Lady Jackets Defeat Carthage

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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The Howard Payne women's basketball team held Carthage College to just 25% shooting in the second half to secure a 62-54 non-conference win at Trinity University's Earl C. Sams Gymnasium.

Carthage opened up a 15-point lead, 25-10, at 9:07.  The Lady Jackets then proceeded to sting the Lady Reds with a 24-7 run that put Howard Payne up by two points at halftime, 34-32. 

Howard Payne scored the first six points of the second period to go up by eight, 40-32, at 16:31, completing a 30-7 run over 12 minutes and 37 seconds.

Howard Payne went up by as much as nine points, 48-39, with 10:51 left.  Carthage came back with a 13-4 run to re-gain the lead by three, 52-49, at 5:55 on the clock.  Back-to-back three-pointers by Kayla Scott at 5:29 and 4:06 put the Lady Jackets up to stay, 55-52, and Howard Payne went on to win by eight points, 62-54.

It was not a good shooting day for either team.  The Lady Jackets shot 31 percent (18-59), including just 6 of 24 three-pointers, while the Lady Reds shot 32 percent (18-56), including 2 of 14 from three-point range.  Howard Payne converted 20-of-28 free throws, while Carthage connected on 16 of 21. 

The Lady Reds out-rebounded the Lady Jackets, 52-36, but turned the ball over 25 times to just 12 for Howard Payne.  Howard Payne scored 25 points off Carthage turnovers.

Tresta Donahoo led Howard Payne with 16 points.  Donahoo made only 3 of 15 field goals but connected on 9 of 10 from the free-throw line and pulled down six rebounds and dished out six assists.  Dana Marrs and Danyel Bradley added 13 points and four steals each. 

Kristi Schmidt led Carthage with 16 points on six-of-eight field goals, along with nine rebounds.  Michelle Wenzel came off the bench to score 13 points with six boards, and Stephanie Kuzmanic added 12 points with a career-high 11 rebounds and four assists.

Carthage College of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin was ranked 26th in the Dec. 18 WBCA/USA Today/ESPN NCAA Division III poll and the Lady Jackets were ranked 37th by “D3hoops.com” in early-December.

The Lady Jackets are now 8-2 overall and Carthage stands at 7-3 overall. After a recent tournament schedule change, Howard Payne will play Bethel University on Saturday at 4:00 pm.
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