ALPINE, Texas - Outscoring Sul Ross State University 40-24 in the second half, the East Texas Baptist University women's basketball team ran off with a 74-48 win to improve their record to 6-0 on the season and 3-0 in conference play. This is the first time the NCAA Division III era that ETBU has the season 6-0. ETBU's last 6-0 start came in the 1997-98 season. It's also the first time this season that ETBU has reached 70+ points in a game.

Kim Childress led ETBU with 20 points while Amanda Wilson had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Childress also led the team in assists with four along with Madison McCoy, who also shared a game-high three steals with Baylie Lindsey. For SRSU, Erica Powell led the Lobos with 13 points and four assists while Angalyn Latin added 11 points. Taylor Gass grabbed nine rebounds while Lizette Heredia had a game-high five steals.

Overall, ETBU out shot SRSU from the field (39.1%-30.5%) and free throws (72%-45%) while they had 40 points in the paint and 23 second chance points. In addition, ETBU out-rebounded SRSU 58-30 and delivered 13 assists to the Lobos' eight.

Katy Boren started the game with a three-pointer for ETBU just ten seconds into the game. After a Lobos three by Latin (8:48) tied the game at three, neither team would score for nearly two-and-a-half minutes until Sydney Saxton (6:27) broke the deadlock with a two-point jumper. SRSU would answer with five straight points by Gass to in a span of 35 seconds (5:54-5:29) to lead 8-5. ETBU retook the lead 9-8 with two Mallory Stephens free throws (5:17) and a Wilson jumper (4:26) connected only to have the Lobos grab their final lead at 10-9 (3:41). ETBU then finished with a 12-4 run to grab the lead at 21-14 after one quarter. Childress keyed the run with seven points (3:05, :57, :31) while ETBU also had layups by Lindsey (1:41), Saxton (1:23) and a Erin Meeks free throw (2:18)

For the first seventy seconds in the second quarter, the Lobos would score four points to cut the lead to 21-18. ETBU answered by pushing the lead to seven at 28-21 thanks to a jumper by Childress (8:21), free throws by Dree Roberson (7:34) and Wilson (6:56), as well as a Lindsey basket at 5:08. SRSU would then answer with three free throws to cut the lead to 28-24 with 4:25 left. This would be the closest SRSU would get for the remainder of the game. ETBU finished with six straight points on free throws by Wilson (4:04) and a layup by Brittney Jones (2:16) before Lindsey knocked a couple of free throws with six seconds left to lead 34-24 at halftime.

The common trend of ETBU being a second half team would continue as they raced out 20-7 run over five minutes that would prove to be the difference in the game. During the run, Childress and Wilson would combine for 10 points while Erin Meeks (8:40) and Mallory Stephens (5:09) each had two-point buckets. Madison McCoy made a three-pointer at 6:14 while Roberson made a three-point play at 4:46. After Childress made a jumper at 4:24, ETBU led 54-31. However, the Lobos finished with an 8-1 run for the final minutes to cut ETBU's lead to 55-39 after three quarters.

A Gass three-pointer for SRSU at 9:45 made it 55-42. The Lobos could not get any closer as ETBU answered with a 9-0 run (7:47-5:43) with Meeks contributing six points while McCoy added a jumper at 7:28 to push their lead to 64-42. A 5-2 run by the Lobos was all they could afford to answer as they would get as close as 19 points at 66-47 with 2:59 to go. The Tigers would finish with an 8-1 run on free throws by McCoy (2:53), four points from Childress (2:05, :28), and free throws by Boren (:05) as ETBU pulled away with a 74-48 win.

ETBU will return home this Saturday for their next game against Schreiner University at 1:00 PM.