HOUSTON, Texas – The Southeastern Louisiana University women's basketball team competed in a hard-fought road matchup against Houston Christian University Friday, losing in second overtime, 77-70.
SLU (2-6, 1-2 in SLC) visited the Huskies (4-4, 2-0) for the team's third Southland Conference game of the season. Southeastern fell to HCU in a double-overtime contest in one of its strongest efforts of the season.
For the third straight game,
Aliyah Collins led the Lady Lions' offense, scoring a career-high 29 points Friday, making four three-pointers along the way.
Eryn McKinzie (15) and
Natalie Huff (12) also scored in double figures for SLU.
Southeastern had one of its best rebounding games of the season Friday. Collins (11), McKinzie (10), and
Aisha Marten-Coney (10) each had double-digit rebounds with the former two getting double-doubles. In the first start of her collegiate career, Marten-Coney also pitched in eight points and collected six steals.
Kamryn McLaurin also scored 29 points for the Huskies, leading the team. Jordan Jackson was the only other HCU student-athlete in double-figure scoring with 18 points. McLaurin also brought in 11 boards for a double-double.
Friday's game was a back-and-forth contest with the teams trading leads a total of seven lead changes and 12 ties. The home team Huskies finished the first quarter with a six-point lead, before a 10-0 run by the Lady Lions put SLU in the driver's seat. Southeastern held on to that lead until halftime.
After HCU got back in front in the third, they managed a lead with under a minute to go in regulation, then McKinzie made a game-tying basket to send the game to overtime. A three-point play by Collins put SLU ahead with 17 seconds left in the first overtime. Two game-tying free throws by Jackson evened the score, giving HCU the momentum to close out the game in the second overtime.
The Lady Lions will return for a one-game home stand at the University Center to host Memphis on Saturday, Dec. 20, at 1 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN+ and can be heard on KSLU 90.9 The Lion, online at either
www.LionSports.net/listenlive or
www.LionUpRadio.org, via the following apps – Lions Gameday Experience, Live365, iHeart, Audacy, TuneIn and MyTuner Radio - or on Alexa speakers (skill must be enabled first). All you have to say is, "Alexa, play K.S.L.U."
SLU's game against Memphis on Saturday, Dec. 20, will feature an Ugly Sweater Contest. Fans are encouraged to bring their ugliest holiday sweater for a chance to win prizes and be named the Ugly Sweater Champion of the day.
Bethany Graves will be the Spotlight Player of the Game for the Lady Lions on Dec. 20. The first 150 fans to attend the game will receive a trading card featuring the Pascagoula, Miss., native, courtesy of PRIDE.
SOCIAL MEDIA
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TICKETS
For ticket information, please contact the Southeastern Athletics Ticket Office at (985) 549-5466 or visit www.LionSports.net/tickets. Southeastern offers mobile ticketing as the primary source for securing tickets. All tickets will be available via e-mail in a PDF format for fans to download on their phone or print at home. Tickets can also be downloaded to Apple Wallet.
CLEAR BAG POLICY
Southeastern Athletics has instituted a clear bag policy for all ticketed events. For more information on the clear bag policy, visit www.LionSports.net/clear.
