Women Win Second Straight

January 24, 2009

DENTON, Texas - Southwestern Oklahoma State University continued to build on its new-found momentum and picked up an important women's basketball victory with a 59-50 win against Texas Woman's University Saturday in Denton, Texas.

The win, SWOSU's second straight, improved the Bulldogs to 6-11 on the year and evened its Lone Star Conference North Division record at 2-2. TWU fell to 10-7 and 1-3 with the loss.

Jenna Sprague scored 15 points and Jennifer DeGarmo added 13 for the Bulldogs who won for back-to-back games for the first time this season. SWOSU was 67-59 winners against Cameron on Wednesday.

SWOSU led much of the game and took control early in the second half. SWOSU held a slim 23-20 lead at the break only to see the Pioneers come back and get within one point on two occasions, the last was at 26-25 with 15:20 to play.

Erin Wright then pushed the Bulldogs back in front by a more comfortable margin. She hit a pair of free throws and moments later nailed a three-pointer to put SWOSU ahead 33-25 with 11:59 to play.

TWU got as close as three points one other time, but again the Bulldogs had an answer. Sprague and Shanessa Smith scored underneath and DeGarmo connected on a three-point bomb and the game was in hand with SWOSU leading 53-40 with 1:46 to play.

SWOSU ended out shooting the Pionners by a considerable margin. The Bulldogs made 39% of their shots on 20-of-51 attempts while the Pioneers made just 23% of their 59 attempts, making just 14.

The Bulldogs out rebounded TWU by a 45-43 margin. Courtney Harper, DeGarmo and Sprague each had eight to lead SWOSU in that category.

SWOSU will next play Wednesday at Southeastern Oklahoma State University before returning home to face East Central University on Saturday, Jan. 31. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.