SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The East Central University women's basketball team faced St. Mary's for the first time since 2016 and came away with a clear victory, 81-50, in its opening game of the St. Mary's Thanksgiving Classic.

Scoring

• 1^st Quarter: 27-8
  • The Tigers (3-0) hit a three 18 seconds into the game and never trailed from that point forward
  • The Rattlers (0-6) got a jumper 20 second later to have their closest disadvantage
  • ECU went on a 13-0 run over the next four minutes
  • The Tigers kept up the pressure and increased the lead to 19 at the end of the stanza
• 2^nd Quarter: 19-8 (46-16)
  • ECU kept the pedal on the gas and got the lead to 22, just 17 seconds into the quarter
  • The Tigers got the lead to 30 points for the first time, with four minutes remaining in the half
• 3^rd Quarter: 18-21 (64-37)
  • The quarter was a closer battle, with the lead around 30 points for most of the time
  • SMU cut the disadvantage to 26, with 1:11 left
• 4^th Quarter: 17-13 (81-50)
  • ECU used a 10-0 run in the first five minutes to push the lead to as many as 34
  • The teams traded points thought the rest of the game

Tiger Quick Shots

• Four players recorded double-digit point totals
  • RSr. Madison Rehl: 16 pts., 4 reb., 4 assists, .667 (2-of-3) FG, .500 (1-of-2) 3PT FG, .785 (11-of-14) FT
  • RSo. Izzy Cummins: 16 pts., 3 reb., 2 steals, .667 (6-of-9) FG, 3-of-3 FT
    • Career high for points, steals and field goals made
  • Jr. Kate Ogle: 15 pts., 4 reb., 1 block, .625 (5-of-8) FG, .667 (4-of-6) 3PT FG
    • Career highs for points, rebounds, blocks, field goals made and triples made
  • RFr. Mackenzie Crusoe: 10 pts., 1 reb., 5 assists, 3 steals, .500 (4-of-8) FG
    • Career high for assists
• As a team, the Tigers shot .478 (22-of-46) from the field and .476 (10-of-21) from beyond the arc
• ECU held the Rattlers to a .320 (16-of-50) mark from the field and .292 (7-of-24) from three-point range
• The Tigers committed just 10 turnovers, while allowing five steals
• ECU forced 24 turnovers by SMU and allowed nine steals
• This was the largest point difference in a game between the Tigers and the Rattlers in the nine-game series
  • Most games decided by 10-points or less
• The all-time series as knotted at four games each, coming into the game

Up Next

• ECU will wrap up the St. Mary's Thanksgiving Classic and non-conference games Saturday, Nov. 27
  • The Tigers will face Texas A&M-Kingsville at 2 p.m.
• ECU will then play their first Great American Conference matches next week
  • Thursday, Dec. 2 at Southern Nazarene – 5:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, Dec. 4 vs. Northwestern Oklahoma State – 1 p.m.