TAHLEQUAH, OKLA. – The East Central University women's basketball team earned its first season-opening victory since 2013-14, with a 57-39 victory at Northeastern State in the first game of the Great American Classic/Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association Crossover.

Scoring

• First Quarter: 12-8
  • The teams traded triples at the start of the quarter
  • The Tigers (1-0) then went on a 6-1 run in a six-minute span to take a 9-4 lead
  • The RiverHawks (0-1) finished the last 1:30 with a 4-3 run
• Second Quarter: 15-2
  • ECU scored 13-unanswered points through the first 9:30 minutes of the quarter
  • Only allowed to score two points, with 0:08 left, on free throws
• Third Quarter: 8-14
  • NSU opened the quarter on an 8-0 run, cut the deficit to 27-18
  • ECU fought back with a 6-0 run to push the lead back to 15 (33-18)
  • The RiverHawks score two quick points
  • Both teams struggled to score the rest of the quarter, with just seven points scored
• Fourth Quarter: 15-22
  • Teams traded the first few shots
  • The Tigers then went on a 10-2 run before allowing a field goal by NSU
  • ECU pushed the lead out to as many as 21 points (52-31)

Tiger Quick Shots

• First time since 2014-15 season that the Tigers opened the season with a victory
  • vs. Rogers State – W, 57-54 (A)
  • ECU lead in all but free throws and blocks on the box score
    • Field Goal Percentage: 36.8 (21-of-57) / 27.9 (12-of-43)
    • 3-Point Field Goal Percentage: 40.0 (8-of-20) / 18.8 (3-of-16)
• The Tigers scored 25 of their 57 points off turnovers
• Sr. Tia Williams: 19 pts., 4 reb., 2 assists, 2 steals, 53.8 (7-of-13) FG%, 80.0 (4-of-5) 3PT FG%
• Jr. Madison Nickens: 11 pts., 3 reb., 3 assists, 1 steal, 42.9 (3-of-7) FG%, 50.0 (2-of-4) 3PT FG%
• Jr. Stefany Lourenco: 6 reb., 4 assists, 2 steals

Up Next

• Saturday, Nov. 10 vs. Central Oklahoma – 12 p.m. in Tahlequah, Okla.
  • Final game of the GAC/MIAA Crossover
• Emporia State Thanksgiving Classic – Nov. 23-24
  • Hosted by Emporia State in Emporia, Kan.
  • Friday, Nov. 23 vs. Northern State
  • Saturday, Nov. 24 vs. Arkansas-Fort Smith