By Connor Gray, Senior Reporter
The Lady Rangers basketball team had an up and down from the winter break and first week of the spring semester.
During the break, the Lady Rangers went 3-4 and currently are 7-5.
In the past couple of weeks, the Lady Rangers played two home and two away games against Southern Arkansas, Arkansas-Monticello, Henderson State and Ouachita Baptist.
The Rangers initially started ahead 6-3 at the halfway point in the first quarter.
But the Lady Muleriders hit three combined threes to finish the half with a 12-9 lead.
The second quarter from beginning to halfway through was controlled by the Lady Rangers, taking a lead of 22-17.
The Muleriders found ways to make shots and cut the lead to 26-23 and end the half on a 7-0 run to end the half at 30-26.
Into the third quarter, the game remained a back-and-forth affair as teams exchanged runs, ending in a 44-43 lead for Southern Arkansas.
The teams started the last quarter exchanging leads, but Southern Arkansas got on a major run halfway through. The Muleriders got their lead up to 61-52 and did not look back. The Lady Muleriders went on to win, 68-62.
In the next game against Arkansas-Monticello, the Lady Rangers started the game up 5-0, but the Boll Weevils matched it shortly. The Lady Rangers then went on a run to finish the quarter up 14-8.
In the next quarter, the Lady Rangers went up 20-14, but Arkansas-Monticello closed the half on an 11-2 run to lead 25-22.
In the third quarter, the Lady Ranger had an offensive explosion, scoring 22 points to take the lead, 44-34.
The Lady Rangers for the rest of the game held onto the lead to end the game with a final of 59-52.
The next two games were in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, against Henderson State and Ouachita Baptist.
The game against Henderson didn’t start well for the Lady Rangers, as they got down 20-8 to end the first quarter.
The second quarter was better play, but the Lady Rangers were still lagging behind the Reddies, 34-19, to end the half.
The third quarter fared much better for the Lady Rangers. They out-scored the Reddies 21-12, but were still down 46-36.
The Reddies kept the Lady Rangers at bay and went on to win, 72-64.
The last game in Arkadelphia was against Ouachita Baptist.
The game was a tight one from start to finish as both teams traded leads throughout the game.
In the final quarter, both teams matched each other, but Ouachita Baptist eventually pulled ahead and won, 57-53.
The next games for the Lady Rangers will be in Ada Thursday at 5:30 p.m. and Saturday in Alva at 1 p.m.