WEATHERFORD, Okla. – The SWOSU Women's Basketball team downed Southern Nazarene 91-76 on Saturday afternoon at the Pioneer Cellular Event Center for their sixth straight win against the Crimson Storm.
The Lady Bulldogs got off to a hot start in the first quarter, going on a 14-2 run and holding SNU to 3-14 shooting from the field to lead 24-13 at the end of one. SNU began to fight back in the second, but SWOSU made six of their final seven shots to end the half with a 42-29 advantage.
SWOSU extended their advantage to 20, 58-38, with 4:54 to play in the third quarter before SNU mounted a huge run, outscoring the Lady Bulldogs 19-4 the rest of the quarter to get within five with ten minutes to play. SNU's run continued into the fourth and saw the Crimson Storm take a brief lead at 63-62 with 7:11 to play before SWOSU rushed the ball back down court and scored seven seconds later to take the lead back.
From that point, the Lady Dawgs finished strong and closed out the game by outscoring SNU 27-13 to pull away for the double-digit victory.
Bethany Franks and
Makyra Tramble had 18 points apiece to lead the Lady Dawgs and the duo combined for 15 rebounds and five steals.
Karly Gore added 16 points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals and
Lauren Ramey chipped in 13 points in 22 minutes of action prior to fouling out.
Taber Beer dished out a career-best 10 assists in the win, moving into sixth in school history in the process with 262 career assists.
"We stepped up and we rallied today after giving up a big lead," Head Coach
Kelsi Musick said after the win. "We shouldn't have allowed them to make their way back in to the game, but we did and we played through some adversity like we had to and closed it out for the win."
This win propels SWOSU to 9-1 at the midway point of the season, which resumes on Thursday night with a visit from Southeastern Oklahoma State to Weatherford.
