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Home Of Champions|73 National Championships
NaShyla Hammons
NaShyla Hammons had 19 points and 12 rebounds on Saturday.
66
Oklahoma City OCU 20-5, 13-3
73
Winner Wayland Baptist WBU 20-3, 13-2
Oklahoma City OCU
20-5, 13-3
66
Final
73
Wayland Baptist WBU
20-3, 13-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Oklahoma City OCU 7 17 20 22 66
Wayland Baptist WBU 18 16 14 25 73

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Wayland Baptist holds off OCU 73-66

Stars shoot 34 percent in Saturday’s loss

PLAINVIEW, Texas – Oklahoma City University fought its way back from a 10-point halftime deficit but ultimately fell short to No. 6 Wayland Baptist (Texas) 73-66 Saturday afternoon at the Hutcherson Center.
The Stars got 22 points from Daniela Galindo and 19 points and 12 rebounds from NaShyla Hammons. OCU, ranked fourth in NAIA Division I women's basketball, fell to 20-5 overall and 13-3 in Sooner Athletic Conference play while Wayland Baptist improved to 20-3 on the season and 13-2 in the SAC.
Oklahoma City fell behind early in Saturday's contest, hitting just three of its 17 shot attempts in the first quarter. The Flying Queens raced to a 20-7 lead with 9:15 left in the second, getting seven points from their bench. Wayland Baptist finished with 23 total bench points while the Stars had just 11.
A layup from Hammons cut the WBU lead to seven with 4:13 to go in the half, but the Flying Queens closed the second quarter on a 12-9 run and headed to the break leading by double digits. OCU got 10 of its 24 points in the paint in the second quarter.
The Stars went on a 7-0 run to start the third quarter, getting a three from Galindo, a layup from Brooke Irwin and then a layup from Taylor LaCour. Wayland Baptist's lead shrunk to 34-31, but the Flying Queens responded with a 7-1 run that pushed the lead to nine. LaCour, a junior from Georgetown, Texas, produced nine points and five rebounds for OCU.
A pair of free throws from LaCour again cut the WBU lead to three points with just over a minute left in the third. The Stars, with the help of eight second-chance points, outscored Wayland Baptist 20-14 in the third quarter but still trailed by four.
Wayland Baptist's lead ballooned to 15 with 3:43 left and OCU made one final push. The Stars cut the lead to eight with a minute to go, but were unable to complete the comeback as the Flying Queens converted on three of their last six free throw attempts to keep the game out of reach. OCU finished the game shooting 34.4 percent from the field and 36.8 percent from three-point range.
Oklahoma City plays next at 6 p.m. Tuesday against Central Christian (Kan.) in McPherson, Kan.
 
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