January 9, 2020
Bethany, OK- Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) battled Southwestern Christian University (SCU) on the road Thursday night. The Lions (7-5, 2-3) were unable to handle the Eagles (10-2, 3-2) falling in defeat by the score of 75-63. The Lions currently sit in the seventh spot in the Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC) standings.
Top Performers
- Sydney Meador ( JR/Denton, TX ) led the Lions in scoring with 15 points. Tamera Derrough ( SO/Mansfield, TX ) was right behind her with 14, Kiara Glenn ( JR/Ennis, TX ) (12) and Lexi Rich ( SR/San Antonio, TX ) (10) also cracked double digits.
- Phillipa Greene ( JR/Freeport, Bahamas ) led both teams in rebounding with 10.
- SAGU shot 36% (21-58) from the field which included 30% (4-13) from behind the arc.
- SAGU had an advantage in bench scoring (18-10) but were outrebounded (33-28) and outscored in the paint (34-30) and in points off turnovers (19-13).
Lions Review
- Lexi Rich made the first basket of the game for either team.
- SAGU tied it (7-7) on a Tamera Derrough three-pointer with 4:27 in the first quarter.
- The Lions closed the first quarter strong putting together a 9-4 run to win the first period 18-13.
- Derrough cashed in from deep again to push the lead to eight 21-13.
- SCU battled back but couldn’t get the lead under 5.
- Glenn and Lauren Baker ( FR/Lexington, KY ) hit a couple of late buckets to give SAGU a 37-25 halftime lead.
- Things changed quickly in the third as SCU went on a 17-6 run that left the Lions with just a one-point lead at 43-42 with 3:29 left in the third period.
- Once the 4 th quarter started SAGU trailed 47-46
- The teams were tied 50-50 at the 8:00 mark. Over the next three minutes, the teams would trade the lead three times.
- SAGU went four minutes without a field goal make and trailed the Eagles 71-62 with under a minute remaining. It was too little, too late for the Lions.
What’s Next
The Lions (7-5, 2-3) will host a tough Oklahoma City University (11-0, 4-0) team that is ranked pm.
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