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MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Two days after a record-setting offensive effort, the SWOSU women's basketball team struggled shooting the ball but still managed to score 76 points in a 76-62 victory over Southern Arkansas on Saturday afternoon.
The Lady Bulldogs connected on just 37.3% (25-of-67) of their field goal attempts but got 10 three pointers – including five from
Sarina Sayama – to help them past the Muleriders. Sayama scored a team-high 17 points off the bench and was one of four players from SWOSU to reach double figures in scoring.
SWOSU raced out to a 37-20 lead at the break and pushed their lead to 20 early in the second half before SAU went on an 11-2 run to cut the lead to 11 at 42-31. The Lady Bulldogs weathered the storm, however, with baskets from
Jessica Penner,
Michelle Fisher and
Kimmi Sawatzky as part of a 7-2 spurt. SAU did manage to get the lead into single digits once in the second half, but four straight points from
Jaimee Cohen put SWOSU up 57-45 with 9:47 to play and the Muleriders would get no closer.
Fisher was held to a season-low in scoring but still put up 12 points while
Sarah Mendoza and Sawatzky also reached double figures by hitting for 10 points apiece. Sayama also led SWOSU with eight rebounds, even though the Lady Dawgs were outrebounded by the Muleriders.
The Bulldogs improve to 4-2 on the year with the win and they pick up their first back-to-back wins of the season after alternating wins and losses in the first five games. Most importantly for SWOSU is that they've opened the season 2-0 in conference play with valuable road wins. The team will be on the road again Wednesday, facing Central Oklahoma in Edmond at 5:30 pm.
