Women's Basketball 11/23/2013 1:47:00 AM

OCU tramples Austin 100-48

Stars compile 52-33 rebounding advantage

Cara Pugh recorded the third double-double of her OCU career.

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SHERMAN, Texas – Oklahoma City University cruised to a 100-48 rout of Austin (Texas) on Saturday at the Hughey Gymnasium.
Ouleymatou Coulibaly, a junior from Bamako, Mali, West Africa, provided the Stars with 25 points, 13 rebounds and three steals. OCU, ranked second in NAIA Division I women's basketball, collected the win in its 2013-14 regular-season debut.
Autumn Lau, a senior from Mount Wolf, Pa., posted 18 points and seven rebounds, while Yvonte Neal, a junior from Spring Valley, Calif., picked up 16 points, five assists and two steals for OCU.
The Stars' Cara Pugh, a senior from Oklahoma City, notched her third career double-double with 10 points, 11 rebounds, three assists and three steals.
OCU owned a 52-33 rebounding advantage, gathering 31 offensive rebounds. The Stars generated 64 points in the paint, 51 points off turnovers, 41 second-chance points and 40 points off the bench.
"For our season opener, I was very pleased with our efforts," OCU coach Latricia Trammell said. "We were unselfish with the basketball on offense and played disciplined defense. It was really nice to see every player on our team contribute to our victory."
The Stars seized the lead with a 18-0 run close to midway through the first half. Christina Kime nailed a trey to tie the game 12-12 at the 14:15 mark, but Austin went without a point for the next 4:51 off the game clock.
Coulibaly scored nine points in OCU's splurge including seven consecutive points during one stretch. Tommitrise Collins sank a layup that grew the Stars' advantage to 30-12 with 9:37 showing in the first.
OCU scored the final 15 points of the first period. Coulibaly had 10 points in a row for the Stars during that stretch.
Lau dropped in a 3-pointer with 37 seconds left for the final margin and OCU's largest lead of the game.
"We have areas that we must improve on and areas that we need to build on," Trammell said. "This was a very good season opener."
The Stars meet Langston at 7 p.m. Thursday at Abe Lemons Arena in the Capital City Classic. The events starts with No. 23 Oklahoma Baptist facing 15th-ranked Xavier (La.) at 5 p.m. that day. Catch all games from the Capital City Classic on live stats and video here.

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