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January 14, 2006
  

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Mississippi College 79, East Texas Baptist 67

MARSHALL, Texas — East Texas Baptist University’s women’s basketball team held a four-point lead on No. 25 Mississippi College midway through the second half, but the Lady Tigers couldn’t hold off the Lady Choctaws as MC rallied for a 79-67 win Saturday in Ornelas Gymnasium.

ETBU falls to 9-5 and 6-5 with the loss, while MC improves to 11-1 and 9-1.

The Lady Tigers rallied from a 32-27 halftime deficit to take a four-point lead by the second media timeout of the second half. But the Lady Choctaws shot 56.3 percent from the floor in the second half while limiting ETBU to just 33.3 percent to pull out the win.

Overall for the game, MC shot 51.6 percent from the field, while ETBU could only shoot 35.9 percent. The Lady Tigers also did themselves no favors by missing 12 of 26 shots from the free-throw line.

Candy Vallo led ETBU with 17 points, and Mary Slaughter finished with 13 points and 9 rebounds. Sade’ Stewart added 11 points as the only other Lady Tiger in double figures.

Freshman Karra Porter connected on 3 of 4 3-point attempts to finish with 9 points, as ETBU hit 7 of 15 3-pointers in the contest.

MC was led by Lacey Kennedy’s 22 points and 11 rebounds.
Newspaper Box Score
Mississippi College vs East Texas Baptist
1/14/06 1:00 at Marshall, TX (Ornelas Gymnasium)
At Marshall, TX (Ornelas Gymnasium)
MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE 79, EAST TEXAS BAPTIST 67
MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (11-1, 9-1)
Lacey Kennedy 9-15 4-6 22; Natalie Jordan 6-10 4-4 16; Shayla McLin 7-14 1-1
15; Lauren Williams 5-8 0-0 10; Brittany Baham 2-2 1-2 5; Casie Hilton 2-4
0-3 4; Brittney White 1-7 1-2 3; Gloria Lewis 1-3 0-1 2; Jenny Golden 0-1
0-0 0. Totals 33-64 13-21 79.
EAST TEXAS BAPTIST (9-5, 6-5)
Candy Vallo 7-16 1-2 17; Mary Slaughter 4-13 5-6 13; Sade' Stewart 3-9 3-5
11; Karra Porter 3-6 0-0 9; Marzetta Shepard 2-10 4-10 8; Tiffany Jefferson
3-5 1-2 7; Reneida Moody 1-2 0-1 2; Sunnie Davis 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 23-64
14-26 67.
Mississippi College	32	47	79
East Texas Baptist	27	40	67
3-point goals-Mississippi College 0-2 (; Shayla McLin 0-1; Gloria Lewis
0-1), East Texas Baptist 7-15 (Karra Porter 3-4; Sade' Stewart 2-4; Candy
Vallo 2-7). Fouled out--Mississippi College-Gloria Lewis; Brittney White,
East Texas Baptist-None. Rebounds-Mississippi College 48 (Lacey Kennedy 11),
East Texas Baptist 34 (Mary Slaughter 9). Assists-Mississippi College 24
(Lauren Williams 7), East Texas Baptist 15 (Marzetta Shepard 5). Total
fouls-Mississippi College 22, East Texas Baptist 18. A-375



News release submitted by East Texas Baptist on Jan 14, 2006 at 07:37 PM
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