MARSHALL, Texas – Taking control from the opening tip, the East Texas Baptist University women's basketball team dominated the game with an 88-45 victory over the Sul Ross State University Lobos for their fifth straight win. Now 11-4 overall, ETBU is 5-1 in the American Southwest Conference East Division.
 
All but one player on the court would find the basket as Amanda Wilson led the way with 15 points while Anna Moss (five rebounds) added 11 points. Other contributors included Kendrick Clark (nine points), Kim Childress (eight points), and Paige Royal (eight points). Mollie Daniel (seven points) would finish with a team high seven assists
 
ETBU made 49.3% from the field, which included 26.7% from downtown. They would outrebound SRSU, 49-27, including 20 on the offensive glass. While the Lobos finished with 23 points off turnovers, ETBU had a 42-8 edge in bench points and 23-6 in turnover points.
 
ETBU would have nine players combine to score 24 points in the first quarter. It started with 11 unanswered points (9:17-5:47) as each one of the starters of Wilson (9:17), Hanna Hudson (8:49), Daniel (7:42), Clark (6:50), and Childress (5:47) would get on the board. Daniel would end up leading with five points after a three-pointer at 4:55 before the reserves would take over. Bianca Bowring (4:03), Grace Stephens (3:00), April Matthews (1:39) and Paige Royal (0:08) would round out the scoring while the Tigers held the Lobos to five points.
 
On four occasions in the second quarter the Tigers grabbed a 20-point lead beginning at 27-7 following a Wilson three-point play (7:31). The Lobos would answer with five straight points before ETBU would create a 34-14 lead at the halfway point. SRSU did get the score to 34-18 only for a Clark three (4:05) and a Grace Stephens jumper (3:22) making it, 39-18. Once the Lobos answered at 3:01 to trail 39-20, it took a brilliant save from Mallory Stephens to feed Meagan Thomas for a buzzer-beater basket to make it 41-20 at halftime.
 
SRSU would start the third quarter with a pair of baskets to trail 41-24, but ETBU would regain the 20-point lead back and would then exchange points. Eventually, ETBU would add to their lead with a Hudson layup (4:57) while Moss would put up seven points in the quarter including a free throw that gave ETBU their first 30-point lead, 60-30 (1:43). The Lobos finished with a layup to trail 60-32 after three quarters.
 
In the fourth quarter, Royal would tack on five points (9:46, 8:50) while Moss (9:22, 8:25) would secure 11 points with a pair of free throws. ETBU continued to climb on the scoreboard as they would reach a 40-point margin with a Wilson layup (5:28; 78-37). The lead grew to as high as 45 points when Cynthia Leib found her first points of the game (0:27). The Lobos finished with two free throws to make the final, 88-45.
 
ETBU hits the road next week when they travel to Pineville, La., for their 5:30 PM game against Louisiana College on Thursday.