwards 56
Recap to follow.
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Texas State 79, Lamar 72
SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Lamar Lady Cardinals showed grit and determination as they battled back from a 22-point deficit before falling just short in a 79-72 loss to host Texas State in a non-conference women’s basketball game Tuesday.
Baileigh O’Dell led Lamar with 18 points. Teleshia Riley had a career-high 15 points, while Caroline Adesulu and Kiandra Bowers added 12 points apiece for Lamar (0-5).
Lamar trailed 39-27 at halftime, and saw Texas State boost its lead to 64-42 with 10:08 remaining before the Lady Cardinals staged a comeback. Lamar outscored the Bobcats (2-2) 18-8 to cut the lead to 77-72 in the final minute when Riley drained a 3-pointer, but Lamar could get no closer.
The Lady Cardinals got back into the game with a defense that forced 13 Texas State turnovers in the second half that resulted in 19 points after intermission.
Erin Peoples led Texas State with 21 points. Meghan Braeuer and Kaitlin Walla had 13 points apiece for the Bobcats (2-2).
Both teams shot well from long distance, as Lamar was 7-of-17 (41.2 percent) from 3-point range, while Texas State was 23-of-22 (54.5 percent).
Bowers added nine rebounds and four steals for Lamar.
The Lady Cardinals return home for a pair of non-conference home games after Thanksgiving. St. Thomas (Texas) comes to the Montagne Center at 4 p.m. Saturday before Huston-Tillotson comes to town at 7 p.m. Dec. 2. For ticket information, visit
www.LamarCardinals.com.
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