ADA, Okla. – In what was billed as a '
Can't Miss' game by NCAA.com on Friday, it was the #17-ranked SWOSU Women's Basketball team who seemingly couldn't miss as they avenged their lone defeat this season with a 93-63 victory over East Central on Saturday at the Kerr Activity Center.
Both teams struggled to get going offensively in the first quarter, hitting a combined nine field goals and going into the second quarter deadlocked at 11-all. SWOSU scored the first eight points of the second quarter and never looked back, knocking down seven threes in the period and hitting 11-of-16 field goals overall to build a 42-28 lead at the break.
SWOSU would not let up in the second half, building a lead of 22 points at one point in the third quarter before pushing their advantage as high as 37 in the fourth and cruising to the 30-point victory. The Lady Bulldogs scored at least 25 points in each of the final three quarters and topped the 90-point mark for the seventh time in 12 games this season.
Three players reached double figures for the Lady Dawgs, who were led by
Karly Gore with 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting, which included a pair of three-pointers.
Makyra Tramble had 19 points and tied a career-high with 17 rebounds while knocking down her 100th career three-pointer during just her 40th career game. Tramble also had five assists and four steals in 33 minutes of action.
Lauren Ramey also knocked down four three-pointers and finished with 16 points and four rebounds in the win.
"We saw the feature on NCAA.com that this was a top game to watch this weekend and we wanted to put on a performance," SWOSU Head Coach
Kelsi Musick said following the win. "That was our goal, to avenge a loss so we were definitely ready to play. We needed to shoot the ball well and our defense was much better overall. That's something we've been focusing on and I thought it showed today."
SWOSU is now 11-1 on the year and winners of five straight since their previous loss to East Central. The Lady Dawgs now have an advantage of two and a half games over ECU in the Great American Conference's Western Division standings heading into Monday's rivalry tilt against Northwestern Oklahoma State. That game is set for 5:30 pm start time at the Pioneer Cellular Event Center in Weatherford.
