Lady Lions lose lead and fall to John Brown
Siloam Springs, Arkansas- December 6, 2015- The Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) women鈥檚 basketball team lost their first Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC) away game on Saturday. 聽The Lady Lions fell to John Brown University (JBU), 71-67. 聽SAGU is now 4-5 overall and 0-2 in the SAC. 聽JBU is 7-3 overall and 2-0 in the SAC.
The first quarter remained neck and neck. 聽By the end of the quarter the Lady Lions led by six after a made shot by senior Taylor Hill .
The second quarter continued to play in 厂础骋鲍鈥檚 favor. 聽With 5:34 left in the half, 厂础骋鲍鈥檚 Laken Ward hit a three point shot, putting SAGU ahead 29-15. 聽By the end of the half, JBU cut the Lady Lions lead to nine.
“I was very proud of our effort tonight,鈥 says head coach Tiffany Phillips, 鈥淭he ladies played extremely hard and we gave ourselves chances to win the ball game. We made some untimely errors in the 3rd and 4th period that probably cost us the game.”
With 4:08 left in the third quarter, JBU took the lead after Courtney Fine made a three point basket making the score 42-41. 聽At 2:04, 厂础骋鲍鈥檚 Meghan Becker made a three pointer, tying the game 46-46.
In the final two minutes of the game, Hill made a three-point shot that tied the game at 65. Unfortunately, JBU went on a 6-2 run, coming out victorious in the end.
Phillips believes the outcome of close games will soon swing in 厂础骋鲍鈥檚 favor, “We haven’t had a lot of experience in these types of games. 聽I really believe those big wins are coming. These girls believe that they can win and that’s the biggest step. I still think big things will happen for this group.”
厂础骋鲍鈥檚 Taylor Hill led all scorers had 19 points and five assists. 聽Junior Charity Page added 13 points and nine rebounds. 聽Junior Laken Ward had 11 points and nine rebounds.
闯叠鲍鈥檚 Kodee Powell and Baily Cameron had 14 points each.
On Monday, December 7, 2015 the Lady Lions will host Jarvis Christian at 6pm. 聽Earlier in the season SAGU topped JCC 57-48. Jarvis is currently 2-7 overall.
Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a private, Christian university located 30 minutes south of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Waxahachie, Texas. The university was established in 1927, and now offers more than 70 associate, bachelor鈥檚, master鈥檚 and doctoral degrees on campus or online. More information is available at www.sagu.edu or by calling 1-888-YES-SAGU.