HAWKINS, Texas – The Louisiana Christian University women's basketball program were bitten by the turnover bug, committing a season-high 27, combined with its worst shooting night of the campaign (28.3%), was too much for the ladies to overcome in a 59-46 defeat against Jarvis Christian University.
 
The Basics: 
 

• Score
  • Jarvis Christian – 59
  • Louisiana Christian – 46

 

• Records
  • Louisiana Christian (5-4, 2-3 Red River)
  • Jarvis Christian (7-5, 3-4 Red River)

 

• Location
  • Hawkins, Texas – E.W. Rand Center

  

• Series History (Since 2007-08)
  • Louisiana Christian Leads 4-1 (80%)

 

• Winning Streak (Since 2007-08)
  • Jarvis Christian (W1) | Louisiana Christian's Last Win: February 9, 2023 (68-54)

 
Wildcats Top Performers: 
 

• Jakiya Thompson led the Wildcats with a 2023-24-best three steals and contributed a contest-best five assists as well.

 

• Deja Tanks logged her second double-double in-a-row and fourth of the year on Thursday, picking up a game-most ten boards along with ten points as eight of her rebounds came off LCU misses.

 

• Princis Goff topped the team at 13 points in addition to tying for the steals lead with Thompson (3).

 

• Olivia Scott drained a pair of three-pointers, the lone player for Coach Phillips' squad to make more than one, en route to a solid 12 points and DaKayla Howard collected three field goals made and five rebounds, both her most of 2023-24 so far.

 
Notes:
 

• The defense picked up the slack with the uncharacteristic night from the offense, forcing a season-most 22 takeaways and surrendering a campaign-low 59 points in an effort to hold off the Bulldogs.

 
Next:
  

• The Orange and Blue will look to wrangle the Steers of Texas College on Saturday at 2 p.m. inside Gus F. Taylor Gymnasium in Tyler.

 
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