LUBBOCK, Texas – SWOSU Women's Basketball fell 72-65 to Texas Permian Basin on Saturday night to conclude action at the Food King Classic in Lubbock.

In a similar game flow as Friday's matchup with Lubbock Christian, SWOSU trailed UTPB nearly all evening before mounting a fourth quarter comeback that saw a 17-point deficit shrink to four with 2:49 remaining. From there, the Lady Bulldogs scored just once the rest of the way and lost for a second consecutive night.  

The defeat moves SWOSU to 2-3 on the season. They'll get well over a week off before battling Oklahoma Baptist in Shawnee on Thursday, November 30 to begin GAC play.

SWOSU shot 33% in the game overall and 29% from the three-point line, despite knocking down a season high 12 deep balls. UTPB matched SWOSU in three-point makes but did so at a 50% clip on 12-for-24 shooting. They finished at 44% overall from the field in the game.

It's the first time in five games the Lady Bulldogs did not force their opponent into having at least 20 turnovers. UTPB turned the ball over 18 times after committing six in the fourth quarter which helped aid the SWOSU comeback attempt.

The Lady Dawgs trailed 36-30 at halftime but got outscored 20-12 in the third quarter which created the fourth quarter hole that proved too big to dig out of.

Four finished with double figure scoring led by Averi Zinn with 15 points and six assists and Reese Berkey and Mason Jones who both added 12. Chloe Cantrell had 11 including 3-of-5 from beyond the arc.  

SWOSU lost the rebounding battle 45-35. Lanie Gooch led the team with six of those.