Brainard leads Lady Texans to dominant victory over Western Texas

December 7, 2013

LEVELLAND – Jasmine Brainard made 11-of-19 shots from the field on her way to a game high 23 points and TaSheena Moore added 17 points and 12 rebounds as the Lady Texans were dominant in their 74-48 conference-opening win over Western Texas College Saturday at the Texan Dome.

Behind Brainard, the Lady Texans (4-6, 1-0 WJCAC) wasted little time building an early lead.

Leading 8-7 in the opening minutes, Brainard scored back-to-back buckets that began a 15-0 scoring run. Brainard was 4-of-4 with eight points during that spurt.

South Plains led by as many as 21 before the two teams went to the locker room with the Lady Texans leading 36-17.

The Lady Texans were equally dominant for most of the second half. A 3 by Alexius Dawnwith 6:38 to go in the game gave South Plains a 33-point lead, 66-33. Shortly after that shot, Lady Texan head coach Michelle Wyatt emptied her bench, giving her reserves much needed playing time as SPC enters winter break.

South Plains will have three weeks away from game competition before traveling to the Phoenix area where they will visit Chandler-Gilbert on Dec. 28 before playing in Scottsdale College's Bill Culver Classic Dec. 29-31.

The Lady Texans will resume conference play when they host Howard College Monday, Jan. 6 at the Texan Dome.

Western Texas (3-5, 0-1)
Georgia Ann Tucker 0-1 0-0 0, Hanna Reyes 4-7 0-0 8, Delana Lopez 3-11 4-5 10, Brechelle Beachum 0-9 3-4 3, Tiffany Mitchell 1-6 0-0 2, Niya Benavides 1-5 3-4 6, Destiney Hutchison 0-2 0-0 0, Kalah Guidry 2-2 0-0 4, Corisha Williams 0-2 4-5 4, Brittany McPherson 2-6 2-2 7, Ilze Teilane 2-3 0-0 4, Tiffany Young 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 15-55 16-20 48

South Plains (4-6, 1-0)
Alexius Dawn 3-12 0-0 7, Desiree Cruz 2-5 0-0 5, Tasheena Moore 5-13 6-8 17, Briana Brigham 4-6 0-1 9, Ijeoma Nzekwe 1-1 1-1 3, Jasmine Brainard 11-19 1-1 23, Rachel Campbell 0-0 0-1 0, Rafeegah Fataar 3-7 0-0 6, Rayvon Christian 1-2 2-3 4, Mia Ochoa 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-65 10-15 74

SCORE BY PERIODS	1st	2nd	TOTAL
Western Texas	17	31	48
South Plains	36	38	74

FG%: Western Texas .273, South Plains .462. 3-pt FG:Western Texas 2-14 (Lopez 0-2, Beachum 0-2, Mitchell 0-1, Benavides 1-5, McPherson 1-4), South Plains 4-16 (Dawn 1-6, Cruz 1-3, Moore 1-4, Brigham 1-2, Brainard 0-1). Rebounds: Western Texas 36 (Lopez 6, McPherson 6), South Plains 39 (Moore 12). Fouls Western Texas 17, South Plains 17. Fouled out: none. Technical: none. Assists: Western Texas 5 (Mitchell 2), South Plains 19 (Dawn 6). Steals: Western Texas 3 (Reyes 1, Beachum 1, Williams 1), South Plains 10 (Brainard 4). Blocked shots: Western Texas 10 (Lopez 4), South Plains 6 (Brainard 2, Fataar 2). Turnovers: Western Texas 21, South Plains 11.