TEXARKANA, Texas – The Louisiana Christian University women's basketball program trailed for the first 37 minutes of the ballgame and fell behind by as much as 16 points midway through the third quarter, but the Wildcats outscored the Eagles 30 to 13 in the final period to knock off Texas A&M-Texarkana by three, 74-71.
 
The comeback was the club's biggest of 2024-25 by four points (November 23 at North American) while Princis Goff had as many points in the fourth quarter alone (13) than the entire TAMUT team (13).
 
Part of Coach Phillips' success came from the fact that the Cats drew a season-high 25 personal fouls, including knocking Texarkana's leading scorer Kayla Williams (22) out of the contest via foul trouble.
 
The Basics:
 

• Score
  • Louisiana Christian – 74
  • Texas A&M-Texarkana – 71

 

• Records
  • Louisiana Christian (8-14, 8-12 Red River)
  • Texas A&M-Texarkana (7-18, 7-14 Red River)

 

• Location
  • Texarkana, Texas – Patterson Student Center

  

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

 

• Winning Streak
  • Wildcats (W1) | Eagles' Last Win: December 14, 2024 (75-69)

 
Wildcats Top Performers:
 

• Goff has now pulled off Herculean-type performances in back-to-back seasons, making her RRAC debut last season by dropping 34 points and splashing a game-winning three-pointer as time expired to beat the Eagles before exploding for season-highs of 31 points and ten field goals in the massive comeback this time around.

 
                            * The nation's 13th-best and league's highest scorer can also play some defense with a career/game-most four blocks, a team-high three steals, and seven rebounds in addition to a contest-leading four assists. 
 

• Deja Tanks put together a vintage afternoon that provided glimpses into her All-RRAC Honorable Mention selection the year before, combining for a season-most 17 points as well as a club-high 13 boards with a career-best nine of her points coming from the line.

 
                            * The double-double was the second of the current campaign and ninth of her tenure in Pineville. 
 

• Kylei Leblanc went for 11 points via a personal-record five free throws made and also set a new benchmark at three steals to tie for the Cats' crown on the Texas-Arkansas border.

 
Next:
 

• The next road trip will be a doozy, over 700 miles west across the plains of Texas to Hobbs, New Mexico where LCU will meet the University of the Southwest at 5:30 p.m. Thursday night.

 

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