ADA, OKLA. – The East Central University women's basketball team wasted no time getting back on the winning track, earning a 75-67 victory over Henderson State in the Kerr Activities Center.

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Scoring

• First Quarter: 19-20
  • The Reddies (13-5, 8-4 GAC) started the game on an 11-0 run in the first three minutes
  • The Tigers (13-4, 8-3 GAC) countered with a 14-0 run over the next 3:30 minutes
  • The teams kept things close the rest of the quarter
• Second Quarter: 16-14 (35-34)
  • ECU fought back to tie the game at 22 in the first minute
  • Both teams were scoreless for the next two minutes
  • Both teams traded points and runs to see the game knotted at 31, with 4:10 left
  • The Tigers then went on a 4-0 run over the next three minutes
  • HSU ended the stanza, with a 3-0 run
• Third Quarter: 18-13 (53-47)
  • The teams battled through the start of the quarter
  • The Reddies were able to take a quick 38-37 advantage (8:25)
  • ECU responded with a 5-0 run in the next minute to regain the lead for good
  • The Tigers pushed the lead out to as many as eight (49-41)
• Fourth Quarter: 22-20
  • ECU kept the advantage between 6-9 through the first 6:30 minutes
    • The Tigers pushed the lead out to double-digits (11)
  • HSU then went on a final run, cutting the lead to four (66-62), with 1:30 left
  • ECU kept the advantage between 5-8 points the rest of the game

Tiger Quick Shots

• The Reddies headed into the game ranked No. 8 in the D2SIDA Central Region Poll
  • The Tigers were receiving votes
• With the win ECU moved back into second place in the Great American Conference standings
  • No. 1 is Southwestern at 11-0 in league play
• The Tigers saw five players earn double-digit point totals
  • Jr. Stefany Lourenco: 17 pts., 3 reb., 2 assists, 4 steals
  • Sr. Lakin Preisner: 16 pts., 9 reb., 3 assists, 1 block, 4 steals
  • Sr. Tia Williams: 10 pts., 5 reb., 1 assist, 1 steal
  • So. Madison Rehl: 10 pts., 1 reb., 1 assists, 1 steal
  • Jr. Madison Nickens: 10 pts.
• ­­ECU earned an advantage in overall shooting
  • ECU: 24-of-51 (47.1%) / HSU: 23-of-60 (38.3%)
• Both teams shot 33.3 percent from three-point range, but the Reddies tallied 10 to the Tigers six
• The game was won at the free-throw line
  • ECU: 21-of-28 (75.0%) / HSU:11-of-13 (84.6%)
    • The Tigers went 14-of-19 in the second half at the charity stripe
• ECU tallied only 16 turnovers to HSU's 24
  • The Tigers earned 12 steals to the Reddies five

Up Next

• ECU will wrap up a four-game home stand, Saturday, Jan. 26 vs. Ouachita at 1 p.m.
  • The other GAC Tigers are the only team that the Tigers have not seen yet during the 2018-19 season
• ECU will then hit the road for the next five games
  • Jan. 31-Feb. 14
• Next home game is Saturday, Feb. 16 at 1 p.m. vs. Oklahoma Baptist