ADA, OKLA. – The East Central University women's basketball team came back from a 10-point deficit at the half to defeat arch rival Southeastern Oklahoma State, 62-59, at the Kerr Activities Center. The win extended the Tigers (12-3, 7-2 GAC) winning streak to nine and their home winning streak to five games.
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Scoring
- First Quarter: 12-16
- The Savage Storm (9-5, 7-3 GAC) scored the first points and then ECU tied it at two (8:21)
- Southeastern used an 8-4 run over the next three minutes to push the lead to four
- The Savage Storm kept the lead around 4-6 the rest of the quarter
- Second Quarter: 17-23 (29-39)
- The Southeastern lead was kept around 4-6 through the first 2:30 minutes
- The Savage Storm then used an 8-0 run, in the next three minutes, to push the advantage to 12 (19-31)
- Deficit kept around 10-12 the rest of the quarter
- Third Quarter: 16-9 (45-48)
- Lead was kept around 10 through the first three minutes
- ECU then started an 8-0 run through the rest of the stanza to cut the deficit to three
- Fourth Quarter: 17-11
- After the first minute the Tigers started their push
- Used an 8-0 run over the next three minutes to take their first lead of the game
- The score then toggled back-and-forth until a layup by Sr. Tia Williams pushed the ECU lead to three (60-57), with 3:22 left to play
- The Savage Storm was able to cut the deficit to one (60-59), with five seconds left, on free throws
- Two free throws by So. Madison Rehl with three second remaining sealed the win
- Southeastern had one more shot attempt, but missed a three-point attempt
Tiger Quick Shots
- The victory pushes the Tigers into lone possession of second-place in the Great American Conference standings
- Southwestern leads at 9-0 / ECU 7-2 / two at 7-3
- ECU is currently ranked No. 9 in the D2SIDA Central Regional Poll
- The Tigers held the Savage Storm without a field goal for the final 5:47
- Southeastern went 4-8 at the free-throw line during the span
- ECU tallied nine points
- The Tigers were led by Williams
- 19 pts., 5 reb., 2 assists, 1 block
- Juniors Sam Schwab and Stefany Lourenco also earned double-digit point totals
- Schwab: 15 pts., 9 reb., 1 block, 1 steal
- Lourenco: 10 pts., 5 reb., 3 steals
- ECU was held to just six free-throw attempts in the game (4-of-6)
- The Savage Storm went 6-of-13 from the charity stripe
- The Tigers earned a 49 to 37 advantage on the boards
- Offensive rebounds were the key: 18 to 6
- Teams tied with 31 defensive rebounds
- Today's game was the first of four-straight at home for the Tigers
Up Next
- ECU will finish up the week against Southern Nazarene
- Saturday, Jan. 19 at 1 p.m. in Ada
- The Tigers will then play two more games at home
- Thursday, Jan. 24 vs. Henderson State (5:30 p.m.)
- Saturday, Jan. 26 vs. Ouachita (1 p.m.)
