Lady Jackets Down Cal Lutheran

Roshonda Gayden and Elaine Hobbs each had 16 points versus Cal Lutheran

Abram Choate, SID

THOUSAND OAKS, CA – The Howard Payne Lady Jacket basketball team got 16 points each out of Roshonda Gayden and Elaine Hobbs and downed the California Lutheran University Regals 70-59 in non-conference action Thursday afternoon. 

The Lady Jackets opened the game with a 6-0 lead. HPU continued their hot shooting connecting on 52% of their shots in the first half to post a 29-20 halftime advantage. Roshonda Gayden scored 9 of her 16 points in the first. Katy Sarem and Brittany Zamora also added 7 each in the opening period. 

HPU started the second with a 7-2 run to extend their lead to 14, 36-22 on a 3-pointer by Clarissa Krum with 18:03 left. 

Cal Lutheran battled back to within 3, 42-39 with 11:45 remaining. The Lady Jackets put together another run and posted the 70-59 win. 

Howard Payne was led by Roshonda Gayden and Elaine Hobbs with 16 points each. Hope Hohertz followed with 12 points on 10 of 10 free-throw shooting. 

Hobbs, Hohertz, and Gayden each had 8 rebounds. Brittany Zamora added 9 points. 

Cal Lutheran was led by Starla Wright with 12 points. Chelsey Hastigan and Donielle Griggs had 11 and 10 points respectively. 

Howard Payne improves to 8-2 overall and Cal Lutheran falls to 6-2 on the year. 

The Lady Jackets will play University of California – Santa Cruz on January 2nd at 2:00 pm Pacific.
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