by Ashley Watts, Sports Editor
Northwestern Oklahoma State University women’s basketball competed against Oklahoma Baptist Saturday and came out with a 75-59 win.
The Lady Rangers were led by seniors Kalea King and Jakeria Otey. King finished with 25 points while Otey finished with 24 points. Junior Bailey Brown was the only other double digit scorer with 10 of her own points. Otey led the Lady Rangers in rebounds with nine while Brown followed closely behind with seven.
At the start of the game the Rangers where behind OBU by six points, but an 11-0 run for the Rangers put them in the lead and they never trailed again. NWOSU led for 31 minutes of the 40 in the game.
After closing the first quarter on an 11-2 run the Rangers wasted no time keeping the momentum into the second quarter. They opened this quarter on an 8-1 run and a 19-3 run overall to build a double digit lead going into the half.
Both teams started the second half with seven combined points in the first minute of play. The Bison cut down the Lady Rangers lead to five, but Hillary Hurst answered with a three pointer and mid range jump shot to bring the lead back to double digits. The third quarter was the only quarter that the Bison won because of nine free throws.
The Lady Rangers would hold a six point lead going into the final quarter. The senior duo made sure that this was their game to win. Northwestern beat the Bison 75-59.
This win improves Northwestern’s record on the year to 9-7 and they grabbed their fifth conference win for a 5-5 in the Great American Conference play record. The Lady Rangers will travel to Arkansas next week for games in Searcy against Harding on Thursday and Russellville on Saturday.