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WEATHERFORD, Okla. – SWOSU Women's Basketball scored 30 points in the fourth quarter that propelled the Lady Dawgs to a 71-61 victory over Southern Arkansas inside the historic Rankin Williams Fieldhouse on Saturday afternoon.
SWOSU went into the locker room trailing by two at halftime at 26-24 after shooting just 15.8% as a team. The Dawgs and Muleriders tied their point output with 17 in the third quarter and started the fourth quarter still down two at 43-41 in a back-and-fourth game that saw eight lead changes and sixties through the first three quarters.
It was in the final quarter that the offense started clicking. SWOSU shot 7 of 15 (47%) from the floor in the last 10 minutes including 4 of 7 (57%) from the three-point line. After scoring no points in the first three quarters,
Shalie McAlister stepped up from off the bench to give the Dawgs a spark with nine of their 30 points in the quarter. SAU hit a pair of free throws to cut the Bulldog margin to five with 5:01 left to play, but
Hayden Priddy and
Hailey Tucker responded with back-to-back threes to push the lead back up to 11 that would provide the dagger. SWOSU would handle SAU's attempts at any kind of run from that point, leading by no less than eight points the rest of the way. The Lady Bulldogs outscored the Muleriders 30-18 in the final quarter in route to their 10-point victory.
Tucker was the game's high scorer with 21 points on 4 of 7 (57%) from deep and 7 of 11 (64%) from the floor all of which came in the second half. Priddy added 12 on the day to go along with her six assists and three steals while playing all 40 minutes of the game.
Tyra Aska produced a career-high eight assists with six points in the contest.
The Lady Bulldogs (5-2, 3-1 GAC) now have a three-game winning streak since returning from Thanksgiving Break and have been victorious in five of their last six chances. Up next, SWOSU will travel to Edmond on Thursday to take on Oklahoma Christian in non-conference action starting at 7:00 pm.
