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Oklahoma Baptist had its best defensive effort of the season, holding Northwestern to a season low in scoring with a 76-33 win in the Sooner Athletic Conference women’s basketball quarterfinals in Bethany Thursday.
OBU opened with the first nine points of the game and later added a 12-0 run to establish a 33-11 lead with 3:34 left in the first half. The Lady Bison closed the half on a 7-0 run for a 40-13 lead at the half.
The lead peaked at 76-31 as OBU completed a 15-2 run with 2:01 left in the game.
Taujhnae Travis and Gabriell Mattox scored 17 each to lead the Lady Bison. Rachel Wilczek led Northwestern with 10.
OBU (29-2) plays Rogers State in the semifinals at 1 p.m. Friday. Northwestern concludes its season at 14-17.
OBU limited Northwestern to 26 percent shooting for the game and the Lady Rangers didn’t help themselves at the free throw line, missing 12 of 13 attempts.
The Lady Bison also had a season-best 21 steals, forcing 27 turnovers and getting a 24-4 edge in points off turnovers. Travis had five steals and Defensive Player of the Year Ashley Harrell had four steals.
Lubbock Christian pulled the second, but biggest, upset of the day, knocking of second-ranked Oklahoma Baptist 67-64 in the first round of the Sooner Athletic Conference men’s basketball tournament Thursday.
The Chaps never trailed in the game and led by as many as nine points in the first half, but held on as OBU missed two would-be game-tying three-pointers in the final 10 seconds by A.J. Hawkins and Emmanuel Wilson.
The Bison trailed by five with 24 seconds left, but Hawkins hit a trey to make it a two-point game.
Kenny Hewitt hit one of two free throws to open the door for a tie with 12 seconds left, but the Chaps held on defensively.
Hewitt and Douglas Williams scored 18 apiece as the Chaps posted the second-best shooting night against the Bison this season at 52.3 percent. Benoit Bekono was 6-for-6 from the field in his 14-point effort.
OBU, the NAIA leader in field goal percentage, shot just 41 percent for the game.
The Chaparrals (14-15) will play John Brown at 6 p.m. Friday in the semifinals.
Now 28-3, the Bison will play their next game in Kansas City’s NAIA National Division I Tournament.
Oklahoma Baptist had its best defensive effort of the season, holding Northwestern to a season low in scoring with a 76-33 win in the Sooner Athletic Conference women’s basketball quarterfinals in Bethany Thursday.
OBU opened with the first nine points of the game and later added a 12-0 run to establish a 33-11 lead with 3:34 left in the first half. The Lady Bison closed the half on a 7-0 run for a 40-13 lead at the half.
The lead peaked at 76-31 as OBU completed a 15-2 run with 2:01 left in the game.
Taujhnae Travis and Gabriell Mattox scored 17 each to lead the Lady Bison. Rachel Wilczek led Northwestern with 10.
OBU (29-2) plays Rogers State in the semifinals at 1 p.m. Friday. Northwestern concludes its season at 14-17.
OBU limited Northwestern to 26 percent shooting for the game and the Lady Rangers didn’t help themselves at the free throw line, missing 12 of 13 attempts.
The Lady Bison also had a season-best 21 steals, forcing 27 turnovers and getting a 24-4 edge in points off turnovers. Travis had five steals and Defensive Player of the Year Ashley Harrell had four steals.
Lubbock Christian pulled the second, but biggest, upset of the day, knocking of second-ranked Oklahoma Baptist 67-64 in the first round of the Sooner Athletic Conference men’s basketball tournament Thursday.
The Chaps never trailed in the game and led by as many as nine points in the first half, but held on as OBU missed two would-be game-tying three-pointers in the final 10 seconds by A.J. Hawkins and Emmanuel Wilson.
The Bison trailed by five with 24 seconds left, but Hawkins hit a trey to make it a two-point game.
Kenny Hewitt hit one of two free throws to open the door for a tie with 12 seconds left, but the Chaps held on defensively.
Hewitt and Douglas Williams scored 18 apiece as the Chaps posted the second-best shooting night against the Bison this season at 52.3 percent. Benoit Bekono was 6-for-6 from the field in his 14-point effort.
OBU, the NAIA leader in field goal percentage, shot just 41 percent for the game.
The Chaparrals (14-15) will play John Brown at 6 p.m. Friday in the semifinals.
Now 28-3, the Bison will play their next game in Kansas City’s NAIA National Division I Tournament.
