Game Recap: Women’s Basketball | 2/8/2020 7:19:00 PM | Zac Alfers
Eastern New Mexico women’s basketball had its five-game winning streak snapped following a 77-53 defeat to #22 Lubbock Christian Saturday afternoon.
Redshirt freshman Natalie Stice led the Hounds with ten points and also corralled a career-high six rebounds to go along with a pair of assists, two steals and a blocked shot. Junior Alivia Lewis added eight points while senior Jasmine Williams led the Greyhound rebounding effort with seven boards.
The Greyhounds defense has been remarkable and has terrorized opposing offenses all season long but had a difficult time trying to slow down Lubbock Christian as the Lady Chaps finished with a 53.7 team shooting percentage which included a 45 percent clip from beyond the arch. Eastern shot just 29.8 percent from the field and left six points on the line as the High Plains squad went 14-for-21 from the charity stripe.
Despite forcing 13 turnovers and only committing 12 themselves, the Hounds tallied nine points off of possession changes while the Lady Chaps managed 15 points following a turnover. ENMU has averaged 44 rebounds per game entering the contest against Lubbock Christian but corralled just 24 against the Chaps, their lowest total of the season.
Eastern’s offense was unable to create quality scoring chances and connected on two of their 15 field goal attempts in the first quarter as LCU jumped out to a 12-6 lead through the first ten minutes of play.
Both squads shot over 50 percent in the second quarter in a back-and-fourth exchange but the Hounds failed to trim the deficit as the Lady Chaps took a 37-24 advantage into halftime.
Coming out of the break, Lubbock Christian’s defense was able to suffocate the Greyhound shooters and held the Hounds to just two made field goals as the home team continued to add to their lead. Each team recorded 20 points apiece in the fourth quarter as the Chaps held on for the win.
Eastern returns to the rowdy Greyhound Arena next week as it hosts Texas Woman’s on Thursday followed by Tarleton State on Saturday.
