TYLER, Texas – The Louisiana Christian University women's basketball program saw both
Kylei Leblanc and
McKayla Price drop 20+ points however, the Texas College Steers bottled up
Princis Goff to a career-low four points and upset the Wildcats in an extra period for the second time in three days as the ladies now look forward to the RRAC Tournament after a 72-69 defeat.
The Basics:
- Score (Overtime)
- Texas College – 72
- Louisiana Christian – 69
- Records
- Louisiana Christian (10-16, 10-14 Red River)
- Texas College (10-17, 9-15 Red River)
- Winning Streak
- Steers (W3) | Wildcats' Last Win: January 6, 2024 (81-68)
Wildcats Top Performers:
- Leblanc picked up the slack, trying to put the team on her back with season-highs in terms of points (21), field goals (10-of-16, 62.5%), and steals (5) in addition to nine rebounds plus both of the team's blocks.
- She was the contest's top player in all five statistical categories listed above, putting an exclamation point on a potential RRAC Freshman of the Year worthy season.
- Price was her partner in crime, going 7-for-12 (58.3%) to pour in 20 points for the second time as a Wildcat over a career-best 35 minutes, knocking down all six of her free throws and corralling eight boards.
- DaKayla Howard made a campaign-most four buckets and tied her personal-record of 44 minutes of court time on her way to 11 points plus one of the club's two threes, the other coming as part of Jakiya Thompson's seven points.
- Goff may have been held in check on the scoreboard, but she still contributed in other ways by handing out a contest-best four dimes and upping her career points total to 1,111.
Next:
- Louisiana Christian will be either the #6 seed in next week's Red River Athletic Conference Tournament and will play #3 seed LSU Alexandria in the Quarterfinals at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
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