SHAWNEE, Okla. – The East Central University women's basketball team fell to Oklahoma Baptist, 80-70, in the third meeting this season with the Bison (3-12, 2-11 GAC).
Scoring
- 1st Quarter: 22-18
- Both teams went on small runs for a 7-7 tie, with 6:19 left to play
- The Tigers (8-5, 8-5 GAC) then took over and used an 8-2 run to push the advantage to 15-9, with four minutes remaining
- OBU followed with several small runs to knot the game again, this time at 18, with 55 seconds left on the clock
- ECU scored the final four points of the stanza for the slight advantage
- 2nd Quarter: 13-19 (35-37)
- The Tigers held the lead between 2-4 points for the first seven minutes
- The Bison then used a 5-1 run to tie the game at 31
- Things remained close through the rest of the stanza, with ties at 33 and 35
- 3rd Quarter: 18-20 (53-57)
- ECU tied the game at 39, but could not gain the lead over OBU
- Kept the deficit around two through the first four minutes
- The Bison then used a 7-0 run, over the next two minutes, to push the lead to eight
- The Tigers used a few small runs through the remaining time to get back within four
- 4th Quarter: 17-23 (70-80)
- ECU fought back within two (60-62) in the first 3:15, but OBU kept pushing and would not give up the lead the rest of the game
Tiger Quick Shots
- The Tigers were led by Sr. Kendall Schulte, Fr. Madison Crusoe and Sr. Madison Rehl
- Schulte: 19 pts., 4 reb., 1 assist, 1 steal, .467 (7-of-15) FG, .500 (3-of-6) 3PT FG, 1.000 (2-of-2) FT
- Crusoe: 15 pts., 2 reb., 3 assists, .625 (5-of-8) FG, .500 (3-of-6) 3PT FG, 1.000 (2-of-2) FT
- Rehl: 11 pts., 1 reb., 5 assists, 3 steals
- Cold shooting by ECU was the difference in the game
- FG: ECU 21-of-56 (37.5%) / OBU 25-of-49 (51.0%)
- 3PT FG: ECU 8-of-25 (32.0%) / OBU 5-of-13 (38.5%)
- FT: ECU 20-of-28 (71.4%) / OBU 25-of-29 (86.2%)
Up Next
- ECU will now get ready for the final game in the third-set of Great American Conference games against Western Divisional opponents
- Saturday, Feb. 13 vs. Northwestern Oklahoma State – 2 p.m.
- The Tigers will then start the final round of game Thursday, Feb. 18 at Southwestern Oklahoma State – 5:30 p.m.