Oklahoma City, OK

March 4, 2019 | Blake Cochran

The Lady Lions basketball team drop their semi-final battle to the Oklahoma City Stars 55-82. The Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) women shot 17- 68 (25%) for the game, 5-20 (25%) from three, and 16-18 from the free throw line. The Stars connected on 12 of their 24 three-point attempts for 50%, they also had 22 assists on their 31 made field goals.

The Stars had seven players with five or more points on the game and 46 bench points. SAGU was led Syndey Meador and Lexi Rich who both had double-digit days. Meador led the Lions in scoring with 14 to go along with seven rebounds plus three steals and Rich had 10 points, two rebounds, and two assists. Jenna Price was two points away from another double-double with eight points and a game-high of 14 rebounds. The point guard, Kiara Glenn and Tamera Derrough contributed 16 points together with nine coming from Glenn and Derrough with seven. The Lady Lions won the offensive rebounding battle by eight and won the turnover battle with having two less than OCU. SAGU finishes this part of their season with an overall record of 21-11 and 14-8 in the SAC regular season. This is the most wins by a SAGU women’s basketball team since the 2010-2011 season when they went 23-13 and 15-7 in the Red River Conference finishing 4th.

The NCCAA Regional format will release shortly with their destination and matchups.

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’s, master’s and doctoral degrees on campus or online. More information is available at www.sagu.edu