Women's Basketball: Little Rock Downs Oklahoma, 68-56

[Seminole Indian]

LITTLE ROCK – In its 150th victory at the Jack Stephens Center, Little Rock women's basketball defeated Oklahoma 68-56 on Tuesday night.

Little Rock (2-3) never let Oklahoma (3-3) take a lead as the Trojans led for all but 17 seconds. The Trojans shot 42.4 percent (25-for-59) while the Sooners shot 37.7 (20-for-53).

Raeyana DeGray led and game with a career-high 16 points while earning five rebounds as she went 7-for-13 from the floor. Kyra Collier came up two rebounds and two assists shy of a triple-double as she finished with 10 points, game-highs for assists ( 8 )
and rebounds ( 8 ). Monique Townson played all 40 minutes and ended up with a season-high 10 points, five assists and a game-high three steals. Ronjanae DeGray was the fourth Trojan in double figures as she finished with 14.

The Sooners had two players score 15 points each in Gabbi Ortiz and Shaina Pellington. Maddie Manning and Mandy Simpson each put up seven boards while Vionise Pierre-Louis led the game with five blocks.

Little Rock began the game with a 22-10 first-quarter lead over Oklahoma after shooting 58.8 percent (10-for-17) compared to the Sooners' 26.7 (4-for-15). Raeyana DeGray led the quarter with six points as she was a perfect 3-for-3. The Trojans put up their largest lead of the quarter at 16-2 after a jumper by DeGray.

The Trojans earned their largest lead of the half at 32-16 thanks to a layup by Townson. Still up 16, Little Rock went to the locker room with its largest halftime lead of the season. The Trojans ended the half shooting 50 percent (16-for-32) while the Sooners shot 30 percent (9-for-30).

The Sooners finally picked up the pace in the third quarter as they trimmed Little Rock's lead to single digits at 46-37 after outscoring the Trojans 21-15. Oklahoma shot 54.5 percent (6-for-11) while eleven of Ortiz's 15 points came in the third quarter. After Ortiz drilled a three to put the Sooners down by seven, Townson nailed a three of her own to give the Trojans a 10-point lead heading into the fourth quarter.

With Little Rock up 51-41, Oklahoma began the fourth quarter with an 8-1 run to cut the Trojans' lead to three at 52-49. However, that was the closest the Sooners came to the Trojans' lead as Little Rock built up a 14-point lead with 17 seconds remaining. Despite only shooting 30 percent (3-for-10) in the fourth quarter, Little Rock was 11-for-14 from the foul line. Tori Lasker was perfect from the charity stripe as she went a perfect 6-for-6 during the quarter.

Keanna Keys ended the game with six points and five rebounds, and freshman Terrion Moore tallied a career-high six rebounds, four points and two steals.

Little Rock led the game in steals (9-4) and assists (14-5) while committing seven fewer turnovers (20-13). Oklahoma had the advantage in rebounds (38-33) and blocks (6-2).

The Trojans will now hit the road for Friday night's game at Saint Louis. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m., at Chaifetz Arena.

POSTGAME NOTES
Little Rock is now 2-0 against Oklahoma at the Jack Stephens Center and is 2-1 against the Sooners when playing in Little Rock.
Little Rock's win over Oklahoma was its first over a Power Five school since defeating Texas A&M in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in 2015.
The Trojans' victory was their first against a Big 12 school since Oklahoma's last visit to the Jack in 2014.
Little Rock now has a streak of six consecutive games dating back to last season in which it has led or tied each of its opponents at halftime.
Raeyana DeGray has posted a career high in points and/or rebounds for three consecutive games.
Little Rock has recorded fewer turnovers than its opponent in all five games this season.
Little Rock now has an all-time record of 150-30 at the Jack Stephens Center.

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