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MONTICELLO, Ark. – Ever since
Kelsi Musick took over as the women's basketball coach at SWOSU five years ago, the Lady Bulldogs have been one of the highest scoring teams in NCAA Division II. Even so, SWOSU accomplished a new offensive feat on Thursday against Arkansas-Monticello, scoring 118 points in a 118-88 victory over the Cotton Blossoms.
The scoring output sets a new record for SWOSU Women's Basketball since joining NCAA Division II, surpassing the previous best set in a 109-83 victory over Panhandle State during the 2011-12 season. It's also the most points scored overall by SWOSU since a 120-76 win over Wiley (Texas) during the 1996-97 season.
"I felt like our offense did what it's supposed to do tonight and that's get to the rim," Musick said. "You don't set out to break records like that in a game, but when we execute our scheme there is a chance to score a lot of points."
Scoring a lot of points is exactly what the Bulldogs did, putting up 60 points in the first half to take a 60-40 lead to the break. SWOSU shot 68.6% (24-of-35) from the field in the first half while attempting only four three pointers. Little changed in the second half except the Lady Dawgs got more attempts from the outside, knocking down 4-of-12 three's after halftime.
Michelle Fisher was one of four Bulldogs to reach double figures, scoring a team-best 21 points on 7-10 shooting.
Sarah Mendoza had her best game of the year, hitting 8-of-10 shots and scoring 19 points while
Taryn Sayama had 15 points and
Kylie Boggess 13 for SWOSU.
All 12 players who entered the game scored for SWOSU with nine scoring seven or more points. The Bulldogs shot an astounding 63% (46-of-73) from the field against UAM and also converted well from the line, hitting 21-of-30 (70.0%) free throw attempts.
In addition to setting school records in the contest, the Bulldogs also set a new single-game record for points scored in a GAC conference game, surpassing the previous mark of 101 points which was set three times. The most recent occurrence was by the Lady Dawgs when they defeated Southern Arkansas 101-59 last season.
SWOSU improves to 3-2 (1-0 GAC) on the year with the victory. They continue their conference road trip on Saturday against Southern Arkansas in Magnolia.
