Felicia Jackson

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• December 30, 2016

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona—The seventh ranked South Plains College Lady Texans improved to 16-1 on the year and 3-0 in the Bill Culver Memorial Classic with an 80-61 shellacking of Scottsdale Community College on Friday afternoon. South Plains has now won 16 consecutive games dating back to Nov. 4. "It's a great feeling to go 3-0 in this tournament, but it's also a feeling that you don't want go get comfortable," said Beard, who finished with 23 points and recorded her 12th double-double on Friday. "This shows what we know what we're capable of, but at the same time because we don't want to get comfortable and let up."

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• December 13, 2016

LEVELLAND, Texas—The No. 7 South Plains College Lady Texans rode Yanina Inkina's 16-point performance to a 68-30 rout of Otero College to improve to 13-1 on Tuesday night at the Texan Dome. Tuesday's win closes out a spectacular first half of the season for the Lady Texans as they picked up their 13th consecutive victory dating back to Nov. 4. The newly released NJCAA rankings were announced at roughly 3:50 p.m. on Tuesday, as the Lady Texans moved up from No. 9 to No. 7 in the country.

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• December 11, 2016

LEVELLAND, Texas—Elizabeth Cera finished with 16 points and Felicia Jackson chipped in 12 as the No. 9 South Plains College Lady Texans improved to 11-1 on the year following a 69-50 drumming of Garden City Community College on Sunday at the Texan Dome. "We didn't come out very focused in the first half," Cera said. "We know that they beat us last year, and we couldn't let that happen again. We tried to fix the things we were doing in the first half and come out and play better in the second half."

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• November 18, 2016

HILLSBORO, Texas—The South Plains College Lady Texans improved to 7-1 on the season with a 49-37 victory of Cisco Junior College on Friday at the Hill College Classic. The Lady Texans have now won seven consecutive games dating back to October 21.

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• November 11, 2016

LEVELLAND, Texas— Elizabeth Cera scored 25 points while Jasauen Beard chipped in 22 as the South Plains College Lady Texans downed Dallas Diesel 81-71 Friday night at the Texan Dome. Beard also hauled in 16 rebounds and dished out three assists while Yanina Inkina finished the contest with 16 points and four boards. Brittany Smith totaled nine points and nine assists in 34 minutes while Felicia Jackson scored six points for South Plains. "We came out knowing they were good and we had to play hard and play smart," Beard said. "We came out crashing the boards and hustling all over the floor and that's when we got our energy going. I'm trying to lead by example, not just scoring, but on defense and trying to get rebounds. I'm just trying to produce in all areas." South Plains shot 43 percent from the field in the first half while forcing Dallas Diesel to shoot just 31 percent from the floor. Beard tallied 14 of her 22 points inside the first 20 minutes while also hauling in 11 rebounds. South Plains carried a 37-34 lead into the locker room at the midway point and continued to find success on the offensive side of the ball in the final two quarters, shooting 42 percent from the floor including 4-for-10 from the 3-point line. "Tonight was all about having a strong mentality, because it was important to us to win this game, Inkina said. "We have played them before last season, so we just wanted to fight and we figured out how to beat them. We were shooting with a lot of confidence which helped us get the win tonight." Following a third quarter in which both teams managed to total 18 points, the Lady Texans came out with a vengeance in the final stint, outscoring Dallas Diesel 26-19 in the fourth quarter to pick up their fourth consecutive win in as many games. "Our first game was kind of a slap in the face to us," Beard said. "We knew we had to work on a lot of things and kind of got a reality check. We have to come out with the same intensity tomorrow and not underestimate anybody. Our scouting reports have been good, and we have to have that same fighters' mentality again tomorrow." South Plains will tipoff at 3 p.m. on Saturday at the Texan dome against the Phoenix College Lady Bears. You can watch the game live at spctexans.com using the 'Watch Games' tab at the top of the page.

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• November 10, 2016

LEVELLAND, Texas—Elizabeth Cera never thought her school record of 12 3s in a single contest would be in jeopardy. How mistaken she was. Cera scored 49 points and knocked down 14 3-pointers en route to a 124-29 thrashing over the University of the Southwest JV on Thursday night at the Texan Dome. Cera's 49 points against the Lady Mustangs put the sophomore from Levelland in another category in the Lady Texans' record books, surpassing Sheryl Swoope's school record of 45 points in a game, which was set on November 30, 1989 against Clarendon. Cera's previous record of 12 3s came on Feb. 1, 2016 in an 85-56 conference win against Frank Phillips.

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• November 04, 2016

LEVELLAND, Texas— Depth is crucial. Anndrea Lloyd and Felicia Jackson proved that as the duo combined for 27 points coming off the bench Friday night, pushing the Lady Texans past Trinidad State Junior College 57-41 at the Texan Dome in the SPC Classic.