Cowgirls Win At Mary Hardin-Baylor
By: Hardin-Simmons Athletics
Updated: January 12, 2013
BELTON, Texas --
Hardin-Simmons' women's basketball team came up big down the stretch
and was able to hold off Mary Hardin-Baylor, 70-63, in American
Southwest Conference action at the Mayborn Campus Center in Belton.
The
Cowgirls outscored UMHB 12-5 over the final 4:18 after the game was
tied at 58. HSU hit the biggest shot of the game with 1:11
to play when Joanna Daniel found a wide open Rachel Holik at the top of
the lane and she hit the 15-footer as the shot clock expired.
HSU hit 6-of-6 at the free throw line in the final :40 to preserve the win. The Cowgirls were 22-of-28 at the free throw line in
the game, which offset 37 percent shooting from the field. HSU also forced 23 turnovers in the contest.
UMHB
took an early 4-0 lead in the game, but HSU responded with a 9-0 run
and led for most of the first half until UMHB took a late
30-26 lead in the half and led 30-28 at halftime. The Cru pushed the
lead to 33-28 early in the second half, its biggest lead of the game.
HSU then went on a 9-2 run and HSU never trailed the rest of the way.
Popelar
led the Cowgirls with 21 points, despite a 6-for-22 shooting night. She
also had seven steals and six rebounds and played
all 40 minutes. Taylor Rose added a career-best 11 points.
Taylor Tucker led the Cru with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Kourtney Beavers added 10 points for UMHB.
The game featured 10 ties and the lead changed hands three times and no one led by more than five points until the final minute.
The Cowgirls are now 7-8 on the year and 5-4 in ASC West action. UMHB fell to 2-12 overall and 1-8 in ASC play. HSU returns home
for six straight games at the Mabee Complex, beginning with Sul Ross State on Thursday.
