ALVA, Okla. – The East Central University women's basketball team dropped a 76-68 Great American Conference decision at Northwestern Oklahoma State in the final game of the 2019 portion of the season.

Scoring

• 1^st Quarter: 14-16
  • The Rangers (6-4, 2-2 GAC) jumped out to an early 6-0 lead in the first 2 minutes
  • The Tigers (3-7, 1-3 GAC) countered with a 4-0 run to cut the deficit to two (6-4), with 6:46 left
  • ECU kept fighting and took a quick 9-8 lead, with 4:42 remaining in the stanza
  • The teams traded shots for the remainder of the stanza
• 2^nd Quarter: 3-14 (17-30)
  • Both teams struggled to get shots to sink through the first 4 minutes of the quarter
    • Both teams only scored at the free-throw line
      • ECU – 1 / NWOSU -1
    • ECU did not score a basket until 3:38 remained
  • The Rangers took control from there, using an 11-0 run to end the half and push the advantage to 13
• 3^rd Quarter: 26-21 (43-51)
  • The quarter was evenly matched, with NWOSU able to keep the lead around 13 points until the final minute
  • The Tigers then went on a 5-0 run to cut the deficit to 8
• 4^th Quarter: 25-25
  • The teams traded shots for the first 3:30 minutes
  • ECU then used a 6-0 run to cut the deficit to four with 5:30 left to play
  • The Rangers regained control, going on an 11-2 run over the next 2:30 minutes to push the lead to 13
  • In the final minute the free-throw line came into play
    • Only two points scored on baskets, with six at the charity stripe
      • ECU: 4-of-4 / NWOSU 3-of-6

Tiger Quick Shots

• Jr. Kendall Schulte led the way for the Tigers
  • 18 pts., 4 reb., 4 assists, 54.5% (6-of-11) FG%,83.3 (5-of-6) FT%
    • Career highs for assists and free-throws made
• All eight of the ECU players to see action scored at least one point and had at least one rebound
  • Only two missed recorded an assist
  • Four of the players scored in double digits
    • So. Hannah Ladd: 15 pts., 6 reb., 2 assists, 1 steal, 42.8 (6-of-14) FG%
    • Sr. Madison Nickens: 12 pts., 5 reb., 2 assists, 2 steals
      • Season high for points
    • Fr. Gabby Cummins: 10 pts., 5 reb., 1 steal, 100.0 (4-of-4) FT%
      • Career high for points, rebounds and free-throws made
• Key to the game came with fast-break points: ECU - 4 / NWOSU - 17
  • The Rangers earned a slight lead in made shots in all categories
    • FG: ECU – 22-of-65 / NWOSU – 24-of-49
    • 3PT FG: ECU 7-of-27 / NWOSU – 9-of-20
    • FT: ECU – 17-of-20 / NWOSU – 19-of-27

Up Next

• The Tigers will off until the new year
• ECU will next play Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020 at Harding – 5:30 p.m.
  • The Tigers will wrap up that weekend at Arkansas Tech, Saturday, Jan. 4 – 1 p.m.
• Next home games for ECU will be Jan. 9-11
  • Thursday, Jan. 9 vs. Southern Arkansas – 5:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, Jan. 11 vs. Arkansas-Monticello – 1 p.m.