ALPINE, Tx.- A cold night at the floor cost the Sul Ross Lady Lobos a 66-33 conference loss to visiting Howard Payne in Monday action at the Gallego Center.
Soli Quintanilla led Sully with 8 points while Kym Kyzar posted 8 rebounds.
HPU opened with a 15-2 run to start the contest. The Lady Lobos pulled within 4 at the 6:53 first half mark after a 3-point jumper by Jeanna Adams. Both teams went to the break with HPU sporting a 29-18 advantage.
It was all Lady Jackets in the second half as HPU broke out to a 14-1 run. The Lady Jackets led by as much as 37, 66-29 with under two minutes left in the game.
As a team Sully shot 21% from the field compared to HPU’s 47%. The Lady Lobos nailed 8 of 11 free throws good for 61% while HPU went 14 for 23 or 61%.
Kim Hoffman led the assault for HPU with a double-double 17 points and 10 rebounds.
The Lady Lobos fall to 1-22 and 1-19 in league and will return to the Gallego Center on Thursday for conference play with Schreiner.
Newspaper Box Score Howard Payne vs Sul Ross State 02/13/06 4:00 p.m. at Alpine, Texas (Pete P. Gallego Center) At Alpine, Texas (Pete P. Gallego Center) HOWARD PAYNE 66, SUL ROSS STATE 33 HOWARD PAYNE (20-3, 17-3 (ASC)) Kimberly Hoffman 6-8 5-5 17; Stacey Blalock 6-12 1-2 13; Daphnie Pippins 2-5 4-4 8; Meia Daniels 3-8 0-0 6; Molly Buker 2-6 0-1 5; Kami Collins 2-3 0-1 5; Joslyn Robinson 1-1 2-4 4; Jennifer Wallenmeyer 1-2 2-2 4; Jessica Coursey 1-3 0-0 2; Rachel Offineer 1-1 0-0 2; Jenny Janda 0-2 0-2 0; Erika Peters 0-0 0-0 0; Heather Hohertz 0-3 0-0 0; Jennifer Alexander 0-2 0-2 0. Totals 25-56 14-23 66. SUL ROSS STATE (1-22, 1-19 (ASC)) Soli Quintanilla 3-8 0-0 8; Christina Tarango 3-7 1-2 7; Janice Mitchell 1-11 5-6 7; Danielle Furr 2-8 2-2 6; Jeanna Adams 1-1 0-0 3; Lizbeth Pereyra 1-5 0-0 2; Ashley Young 0-0 0-0 0; Angelique Benton 0-5 0-0 0; Kym Kyzar 0-6 0-0 0; Raeanne Villalva 0-1 0-1 0. Totals 11-52 8-11 33. Howard Payne.................. 29 37 - 66 Sul Ross State................ 18 15 - 33 3-point goals-Howard Payne 2-12 (Kami Collins 1-1; Molly Buker 1-3; Meia Daniels 0-1; Jessica Coursey 0-1; Jenny Janda 0-1; Heather Hohertz 0-3; Jennifer Alexander 0-1; Stacey Blalock 0-1), Sul Ross State 3-9 (Soli Quintanilla 2-6; Jeanna Adams 1-1; Danielle Furr 0-1; Angelique Benton 0-1). Fouled out--Howard Payne-None, Sul Ross State-None. Rebounds-Howard Payne 42 (Kimberly Hoffman 10), Sul Ross State 38 (Kym Kyzar 8). Assists-Howard Payne 9 (Jennifer Alexander 2; Jennifer Wallenmeyer 2), Sul Ross State 5 (Danielle Furr 3). Total fouls-Howard Payne 16, Sul Ross State 19. A-117