The SWOSU women’s basketball team bounced back from its first loss of the season with an 87-77 win against rival Northwestern Oklahoma Stateat the Percefull Fieldhouse in Alva.
The Lady Bulldogs started the game off by trading buckets with Northwestern for much of the first quarter, heading into the second down 23-22, but a 10-0 run highlighted by two big three-pointers from Maddie Sperle helped put SWOSU up by four at half. In the third, Northwestern took the lead early before SWOSU went on a 17-4 run — punctuated by a tough traditional three-point play from Makyra Tramble — that put the Lady Dawgs ahead for good.
Tramble, 14, and Sperle, 12, were joined in double figures by Karly Gore and Regan Crawford who both dropped career-highs with 19 and 15 points, respectively. Taber Beer knocked down her 100th career three-pointer in the game tied a career-high with six steals while Macy Gore had eight assists and remained perfect from the charity stripe on the season.
“It’s hard to go on the road and we are a little bit shorthanded, but we battled,” Head Coach Kelsi Musick said. ‘I am just happy to have a day off tomorrow to get some rest before our next game on Thursday.”
East Central 85,
SWOSU 75
The SWOSU women’s basketball team suffered their first defeat of the 2020-21 season Saturday, falling 85-75 to East Central at the Pioneer Cellular Event Center in Weatherford.
The Lady Bulldogs fell despite the effort of senior Bethany Franks, who scored a season-high 18 points and became the 14th player in program history to reach the 1,000-point mark for her career. Franks achieved the milestone on a mid-range jumper early in the third quarter.
SWOSU got off to a strong start, going on two separate 5-0 runs in the first quarter to go up by six heading into the second, where a 9-1 run by ECU closed the gap and tied the score, 38-38, at half. SWOSU’s struggles continued throughout the third and into the fourth, trailing 54-44 before Maddy North hit a big three, followed by a 10-second violation by ECU sparked hope into the Lady Bulldogs, coming as close as six before ultimately losing by 10.
On top of breaking 1,000 career points, Franks had 18 points and 6 rebounds, and she was joined in double figures by Tramble who had 24 points and 8 rebounds. Foul trouble was a big problem for SWOSU with 34 total fouls including three people fouling out to ECU’s 18.
The Lady Bulldogs are 7-1 on the season heading into a matchup against Oklahoma Baptist Thursday night in Shawnee.