Ladies Fall Short in Attempt to Shake Up SCAC Standings, Lose in OT to Conference Leader
SHREVEPORT, La. – The Ladies overcame a five-point, fourth quarter deficit to tie the game, but the Maroon and White went 1-for-5 from the line down the stretch in regulation and the Bulldogs pulled away in overtime as Centenary (5-13, 1-5 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) lost to conference-leading Texas Lutheran 76-68 Sunday afternoon, January 22.
Down four with three minutes left in regulation, sophomore Savanah Doty hit a three. After a Texas Lutheran turnover, Doty was fouled on a three-point attempt. However, she could only connect on the last one. Sophomore Jasmine Morris, who scored a game-best 23 points, missed two from the charity stripe
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The Ladies trailed by as much as eight in the first quarter and by seven heading in to the second quarter, but seven unanswered tied the game. Morris hit a pair from the line, sophomore Essa Badon canned a triple, and Morris made a layup.
Texas Lutheran scored the next five, but another seven unanswered gave Centenary its first lead of the game. Morris and freshman Deunya Small made layups and junior Peyton Hurst hit a fastbreak triple with 5:18 left in the second. Centenary never trailed the rest of the half.
Small scored 10 points and grabbed 10 boards for her second double-double of the season. She added four blocks and four steals. Doty added 13 points on a 4-for-5 mark from downtown.
Centenary led 42-37 midway through the third quarter until Texas Lutheran scored 11 straight. Savannah Hight converted a three-point play and Kasey Hairell hit a pair from the line to tie the game. Hairell made a layup, Madison Ray added a fastbreak layup off a steal, and Bailey Champion hit a jumper.
Doty answered with a fastbreak three, and Centenary trialed 50-47 heading to the
Freshman Cody Crowder’s single put runners on the corners, and an error on a sacrifice bunt scored Zapata. Trinity then threw an error trying to turn a double play to allow another runner to score, and Guin’s two-out single put 11-0.
Trailing 5-3 in the sixth inning, freshman Ashlin Roach and senior Brianna Williams doubled and singled to put runners on the corners and end the day for the Centenary starter, Haley Miller. Then, after a foul out, Matulis singled through the left side to make it a one-run game, scoring Roach. Next,
LeTourneau capitalized on a pair of defensive miscues by UT Tyler in the fifth to cut the deficit to one, 3-2. In the inning, senior Dylan Wadyko reached on a fielding error. Then, he moved to second on a LETU sacrifice bunt. Next, senior Sean Sellers reached on a wild pitch on strike three and Wadyko moved to third to put runners on the corners for senior Taylor Empkey. A bloop single by Empkey plated Wadyko for the first LETU run; then a fielder's choice by junior Kyle Jacobs brought in Sellers to make it a 3-2
With two down, an error and singles by Gillet, Smith and Ford scored the first run of the game in the top of the first. Texas Lutheran scored a pair in the bottom of the frame, but the Ladies answered right back in the second. Freshman Kylie Bradley singled to leadoff the inning and advanced to second on a bunt. Sexton and Moran followed with singles to tie the game.
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With Centenary leading game two 10-8 in the top of the seventh, sophomore Kylie Bradley blasted the first pitch she saw over the leftfield fence. However, Grambling State answered with three runs of its own to tie the game. With one out, McKenzie Johnson homered and Kenyshae Beasley singled. She stole second and scored on Mercedes Williams double. Tia Coleman followed with the game-tying single, but did not advance past first after sophomore Mackenzie Stewart struck out the final two hitters.
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I was thinking of different ways this game could go, and every single way resulted in a Sorrow’s lost. Our minute was up, and it was time to take the court again for the most nerve-racking thirty seconds of my live. Lake lined up, spread all over the court to run their last play to tie to game. The ref blew the whistle and Lake players began moving all over, their big man set a hard screen on me, allowing for their point guard to get up for a corner three. As soon as the ball left his hands, I knew it was going in, and I was completely right. “Swish,” the ball was nothing but net, and the gym erupted with Lake fans applauding and screaming that their team was back in the game. I zoned out, and knew that this was my golden opportunity to shut those fans up. I took the inbound with twelve seconds left in the game, I drove ruthlessly to the basket, crossed over through one defender, and somehow managed to put up a last second shot, and then …… It’s Good! Our Lady of Sorrows fan all on their feet yelling at the top of their lungs, my team met we at half court jumping for joy. The smile on my face was bigger than ever. I finally beat Lake, in a fashion I’ll never