By Treyvon Andres
Student Reporter
On a Tuesday night, there was a battle in Percefull Fieldhouse. Northwestern Oklahoma State University women`s basketball looking to steal a win away from Oklahoma Christian.
The Lady Rangers were giving the Lady Eagles all that they could handle in the first quarter with senior Jade Jones scoring six of the eleven points, but the Lady Eagles were still ahead with twelve points.
When the second quarter started, the Lady Eagles started to pull away, holding the Lady Rangers to six points.
Going into the second half, the Lady Rangers were down by eight, that quickly went up to 16 points with the Lady Eagles starting out red hot in the start of the third quarter.
Coach Diesselhort called a timeout to rally the Rangers and to slow down the Eagles’ hot start.
The Lady Rangers started closing the gap in the third quarter going on run of their own lead by guard Kalea King, who scored 10 of the 24 third quarter points, putting the Lady Rangers in striking distance down only eight points going into the fourth quarter.
It was back and forth battle with Lady Eagles and Lady Rangers exchanging the lead, but the Lady Rangers and could not battle back in the end losing 61 to 65.
Over the break, the Lady Rangers basketball team took a trip to Honolulu, Hawaii to play in the Oahu Thanksgiving classic.
The Lady Rangers split their games ending in a 1-1 record for the trip.
In the first game against Minot State, the Lady Rangers fell 91-47.
The first half of the game the Lady Rangers looked strong taking on a 21 to 18 lead in the first quarter but only scoring a total of 9 points in the second would give the edge to Minot as they outscored the Lady Rangers by 14 points in the second.
Bailey Brown played terrific as she recorded a of total of 25 points and was able to go 4-5 from behind the arc. She also led the Rangers with a total of 6 rebounds.
Kalea King Put up 22 points for her season high this year.
The Rangers forced the Beavers to turn the ball over 17 times.
As the second half approached, the Minot Beavers would take the lead. In the second quarter, there was six lead changes and four ties. The Beavers would on a 10-0 run to stretch out their lead for good.
The second game the Lady Rangers were up against Cuh-Wbb (Chaminade). They grabbed the win 82-77.
The Lady Rangers started off the game quick and hot. The two teams traded baskets early on in the game as Chaminade took a four point lead but the Lady Rangers were quick to jump ahead to take a 9-8 lead with a pair of free throws from Bailey Brown.
She would finished with 19 points and 13 rebounds which earned a double-double for her team. This would be her first of the season.
The Lady Rangers return to action on the home court Nov. 29 as they open conference play against Southern Nazarene.