JACKSON, Miss. – Holding Belhaven University to just two points in the first quarter, #22 East Texas Baptist University ran away with an 81-47 win in American Southwest Conference play. ETBU is now 16-4 overall and 12-3 in the ASC.
 
Four players finished in double figures as Jade Goynes had 15 points and six rebounds. Brooke Webster added 12 points while both Hanna Hudson and Chloe Rogers posted 10 points. Mallory Stephens put in nine points and eight rebounds while Haley Fieseler had nine points. Ladedra Bryant led Belhaven with 11 points.
 
ETBU finished shooting 48% from the floor, 30% from the arc, and 56% from the free throw line. Belhaven shot just 25% overall, 14% from the three-point line, and 61% from the stripe. ETBU out rebounded BU, 48-23, forcing 20 turnovers with 13 steals.
 
The first quarter set the tone of the game as ETBU had their best quarter of the year scoring 25 points and only allowing two points. BU took just nine shots making their only shot just three minutes into the game cutting ETBU's lead to two, 4-2. ETBU answered with 21 straight points for the 25-2 lead. Goynes had nine of the 25 points in the quarter as Fieseler scored the final five points in 33 seconds on a three-pointer and layup.
 
It was not until the 4:34 mark that BU scored in double figures as they trailed, 30-10. Fieseler once again finished off the half with two free throws with 58 seconds left for the 37-16 halftime lead.
 
ETBU scored 27 points in the third quarter allowing 18 to BU but kept their distance. Rogers gave ETBU a 28-point lead, 48-20, with 6:25 to go on a three-pointer. After BU came within 22, 51-29, Webster made it a 31-point game, 60-29, on a 9-0 run with a layup. Grace Stephens made two free throws with 49 seconds left for a 30-point lead at the end of the quarter, 64-34.
 
The lead stayed in the 30+ range in the fourth quarter.  Goynes made it 68-35, with a layup at the 8:40 mark. Rogers gave ETBU their largest lead of 36 points, 81-45, with 26 seconds left as BU hit one last shot to make the final, 81-47.
 
ETBU will host the University of the Ozarks on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in their final regular season home game of the year.