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FORT WORTH, TX: The Texas Wesleyan University women’s basketball team (8-2, 4-1 RRAC) topped Southwestern Assemblies of God (3-8, 0-5 RRAC) 69-47 and tallied another home win making it six straight at the Sid Richardson Center on Thursday Night.
The Lady Rams have not dropped a home game this season, winning each of their home games since the season opener against Eccelsia College on November 21.
The Lady Lions held a slight 9-8 lead with 14 minutes remaining in the first half before the Lady Rams went on an 11-1 run to gain a 19-10 lead midway through the first half. The Lady Rams kept a hefty lead, and neither team scored the last two minutes of the first half as the Lady Rams took a 30-19 into halftime.
Texas Wesleyan seemed to have the advantage over the Lady Lions on paper, and in the first half, the Lady Rams showcased their speed to combat a rather slow start shooting. The Lady Rams outscored SAGU 12-0 on fast break points, leading to the 30-19 advantage at the break.
Wesleyan shot only 39 percent from the field in the first half, but the Lady Lions had shooting woes of their own, going 31 percent from the field. The Rams also took advantage of SAGU’s 15 first half turnovers, outscoring the Lady Lions 13-0 off turnovers.
The Lady Rams kept the pressure on in the second half, improved from the field shooting 47 percent, and only turned the ball over five times. The Lady Lions were simply overmatched as the Wesleyan kept a double digit lead throughout the second half.
Brittany White nailed a three with 3:06 left in the game to make it 69-42, putting the game out of reach. Texas Wesleyan went on to nab the 69-47 win.
White led the Rams with 17 points to go with five steals and four assists.
Raven Alexander added 13 points, and
Kristi Alexander threw in 11 points in the win.
Texas Wesleyan will travel to Tyler, TX to take on Texas College at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 7.
