Lady Jackets Win Season Opener

Hope Hohertz had 10 points and 10 rebounds win over UT-Tyler

Abram Choate, SID

RICHARDSON, Texas - The #15 ranked Howard Payne Lady Jacket basketball team used a big second half surge to defeat the University of Texas at Tyler 75-48 on Friday at the Fred Jacoby I-20 Classic hosted by the University of Texas at Dallas.

Howard Payne shot 47% from the field in the second half  to outscored UT-Tyler 42-22. The second half production extended the Lady Jackets 33-26 halftime lead.

HPU got 41 of their points from the bench led by Roshonda Gayden with a team high 12 points. The Lady Jackets forced 31 UT-Tyler turnovers and posted 19 steals as a team.

Hope Hohertz had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Abby Parmelly came off the bench to score 9 also nabbing three steals.

UT-Tyler was led by Paige Parrish with a game-high 17 points. She was followed by Melissa Thomas with 10.

Howard Payne is now 1-0 overall and UT-Tyler stands at 0-1 to start the season. The Lady Jackets will play host #16 University of Texas - Dallas at 6:00 pm.
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