STAFFORD, Texas – The Louisiana Christian University women's basketball program had a chance to tie or take the lead late in the contest Thursday evening, but a turnover followed by a technical foul dashed the comeback attempt as North American came away victorious, 74-72.
 
The Basics: 
 

• Score
  • North American – 74
  • Louisiana Christian – 72

 

• Records
  • Louisiana Christian (6-5, 3-4 Red River)
  • North American (8-6, 5-2 Red River)

 

• Location
  • Stafford, Texas – Stafford High School Gymnasium

  

• Series History (Since 2007-08)
  • Series Tied 1-1 (50%)

 

• Winning Streak (Since 2007-08)
  • North American (W1) | Louisiana Christian's Last Win: December 7, 2021 (85-53)

 
Wildcats Top Performers: 
 

• Olivia Scott piled up a career-best eight assists on the night to lead the squad to go along with nine points.

 
            * Scott contributed 44.4% of the club's 18 dimes while she had more assists against NAU than she had during the entirety of the 2021-22 campaign (22 games). 
 

• DaKayla Howard set a new career-high at 14 points in addition to a yearly high of six field goals and five boards.

 

• Princis Goff dropped her seventh 20-burger of the season over 11 matchups (63.6%), going 9-for-13 (69.2%) from the court as the squad's leading scorer on top of seven rebounds.

 

• Yahzmynne Andrews notched her first double-figure rebounding affair of her career with 11 while also knocking away two blocks for her second multi-swat outing.

 

• Deja Tanks fronted the Wildcats 13 boards in addition to a season-most three dimes while McKayla Price tallied a personal-best 11 points.

 
Notes:
 

• LCU had its best night from distance so far, cashing in 5-of-8 three-point attempts for a 62.5% conversion rate.

 

• A usually dependable defensive unit had a difficult time snatching possessions away from the home team, picking up a season-low four steals and 11 turnovers caused.

 

• NAU held its own on the boards, as the Orange and Blue logged a +8.8 rebounding margin coming into the night, but the Stallions corralled 43 rebounds for the most by an opponent in 2023-24, two shy of the Cats.

 
Next:
  

• The women from CenLA will head down to the Crescent City to tangle with the (RV) Xavier (Louisiana) Gold Nuggets Saturday afternoon, looking to hand XULA its second straight defeat after coming into the weekend unscathed in conference play.

 
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