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SPORTS
| UPDATED JAN. 28
Women’s basketball
Lady Mavs suffer 1-point loss
SFA stops UTA’s effort in
the last 11 seconds of the game Saturday, making the final score
57-56.
by R.C.
Wendler
The Shorthorn staff
College basketball games last 40 minutes, but it was the final 11
seconds in Saturday’s UTA-Stephen F. Austin matchup that decided
who would hold first place in the Southland Conference.
The Lady Mavs failed to get off a game-winning attempt, and the
Ladyjacks won 57-56.
Coach Donna Capps said the team designed a play for junior center
Sheena Johnson in the timeout before the final possession. There
was a backup plan in the event Johnson could not get a shot off.
Johnson tried to pass the ball underneath the basket to junior forward
Temeckia Brown, but the pass was deflected by Ladyjack senior center
Amy Collins. SFA extended it’s conference lead to a game and
a half.
Johnson said the one-point loss was heartbreaking, but the team
definitely thinks it can compete with the five-time conference champions.
The Ladyjacks have won 14 of 15 conference titles.
The Lady Mavs out-rebounded SFA by 16, and they dominated 19-6 on
the offensive boards.
After losing to Southwest Texas State three days earlier, Capps
said she was pleased with the team’s effort.
“This loss was really heartbreaking because I saw our team
play as hard as they can,” Capps said. “They left it on
the court and I wanted them to be rewarded.”
Capps said she was impressed with Brown, who scored a season high
12 points and pulled down 9 rebounds after shooting just over 30
percent coming into the game.
“I was just hitting my shots,” she said. “This has
been long overdue.”
Capps said she was also impressed with the way Johnson and sophomore
guard Krystal Buchanan performed on the road against a hostile crowd.
They answered the physical and verbal challenges the Ladyjacks presented
them with at the beginning of the game, she said.
“I think Sheena’s got a lot of pride,” Capps said.
“At the first of the game she and Krystal really stepped up.
That’s what leaders do.”
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f. austin 57, uta 56
Stephen F. Austin 19 38 — 57
UTA 25 31 — 56
Points — UTA: K. Rumph 3-6 0-0 6, R. Ogunoye 2-9
1-2 5, S. Johnson 8-15 4-4 20, K. Buchanan 3-8 1-2 8,
L. Lewis 1-12 2-2 5, T. Brown 3-7 4-6. Totals 20-57
12-16 56.
SFA: L. Mills 2-6 3-4 7, Y. Grant 7-12 0-2 15, A. Collins
6-9 0-0 13, K. Killingsworth 3-6 0-0 7, N. Wright 5-9
0-0 11, J. Boles 2-5 0-0 4. Totals 25-49 3-6 57.
Rebounds: UTA 40 (S. Johnson 10) SFA 24 (K. Killingsworth
6).
Assists: UTA 7 (K. Buchanan 4) SFA 10 (K. Killingsworth
4).
Blocks: UTA 1 (K. Rumph 1) SFA 4 (A. Collins 3).
Steals: UTA 9 (S. Johnson 3, K. Buchanan 3) SFA 5 (L.
Mills 2).
Attendance: 2,257
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