Women's Basketball: Jan. 5 Scoreboard
McNeese State 60, Huston Baptist 57
Lamar 64, New Orleans 54
Stephen F. Austin 78, Southeastern Louisiana 71 (OT)
Northwestern State 66, Sam Houston State 57
McNeese State 60, Houston Baptist 57
LAKE CHARLES, La.—McNeese State women’s basketball team came back from a 13-point deficit Monday night to defeat Houston Baptist 60-57 to remain undefeated in Southland Conference action.
Junior Jayln Johnson continued her streak of scoring in double figures to six games and ran her consecutive free throws streak to 23 in the last three games. Johnson was perfect from the charity stripe in all six attempts.
McNeese (8-5, 2-0 SLC) trailed Houston Baptist for all but the final 43 seconds of the game when the Cowgirls took their second lead of the game after taking a one-point lead, one minute into the game.
With the Cowgirls trailing 52-50 with 2:13 left, freshman Mercedes Rogers’ layup tied the game at 52 all. HBU retook the lead on the next possession on a Shanice Steenholdt layup but McNeese’s Amber Donnes hit her only trey of the game to give McNeese a 55-54 lead, only the second Cowgirl lead of the game. Johnson made two free throws and Allison Baggett made the first of two free throws to give the Cowgirls its largest lead of the game 58-54 with 19 seconds to play.
HBU didn’t give up as they cut the lead to one point on a three-pointer by Meghan Shank with 10 seconds left. Johnson was fouled again and once again she made good on her two freebies with nine seconds left to seal the win for McNeese. HBU had two attempts to tie the game in the final three seconds but Rachel Arthur and Tayler Jefferson missed on their three-point attempts.
Houston Baptist (6-7, 0-2 SLC) jumped out to a 10-3 lead in the first five minutes of the game and held a double-digit lead for most of the half. HBU lead 31-24 at the half. The Cowgirls struggled from the field in the first half while HBU shot lights out to begin the game. The Huskies cooled off a little but ended the half shooting 50 percent from the field while the Cowgirls shot 27.3 percent from the field.
McNeese used its full-court pressure to fight their way back into the game and got 25 points from its bench. The Cowgirls turned the tables in the second half, holding HBU to a 33.3 field goal percent.
The Cowgirls will travel to Texas A&M-Corpus Christ this Saturday for its first Southland Conference road contest of the year.
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Lamar 64, New Orleans 54
NEW ORLEANS, La. – Dominique Edwards vaulted into 10th place on Lamar’s all-time rebounding list and moved ever closer to 1,000 points for her career as the Lamar Lady Cardinals defeated New Orleans 64-54 in a Southland Conference women’s basketball game Monday.
Edwards had nine rebounds, giving her 566 for her career, moving past Audrea Samuel’s 558 rebounds. Her 15 points give her 929 for her career, as she looks to become the 12
th player in program history with 1,000 points and just the eighth with at least 1,000 points and 500 rebounds.
JaMeisha Edwards had a game-high 17 points for Lamar (5-8 overall, 2-0 Southland), while Baileigh O’Dell finished with 11 points.
Lamar’s relentless defense had 14 steals, as New Orleans had 19 turnovers on the night, leading to 29 Lamar points. When the Privateers (2-8, 0-1) did get shots, Caroline Adesulu was there to erase them, as the senior was credited with five blocked shots.
Lamar led 28-22 at halftime and by as many as 15 points in the second half before New Orleans rallied to take a 42-41 lead with 8:12 remaining before Lamar went on a 10-run to take the lead for good.
Danielle Davis came off the bench to lead New Orleans with 15 points. As a team, the Privateers shot just 32.8 percent (19-of-58) from the field for the game.
Lamar returns to action at 7 p.m. Thursday with a Southland Conference game at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi before returning home for a pair of conference games. Lamar hosts Central Arkansas at 7 p.m. Jan. 13 and Southeastern Louisiana at 7 p.m. Jan. 15.
Thursday’s game will air live on
www.LamarCardinals.com.
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Stephen F. Austin 78, Southeastern Louisiana 71
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Porsha Roberts notched her sixth double-double of the season, Taylor Ross scored a game-high 25 points and the Stephen F. Austin women’s basketball team pulled away from Southeastern Louisiana in overtime for a 78-71 victory on Monday evening in William R. Johnson Coliseum.
Roberts, who has had a great amount of success against the Lady Lions (4-8, 0-1 SLC) in her career, posted 24 points while making 7 of 10 shots from the field. She also converted 10 of 11 free throw attempts, grabbed 10 rebounds and tallied three steals on the night.
In five games against SLU in her career, Roberts averages 21.4 points and has made 40 of 46 field goal attempts (87.0 percent).
Ross went 10-for-16 from the floor and 4-for-5 at the line to put up the second most points in her SFA career. She found her teammates well all night, dishing out six assists to lead all players.
Roberts and Ross split the scoring duties over the first 2:14 to help the Ladyjacks (8-5, 1-1 SLC) jump out to a 9-3 lead. The six-point margin quickly slipped away, however, as the Lady Lions mounted a 14-4 run to take the lead 17-13 with 12:45 to go in the frame. The lead changed eight times in the half overall, with the Ladyjacks taking a 30-26 advantage into the locker room.
SFA held onto the lead until SLU’s Nanna Pool hit a jumper with 10:24 remaining in the game to give the Lady Lions a 50-48 edge. SFA regained control, 62-60, on a Ross jumper in the lane with 2:38 to play. After SLU hit a three with 51 seconds on the clock, Roberts knocked down one of two free throws on the other end to tie the game at 63-63. A big defensive stand by the Ladyjacks kept the score even through regulation.
In overtime, Ross made a couple big buckets and SFA created separation early on to secure its first conference win of the season.
The Ladyjacks outscored the Lady Lions 46-24 in the paint and went 22-for-26 at the line, compared to a 9-for-17 night by SLU.
Senior forward Tierany Henderson was a strong presence on the glass, leading SFA with 11 rebounds while also chipping in six points. Sophomore Brentney Branch added seven points off the bench.
With the win, SFA improves to 33-5 all-time against SLU and has now won 13 straight in the series dating back to the 2004-05 season.
The Ladyjacks next travel to Conway, Ark. where they will face Central Arkansas on Thursday night at 7:00 p.m.
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Northwestern State 66, Sam Houston State 57
HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- Sam Houston played stout defense and held the Northwestern State Demons to well below their shooting average on the way to a 75-64 win Monday night at Johnson Coliseum. The Bearkats advanced to 2-0 in Southland play and will head on the road.
The Bearkats stifled a Demon team that averages more than 80 points a game and has averaged nearly 50% shooting from the floor. The Kats held the Southland’s leading scorer Zeek Woodley to just 11 points.
For the second consecutive game, five Sam Houston players scored in double figures. Junior guard Paul Baxter and senior center Michael Holyfield shared the team lead with 13 points. Baxter also shared the team lead with five assists.
Guards Demarcus Gatlin and Dakarai Henderson each scored 12 points. Gatlin also pulled down 11 rebounds, including five on the offensive side.
Kaheem Ransom added 11 points and pulled down nine rebounds. The team’s leading rebounder in the game was fellow senior guard Jabari Peters with 13.
The Kats outrebounded the Demons 54-40.
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