KERRVILLE, Texas - Controlling the game for all forty minutes, the East Texas Baptist University women's basketball never conceded a lead as they took care of business with a 65-53 win over Schreiner University. ETBU is currently 8-1 overall with the win.

Of the three players who scored double figures, Katy Boren was ETBU's top scorer with 15 points on five three-point field goals. Kim Childress added 14 points while Amanda Wilson tallied 11 points. Both Childress and Wilson also grabbed nine rebounds each while Madison McCoy led ETBU with five assists.  Wilson also led the Tigers with four blocked shots. For the Mountaineers, Maya Knowles (14 points) and Jordyn Villa (13 points) were the only SU players to reach double-figures. Villa also led the team with six rebounds while sharing a team-leading three assists with Caitlyn Latson.

Although ETBU was out shot by SU in field goal percentage (34.9%-38.8%), and three-point percentage (36.0%-41.7%), the Tigers did make 66.7% of free throws while SU made 50%. ETBU also made 20 second chance points while SU made 13 second chance points.

Boren started things off with a three-pointer just seven seconds into the game. After Villa answered with a three (9:53) to tie the game, ETBU would answer with a free throw by Wilson (8:40) and a second three by Boren (7:42). Both teams were held scoreless until the Mountaineers tied the game with four straight points at 4:40. Boren (4:37) then gave ETBU a 10-7 lead with her third three-pointer, which was followed by a Wilson jumper (3:22) and a 12-7 lead. Still, SU answered with five straight points to tie it at 2:22. McCoy then became the third ETBU player to score with a three to give ETBU a 15-12 lead with 2:00 left. A layup by Kayla Alvarado cut the lead to 15-14 with 1:17 to play in the first. But Childress got on the board with a jumper to end the first quarter with ETBU up 17-14.

Free throws by Dree Roberson (9:20) and McCoy (8:27) gave ETBU a 20-14 lead to start the second quarter. SU would cut the deficit to 24-20 with 6:02 to go. ETBU would then answer by creating their largest first half lead with a 28-20 edge thanks to a layup (5:44) and free throw (4:11) by Brittney Jones. SU would answer with an 8-2 run to cut the lead to 30-28 with 1:17 to go. A layup by Childress with 1:03 left in the second quarter gave ETBU a 32-28 lead at halftime.

ETBU caught fire at the start of the third quarter with an 11-2 run in the first two-and-a-half minutes to lead by 13 points at 43-30, their largest of the game. During the run, Wilson accumulated for six of the points while a Childress jumper (8:01) and a three by Karley McHenry (7:23) rounded up the eleven points. But the Mountaineers would have their own 11-2 run (6:54-2:37) to cut the deficit to 45-41. However, it was a fourth three by Boren that made it 48-41 in ETBU's favor just twenty seconds later. Sydney Saxton would push the margin to nine with a layup as ETBU had a 50-41 lead after three.

After free throws by Childress (9:12) gave ETBU a 52-41 lead, SU tallied the next five points (8:56-8:16) to cut the lead to 52-46. This would be the closest they would get to as ETBU answered with five points from Wilson (7:36) and McCoy (6:48) to make it 57-46. After a three by SU made it 57-49 (6:30), neither team would score for the next three minutes. This ended up being a pivotal point for following a free throw by the Mountaineers (3:09) to make it 57-50, Boren made her fifth three-pointer (3:02) that put the game on ice as ETBU led 60-50. ETBU ended up scoring five points from Erin Meeks (1:08) and Childress (0:36) as they would finish winning 65-53.

ETBU will finish 2017 with one game tomorrow at 2:00 PM against Texas Lutheran.