MARSHALL, Texas – In dominating fashion on Senior Night, #22 East Texas Baptist University finished out their home schedule thwarting the University of the Ozarks, 69-46. ETBU is now 17-4 and 13-3 in the American Southwest Conference. On senior night, ETBU honored five players in
Taylor Singleton,
Kaia Williams,
Hanna Hudson,
Grace Stephens,
Bridget Upton and one student assistant coach in Sydney Lassiter.
Jade Goynes led ETBU with 14 points with three steals. Upton followed with 13 points while Singleton added 10 points, five steals, and six rebounds.
Brooke Webster grabbed seven rebounds. Ganae Gaines had 12 points for Ozarks.
ETBU shot 38% overall making only 13% of their three-point shots and made 18-of-25 (72%) from the line. Ozarks finished shooting just 25%, made 29% from the arc, and 66% from the stripe. ETBU dominated the rebounding, 55-28, and also forced 22 turnovers with 16 steals.
FIRST HALF
Leading from start to finish, the first quarter was the toughest for ETBU. Ozarks trailed by only eight points, 19-11, headed into the second quarter. In the first three minutes of the game, ETBU took a 6-0 lead on points from
Grace Stephens, Goynes, and Williams. Ozarks first made basket was a three-pointer to come within three, 6-3, at the 6:26 mark. They cut ETBU's lead to two, 10-8, with 3:34 left but ETBU finished on a 9-3 run for the eight-point lead.
ETBU ran away with the game in the second quarter scoring 30 points. Ozarks was still within 10 points, 28-18, with 6:46 to go. In the next four minutes, ETBU went on a 12-1 run for a 21-point lead, 40-19, ending on a Goynes fast-break layup. Webster made it a 25-point game on a jumper with 58 seconds left, 46-21, and then Williams nailed a three-pointer with 10 seconds left for a 49-24 lead at the half.
MOLLIE DITTMAR
SECOND HALF
The offense slowed down in the third quarter but ETBU kept their distance.
Mollie Dittmar put ETBU up by 28, 53-25 (8:13), on a layup for the largest lead of the game. Ozarks didn't hit a shot from the floor until the 6:22 mark as they trailed, 53-28.
Mallory Stephens extended ETBU's lead to 30 points, 61-31, on a layup with 2:02 left in the quarter. To end the quarter, Webster went one-of-two from the line for a 30-point lead, 64-34.
Ozarks had their best quarter of the night scoring 12 points in the fourth. The first shot of the quarter wasn't made until the 5:34 mark by Ozarks as they cut the lead to 26, 64-38. ETBU had a lead of 27 in the quarter 69-42, on al shot by Emma Stlelzer and ended the game with a 23-point win, 69-46.
BRIDGET UPTON
STAT OF THE GAME
ETBU's 55 rebounds ties for the second most in a game this season behind 59 vs. Concordia Texas. They outrebounded CTX, 55-28.
NOTES
- Taylor Singleton recorded five steals moving to 207 career steals and is now seven from breaking Marzetta Shepard's record of 213.
- Jade Goynes has now scored 13+ points in the last three games and has 10+ points in eight games this year.
- Brooke Webster led the team in rebounding for the first time this year with seven.
- Goynes has been the leading scorer the past three games and in four overall games this year.
- Bridget Upton scored 13 points on .500 shooting (4-of-8) and scored 11+ points or more in four of the last six games.
- Singleton posted 10 points and has scored 10+ points in nine games this year.
- With the win and a Texas Dallas loss on Thursday night, ETBU continues to secure second place in the ASC.
UP NEXT
ETBU will next play on Thursday, February 17, against Concordia University Texas in Austin at 5:30 p.m. ETBU won the first meeting of the year, 61-37, on January 15 in Marshall. Since 2017, ETBU is 4-0 vs. CTX but lost six straight to the Tornados from 2008 to 2013.
