PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Christian University women's basketball program found themselves staring down a 17-0 deficit to begin the game, fought all the way back to take the lead on the strength of an ensuing 24-6 run, but eventually ran out of gas during a wild 75-69 loss to Texas A&M-Texarkana on Saturday.
 
The Basics:
 

• Score
  • Texas A&M-Texarkana – 75
  • Louisiana Christian – 69

 

• Records
  • Louisiana Christian (2-7, 2-6 Red River)
  • Texas A&M-Texarkana (2-11, 2-7 Red River)

 

• Location
  • Pineville, Louisiana – H.O. West Fieldhouse

  

• Series History
  • Wildcats Lead 5-3 (62.5%)

 

• Winning Streak
  • Eagles (W1) | Wildcats' Last Win: January 25, 2024 (64-62, OT)

 
Wildcats Top Performers:
 

• M'Kiyiah Olivier is starting to get acquainted to the collegiate game as the first-year guard dropped season-highs regarding minutes played (26), points (13), field goals (5), and assists (4), leading the Wildcats in the final category.

 

• Deja Tanks picked up her second straight contest with a contest-best 11 rebounds, tacking on five of her seven points from the charity stripe while participating in a 2024-high 18 minutes.

 

• Princis Goff responded to her quiet showing on Thursday by rattling off a club-leading 24 points on 9-of-13 (69.2%) shooting, went 3-for-4 (75%) from deep, once again came up a board shy of a double-double (9), and logged a pair of both steals as well as blocks.

 

• DaKayla Howard put nine points, five rebounds, two steals and a dime into the scorebook, Kaitlyn Antilley notched a season-most six points, and Yahzmynne Andrews sunk her first bucket of the campaign during her six-minute cameo.

 
Next:
  

• The ladies will conclude their non-conference portion of the slate on Tuesday at Tougaloo College for a 5 p.m. start.

 

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