OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma City Women's Basketball team pulled off an impressive victory on Saturday afternoon to snap a five-game losing streak with a 74-66 win over Southwestern Christian inside Abe Lemons Arena. 

TOP PERFORMERS
Brooke Curry - 21 PTS, 3 AST, 5-9 3PT
Taryn Cottrell - 17 PTS, 7 REB, 2 STL, 6-12 FG
Amaya Gordon - 16 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST

STAR OF THE SHOW: Freshman Taryn Cottrell put together a huge day for Oklahoma City helping lead the Stars to victory with a career-high 17 point performance on 50 percent shooting from the field while hauling in seven boards. 

STAT OF THE GAME: Oklahoma City went 9-for-21 from downtown on Saturday afternoon tabbing the most threes made in a game all year with five coming from Brooke Curry, three from Cottrell and one from Jerzie Bryant. The nine threes surpasses its previous season-high of five which was set four different times this season. 

FIRST QUARTER: After falling behind by five early on, Oklahoma City notched its first lead with 4:44 to play after a 7-0 as Amaya Gordon knocked down a jumped to make it 9-7. The lead went on to trade hands while Brooke Curry came out swinging by going 2-for-2 from range and finishing with eight points in the quarter as Oklahoma City held a two-point advantage at the quarters end. 

SECOND QUARTER: A six minute OCU scoring drought allowed Southwestern Christian to jump back up in front and control as much as an eight point lead as Oklahoma City was outscored 17-12 in the quarter shooting just 4-for-18 from the field but would only trail by three entering the half after a clutch three from Taryn Cottrell just before the buzzer. 

THIRD QUARTER: Oklahoma City regained the lead with 7:17 to go and never looked back as the Stars bolstered 16-2 run that gave OCU a 14 point lead. The Stars best 10-minute stretch of the night was highlighted by outscoring the Eagles 27-10 in the quarter where Amaya Gordon led the way with nine points while Curry, Cottrell and Bryant all knocked down a three each. 

FOURTH QUARTER: Curry delivered another three right out of the gate to give Oklahoma City its largest lead of the night at 60-43 just 19 seconds in the period. Despite the big advantage, Southwestern Christian began to put the pressure on and crawled all the back to make it a four point game with a minute to play. Down the final stretch, Oklahoma City closed out the game from the foul line as the freshman Curry finished off her big night by going 4-for-4 in the final 19 seconds of the contest to secure the Stars 74-66 win. 

GAME NOTES

• Oklahoma City snapped a five-game losing streak on Saturday moving its overall record to 6-11 while holding a 6-7 record in conference play. 
• The Stars held the shooting edge over the Eagles with a 41.9% night from the field while going 42.9% from three. 
• Freshman sharpshooter Brooke Curry tabbed her career-high of 21 points passing her previous high of 17 set against Kansas Wesleyan back on Nov. 6. Curry shot 5-for-9 from downtown tying her season-best for threes made in a single game. 
• Amaya Gordon racked up 16 points and a team-high eight rebounds as Gordon inches closer to the 1,000 point mark with 964 total career points. 
• Oklahoma City breaks a three-game skid against Southwestern Christian moving to 21-3 against the Eagles since 2013. 

NEXT TIME OUT: Oklahoma City heads back out on the road on Thursday, Jan. 16 against Nelson at 6:00 PM in Waxahachie, Texas. 

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