WEATHERFORD – SWOSU Women's Basketball made a run at Arkansas Tech late, but the comeback bid fell short in a 75-70 home loss to the Golden Suns on Saturday afternoon inside the Pioneer Event Center.
 
Tech held a 15-point lead with 8:27 left to play in the game before SWOSU managed to dwindle that margin down to as few as three points inside of 10 seconds. Two Golden Suns free throws finally iced the game for good, with too little time remaining in the contest.
 
The Lady Bulldogs hit five three-point shots (5-8) in the final quarter to shrink the deficit after connecting on just three total through the first three quarters. ATU had four early three balls of their own in the fourth quarter, nearly nullifying SWOSU's hot hand.
 
SWOSU faced a large deficit in the fourth quarter following a third quarter that saw Tech outscore the Dawgs 25-17. ATU led 28-26 at halftime. Both teams shot sub-30% in the first quarter in a one possession game after the first.  
 
Averi Zinn led the team with a season high 20 points on 8-of-22 shooting. Hailey Grant was SWOSU's second option, finishing with 11 points and two blocks. Maebry Shields added a career high nine.
 
The loss comes despite a 25-turnover performance from the Lady Bulldog defense which they converted into 32 points. A stat line less friendly was in rebounding, where SWOSU was outrebounded 51-29 which costed them 14 second chance points.  
 
SWOSU shot 37% overall in the contest. Tech finished at 47%.
 
Following a slow start to conference play, SWOSU (4-3, 0-2 GAC) will look to bounce back with one game a week from today on Saturday, December 14 on the road at Southern Nazarene.