Strong second half keys SAU women
The Southern Arkansas University women (11-11, 6-10 Great American Conference) outscored Southeastern Oklahoma State 21-11 in the third quarter Saturday and 23-16 in the fourth to pull away for a 76-61 victory at the W.T. Watson Athletic Center in Magnolia.
The Muleriders shot 41.2% from the floor in the third quarter and 55.6% in the fourth to finish at 45.6% for the game. The Savage Storm (7-15, 3-13) had its best shooting in the second quarter, shooting 71.4% from the floor to outscore SAU 26-17 in the quarter. Southern Arkansas held a 40-29 rebounding advantage, a 42-32 scoring advantage in the lane and turned 24 Southeastern turnovers into 24 points.
Addy Tremie led Southern Arkansas with 20 points on 8-of-19 shooting from the floor, while Zykeria Anderson added 12 and Diamond Morris chipped in with 10. Caitlin Kobiske led Southeastern with 14 points.
In other Great American Conference women’s games Saturday, Laney Mears scored a game-high 22 points to lead four Ouachita Baptist University (9-11, 7-9) players with 10 or more points in an 87-80 victory over NW Oklahoma State (20-4, 12-4) at Vining Arena in Arkadelphia. … Jadah Pickens led Henderson State University (14-8, 10-6) with 18 points and Ashley Farrar chipped in with 11 in a 62-53 victory over SW Oklahoma State (12-10, 9-7) at the Duke Wells Center in Arkadelphia. … Arkansas Tech University (10-10, 7-9) outscored Oklahoma Baptist (9-13, 6-10) 21-7 in the second quarter to pull away for an 87-54 victory at Tucker Coliseum in Arkadelphia. Maisa Marcal led the Golden Suns with 18 points and Julie Wagner poured in 17. … Rory Geer scored a game-high 27 points to lead five Harding University (20-2, 15-1) players with 10 or more points in a 77-57 victory over Southern Nazarene (21-1, 151) at Rhodes-Reaves Field House in Searcy. … Alindsey Long and Kelsey Blakemore scored 12 points each for the University of Arkansas-Monticello (7-15, 3-13) in a 52-50 loss to East Central (Okla.) (7-13, 3-13) at Steelman Fieldhouse in Monticello.