EDINBURG, Texas – The Southeastern Louisiana University women's basketball team lost the second game of its three-game road trip against UTRGV in a 78-65 decision.
SLU (2-13, 1-7 in SLC) competed against UTRGV (9-8, 6-2) Thursday. After the Lady Lions ended the first quarter up by two, the Vaqueros took charge in the second quarter to take the lead for the rest of the game.
Mia Ramos scored a season-high 17 points to lead Southeastern, eight of which came in the final minutes of the contest to help the team end the game with 14 unanswered points.
Natalie Huff was next on the team with 15 points, scoring 11 in the first quarter with a go-ahead make at the buzzer.
Erynn Williams also reached a double-digit scoring mark with 10 points.
Huff's five steals led all players in Thursday's game, contributing to SLU's 13-10 steals advantage in the game. Ramos had four swipes, while
Fatime Seck (3),
Eryn McKinzie (2), and Williams (2) each added to the total.
Charlotte O'Keefe was the most dominant player Thursday, scoring 22 points and bringing in 22 rebounds to lead the game in both categories. O'Keefe played the first 35 minutes of the game before checking out with a significant lead. Southland Conference Player of the Week Jalayah Ingram notched 19 points in the game, dishing a game-high seven assists as well.
Southeastern will end its road trip with a visit to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2-13, 1-7) Saturday, at 1:00 p.m., in Corpus Christi, Texas. 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."
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.
