ALVA, OKLAHOMA - Northwestern Oklahoma State Women's Basketball picked up right where the team left it last week. Earning a 67-49 victory over the Tigers in a game the Lady Rangers never trailed Thursday evening.
The sixth straight win brought the Lady Rangers to 14-1 on the season overall with a 6-1 conference record. Lady Rangers were led by Faith Simpson with 17 points and seven rebounds, one of three double figure scorers joined by Carly Craig with 15 and Camille Thomas with 10 points.
A balanced approach helped the Lady Rangers jump out to an early 8-0 lead after Faith Simpson scored six of the first eight points of the game while Carly Craig assisted on the three of the four Northwestern baskets. The Lady Ranger defense held Ouachita scoreless for nearly the first three minutes of the game before the Tigers ended the run at the 7:18 mark of the first quarter.Â
Carly Craig pushed the Lady Rangers in front by double digits for the first time of the evening following her first points of the game from a three pointer with two minutes left in the quarter for a 16-6 lead. She hit back to back three's with the second one coming in the final seconds of the quarter as the Lady Rangers carried a 19-6 lead into the second quarter. Simpson had nine first quarter points.Â
As Northwestern continued to carry the momentum into the second quarter the lead only grew as Craig started with a jump shot before Simpson followed and the Lady Rangers were quickly up 17 in the game. Paige Scott hit her first three pointer of the game as Northwestern led by 21 halfway through the second quarter. Northwestern used their defense to help continue to grow the lead scoring 12 first half points off turnovers running out with nine fast break points.Â
Lady Rangers continued to take over inside the paint scoring 20 points in the paint in the first half. Following Payton Jones foul shots Northwestern had the largest lead of the game going into the break with a 26 point advantage 37-11.Â
The third quarter Northwestern continued where they left off in the first half as Camille Thomas hit the first shot of the half assisted by Scott. Carly Craig then scored five straight for the Lady Ranger hitting a three followed by a steal and fastbreak layup as the lead grew to 30 at 46-16. Talayah Thomas and Summya Adigun continued to extend the lead getting as many as 33 at 55-22 before the defense took over as neither team scored in the final minute and a half of the third quarter.Â
Camille Thomas started the fourth quarter with a steal and a fastbreak layup for the first points of the final quarter. Scott followed with a layup as this pushed the lead to the largest it would reach at 37 points at 59-22. The Tigers then went on their largest run of the game at 13-0 to push the score to 59-35 before Nikaya Orange ended their run keeping the lead over 25 points. Ouachita scored the final points of the game at the foul line as in the final 30 seconds. Northwestern went on to win 67-49 over the Tigers for the sixth straight victory. Â
The Lady Rangers will be home on Saturday afternoon against Henderson State for a conference matchup with tip-off scheduled for 1:00 PM.Â
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