WEATHERFORD, OKLA. – The East Central University women's basketball team fell to No. 11 Southwestern Oklahoma State, 91-76, in road Great American Conference action.

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Scoring

• First Quarter: 31-26
  • The teams traded shots for the first minute
    • A triple by Sr. Tia Williams on the Tigers (14-7, 9-6 GAC) first possession gave them a slight advantage (5-4)
  • ECU then went on a 5-0 run to earn a 10-4 lead, with 6:10 left in the stanza
  • The Tigers kept up the pressure and built the lead to 10 (20-10), with 4:36 left
  • Lead kept around 10 for the next two minutes
  • The Bulldogs (20-1, 15-0 GAC) then cut the disadvantage to four, with a 6-0 run (26-22), with 1:10 left
  • ECU pushed the lead back to seven in the final minute
• Second Quarter: 9-20 (40-44)
  • Back-and-forth battle for the first 5:30 minutes (38-32)
  • SWOSU then went on a 5-0 run to cut the deficit to one (38-37), over the next two minutes
  • The Bulldogs kept pushing and took their first lead since early in the first quarter (41-40), with 1:34 left in the half
  • In the final 4:30 minutes SWOSU used a 12-2 run
•  Third Quarter: 23-27 (63-71)
  • SWOSU started the half on a 5-0 run to push the lead to nine (49-40), in the first 1:30 minutes
  • The Bulldogs earned their first double-digit lead (54-43), with 7:35 left on the clock
  • The Tigers countered with a 7-0 run in the next two minutes (54-50)
  • ECU kept up the pressure and was able to cut the deficit to two (61-59), with 3:18 left to play in the stanza
  • SWOSU followed with a 10-4run in the remaining time
• Fourth Quarter: 13-20
  • The Tigers started the stanza on a 4-0 run (71-67) in the first minute
  • The Bulldogs built the lead back to 10 (79-69), with 7:44 left to play
  • Game was close throughout the quarter, but SWOSU was able to keep the lead around 10 most of the time
    • The Bulldogs pulled away in the final three minutes
    • Largest lead was 15 (91-76)

Tiger Quick Shots

• This was the second game that the Tigers had faced a ranked team in the 2018-19 season
  • W, 75-56 vs. No. 22 Central Oklahoma (Dec. 31)
• Jr. Stefany Lourenco: 19 pts. (career-high), 2 reb., 2 assists, 5 steals, .500 (7-of-14) FG%, .500 (4-of-8) 3PT FG%
• Lourenco was one of four players with double-digit point totals
  • Williams: 17 pts., 4 reb., 1 assist
  • So. Madison Rehl: 10 pts., 5 reb., 2 assists, 1 steal
  • So. Kendall Schulte: 10 reb., 1 reb., 3 assists
• ECU shot 47.4 (27-of-57) percent from the field and 42.3 (11-of-26) from three-point range
  • The Tigers shot 76.9% (10-of-13) from the field in the first quarter and 57.1 (8-of-14) in the third stanza
• ECU allowed a 51.6 (32-of-62) FG% by the Bulldogs and a 42.9 (12-of-28) 3PT FG%
• The Tigers were out-rebounded 35-28
• SWOSU earned an advantage off the boards with 17 second-chance points to ECU's two

Up Next

• The Tigers will head to face Northwestern Oklahoma State, Saturday, Feb. 9 (5:30 p.m.)
  • It will be the fourth-of-five straight road games for ECU
  • Final game of the road stand will be Thursday, Feb. 14 at Southeastern Oklahoma State (5:30 p.m.)
  • Next home game, Saturday, Feb. 16 vs. Oklahoma Baptist (1 p.m.)