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PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Christian University women's basketball program was down one of their top performers due to an injury but still found a way to gut out its first victory in nearly three weeks, sweeping the season series with Texas A&M-Texarkana in a 64-62 overtime thriller.
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The Basics:Â
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- Score (Overtime)
- Louisiana Christian – 64
- Texas A&M-Texarkana – 62
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- Records
- Louisiana Christian (7-9, 4-8 Red River)
- Texas A&M-Texarkana (9-8, 6-5 Red River)
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- Series History (Since 2007-08)
- Louisiana Christian Leads 4-2 (66.7%)
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- Winning Streak (Since 2007-08)
- Louisiana Christian (W2) | Texas A&M-Texarkana's Last Win: February 18, 2023 (78-63)
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Wildcats Top Performers:Â
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- DaKayla Howard dished out a career-most eight assists including seven dimes in the first half alone, grabbing seven boards as well in addition to sending an Eagles shot attempt back in their face.
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- Princis Goff must love seeing TAMUT on the schedule after dropping 34 points including the game-winning three-pointer in the first matchup before going off for a team-best 23 points and 15 rebounds (season-high) to notch her fifth double-double of 2023-24 on Thursday.
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- Journi Singleton had by far the best night of her freshman campaign so far, nearly putting together a double-double herself by collecting personal benchmarks of 12 points and nine boards on 6-of-9 (66.7%) shooting.
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- The Lake Charles native entered the game with 11 points and nine rebounds over her first nine games at LCU, ending the evening by doubling both statistics.
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- Yahzmynne Andrews sent not one, not two, but three Texarkana shots into the cheap seats to set a new benchmark for her tenure while Olivia Scott logged a season-high eight boards on top of nine points with both women swiping a pair of steals.
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Notes:
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- The ladies committed a season-low 12 personal fouls, surrendered a campaign-best 30.9 (21-for-68) field goal percentage, and had its most offensive rebounds during RRAC action at 25.
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Next:
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- Coach Phillips and the Wildcats will look to start a winning streak on Saturday afternoon when the (RV) Pilots of LSU Shreveport dock their buses in Pineville for a 2 p.m. tipoff.
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