ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The East Central University women's basketball team played the one of the final two Great American Conference opponents of the season that they had not faced yet in 2019-20, falling to Henderson State, 76-66.

Scoring

• 1^st Quarter: 18-16
  • The teams traded the first shots for a 3-all tie
  • The Tigers (3-14, 1-10 GAC) then went on a 7-0 run in the next two minutes
  • ECU kept the advantage around 5 for most of the quarter
  • The Reddies (12-5, 7-4 GAC) hit the final shot of the stanza, with 1:35 left, to cut the deficit to 2
• 2^nd Quarter: 11-10 (29-26)
  • Neither team scored in the first 1:30 minutes of the quarter
  • HSU then hit a 3-pointer to take a 19-18 lead
  • The Tigers followed with a 9-2 run until 5:30 remained
  • The Reddies hit a three in the next minute to cut the deficit to 3 (27-24)
  • Both teams then went cold for the next 2:30 minutes
    • Final 2 minutes both teams scored just 2 points each
• 3^rd Quarter: 22-28 (51-54)
  • The teams traded small runs in the first 8 minutes to keep the ECU lead around 4
    • Led by as many as 9 (41-32), with 6:42 remaining
  •  HSU then went on an 8-0 run to gain the advantage
• 4^th Quarter: 15-22 (66-76)
  • The Reddies continued to push the tempo and increased the run to 18-0 through the first 3:30 minutes of the stanza
  • Neither team scored for the next 1:30
  • HSU made it a 19-0 run with a free throw (62-51) before the Tigers scored their first points of the quarter
  • ECU followed with a 5-0 run to cut the deficit to 6 (62-56)
  • The teams then traded runs for the rest of the game to keep the disadvantage between 6-11 points

Tiger Quick Shots

• Sr. Sam Schwab led a group of four players with double-digit point totals
  • Recorded her fourth career and third double-double of the season
    • 13 pts., 15 reb., 4 assist, 2 blocks, 50.0 (6-of-12) FG%
      • Career high for rebounds
• So. Hannah Ladd led the team in the points column
  • 20 pts., 4 reb., 1 steal, 44.4 (8-of-18) FG%
• Jr. Kendall Schulte and Sr. Madison Nickens also tallied double-digit point totals
  • Schulte: 16 pts., 4 reb., 1 block
    • Career high for blocks
  • Nickens: 13 pts., 9 reb., 1 steal, 66.7 (4-of-6) FG%, 1.000 (1-of-1) 3PT FG%, 4-of-4 FT
    • Season high for field goals made
• Fr. Izzy Cummins tied career highs with 3 rebounds and 2 steals
• Nickens is now ranked on 2 ECU Career Top-10 Lists
  • No. 10 3PT FGM – 116
    • 1 away from No. 9 held by Kelli Donovan (2002-05) – 117
  • No. 9 3PT FGA – 338
    • 28 away from No. 8 held by Kacey Thomas (2005-09) – 366
  • Also close to making the Top-10 in 2 more categories
    • 12 away from No. 10 in Steals, held by Lacey Goldwire (2004-08) – 118
    • 6 away from No. 10 in Games Played, held by Thomas – 107
• Sr. Maci Hanson and Jr. Madison Rehl are close to moving on to the ECU Career Top-10 list
  • Hanson: 4 blocks away from No. 10 held by Stormy Griffith (2000-04) – 58
  • Rehl: 5 starts away from No. 10 in Games Started, held by Jalyn Jackson (2013-17) and Kristy Donovan (1997-00) – 76
• The teams were close in field goal percentages, but made three-pointers made the difference
  • ECU 7-of-20 / HSU 12-of-34

Up Next

• The Tigers will wrap up a four-game home stand, Saturday, Jan. 25
  • at Ouachita Baptist – 1 p.m.
• ECU will then start a five game home-stand – Jan. 30-Feb. 13
  • Thursday, Jan. 30 vs. Arkansas Tech – 5:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, Feb. 1 vs. Harding – 1 p.m.
  • Thursday, Feb. 6 vs. Southwestern – 5:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, Feb. 8 vs. Northwestern – 1 p.m.
  • Thursday, Feb. 13 vs. Southeastern – 5:30 p.m.