LEVELLAND, Texas - The Lady Texans of South Plains College remain undefeated at home for the 2009-10 season and improve their record to 10-6 overall and 1-0 in the Western Junior College Athletic Conference after defeating the Howard College Lady Hawks 51-44 Monday at the Texan Dome.
Trailing by no more than three points for most of the first half, SPC allowed the Lady Hawks to extend their lead to six points, 18-12 with just under eight minutes to go. At that point, the Lady Texans went on a 12-0 scoring run over the next seven minutes to take a six point lead of their own at 24-18. A three point shot by Howard's Tasha Tubbs with four seconds to go sent the teams to the locker room with SPC leading 24-21.
After trailing the majority of the first half, the Lady Texans never trailed in half number two and only allowed Howard to tie the game twice, the final time coming with 9-minutes and 18-seconds left in the game. SPC then went on a 13-3 scoring spree to take the largest lead of the game, 49-39 with three minutes left on the clock and held on for a 51-44 victory.
Kelsey Canavan and Ashlyn Green led the Lady Texans in scoring with 10 points apiece. Canavan had a double-double as she also snagged 10 rebounds. ToiEasha Cooper just missed a double-double as she added eight points and also grabbed 10 rebounds.
SPC returns to action on Thursday, January 14 when they travel to Midland to face the Lady Chaps who boast an overall record of 16-3, but lost this evening to Frank Phillips College by the score of 65-61. Midland is ranked eighth in the latest NJCAA poll.
| South Plains at | |
| Texas Tech Invitational * Lubbock, TX | |
| South Plains at | |
| Texas Tech Invitational * Lubbock, TX | |
