BETHANY, Okla. – On the road for their final weekend of the season, the Southern Arkansas Lady Mulerider Basketball team was unable to break into their first quarter deficit on Thursday night in Bethany, Oklahoma, as Southern Nazarene claimed an 87-69 victory in a Great American Conference affair inside the Sawyer Center.
 
RECORDS
Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm (12-13, 9-12 GAC)
Southern Arkansas Lady Muleriders (5-20, 3-18 GAC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Lady Muleriders trailed by just six after the opening ten minutes of action and the deficit would remain six through the first four minutes of the second quarter as Southern Nazarene led 29-23.
• A 9-0 Crimson Storm run ensued and stretched three minutes and 43 seconds as SNU built a 38-23 lead that would eventually get to 17 points before taking a 44-31 lead into the half.
• Southern Arkansas would twice cut the deficit to ten points in the third quarter, but would only manage to get as close as 16 in the final quarter of play.

 
FOR SOUTHERN ARKANSAS

• Jasmyn Eckerman led Southern Arkansas in scoring with 15 points and added five rebounds, three assists and a steal.
• Kimberly Crown followed with 14 points and a team-high six rebounds to go with three blocks, two steals and a pair of assists.
• Alyssa Hamilton contributed with nine points and five rebounds, while Anna Djedjemel and Makaila Jordan each added eight points and three rebounds.
• Aaliyah Holmes picked up three assists, while Erin Brinkley collected a pair of blocks and Jaida Harden and Kory Westerman combined for five steals.

 
FOR THE OPPOSITION

• Callee Mason went for 31 of the Crimson Storm's 38 points off of the bench that included 7-of-16 from the floor with five trifectas and a 12-of-13 effort from the free throw line in 24 minutes of action. Mason added seven rebounds and two steals.
• Adrienne Berry followed with 16 points and Rachel Doerneman added a double-double with 15 points and game-high ten rebounds.
• Abby Boyd produced a game-high 11 assists and added three steals, two blocks and a pair of rebounds.

 
OF NOTE

• Southern Nazarene shot 41.4% (29-of-70) from the floor, while SAU shot 38.7% (24-of-62) from the field.
• The Crimson Storm outscored Southern Arkansas in points off of turnovers as SNU turned 21 Lady Mulerider turnovers into 20 points. SAU scored a dozen points off of 20 SNU turnovers.
• Both teams scored 38 points in the paint, while Southern Nazarene outrebounded SAU 46-32 with 21 rebounds coming off of the offensive glass.
• The Lady Muleriders scored 11 second chance points to SNU's 17.
• The game featured just three lead changes and two tied scores, while SNU's largest lead of the evening was 21 points with 00:57 left in the third quarter.

 
 
UP NEXT

• Southern Arkansas heads to Shawnee, Oklahoma, for the final game of the 2017 season beginning at 1 p.m. against Oklahoma Baptist on Saturday, February 25. OKB defeated the Lady Muleriders, 67-53, on January 5, in Magnolia.
• Live stats and live video for Saturday's game in Shawnee can be found here: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/okbu/stats.htm?eventId=306756&streamType=video.
• Dan Gregory will have the call of all the action: http://bit.ly/1Tsc86R.  
• Be sure to visit muleriderathletics.com for continuing coverage of Lady Mulerider Basketball including pre- and post-game updates, weekly notes, and the coach's show with Head Coach Julio Pacheco.