Women Beat ECU, 64-54

February 21, 2009

ADA, Okla. - Southwestern Oklahoma State University took control using a tough,  determined team effort and fought past East Central University to win 64-54 in a women's basketball game Saturday in Ada,

The win lifted SWOSU to 8-17 on the year and 4-8 in the Lone Star Conference North Division.  SWOSU will next play at home Wednesday against Northeastern State University. ECU dropped to 8-18 and 2-10 with the loss.

SWOSU got 14 points from Courtney Harper and 13 from Jennifer DeGarmo in the win. Shanessa Smith added 11 to complete the double figure scorers.

The Bulldogs took the lead for good when DeGarmo swished a three-pointer to put SWOSU in front 31-30 with 16:44 to play. SWOSU continued to play well and managed to pull away building its lead to double figures when Harper scored to make it 62-51 with 1:20 to play.

The Bulldogs finished the game making 35% of their shots on 19-of-54 attempts while ECU was slightly better at 38%. The Tigers made 18-of-47 attempts from the field.

SWOSU had advantages at the free throw line and in the rebound category. The Bulldogs made 17-of-20 free throw attempts for 85% while ECU was just 12-of-17 for 71%. SWOSU had seven more rebounds (38-31) and were led by Harper in that category with nine.