Lady Jackets Continue Winning Ways

Abram Choate, SID

CLARKSVILLE, AR.-Howard Payne needed a 10-0 run at the midway point of the second half to fight off a scrappy University of the Ozarks team in a 67-49 win Thursday in American Southwest Conference play.

The first ten minutes of the game proved to be frenetic as the contest went back-and-forth. Ozarks held a 14-12 lead at the 9:57 mark of the first half. Ozarks wouldn't hold the lead for long though as the NCAA III defending national champions answered with a basket on their next possession. The Jackets, who extended their win streak to 39 games, then closed out the half with a 20-8 run to hold a 32-22 halftime lead.

With a 46-36 advantage at the 11:34 mark of the second half, Howard Payne used a 10-0 spurt to all but put away the Lady Eagles.

Lacey Phillips ended with a game-high 13 points for Ozarks. Sabrina Goddard added 12 points and Ashley Teague had 11 points. Olivia Fisher snagged 11 rebounds.

Brittany Zamora led HPU with 11 points followed closely by Mionca Hall with 10 points. Elaine Hobbs and Hope Hohertz grabbed 7 rebounds each.

The Lady Jackets extended their record to 6-0 overall, 4-0 in ASC action, while Ozarks fell to 2-5, 0-3 in ASC play.

The Lady Jackets will be in action again on Saturday against the University of Texas Dallas at 1:00 pm.
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