SEGUIN, Texas-- Texas Lutheran Women's Basketball cruised to a 28-11 halftime lead and fought off a second-half charge from Colorado College in a 62-50 TLU home victory Saturday night.
The Bulldogs improved to 7-12 overall and 3-5 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.ÂÂ
Colorado College fell to 7-13 overall and to 4-5 in conference.ÂÂ
In TLU's Memorial Gymnasium, TLU held the Tigers to five points in the first quarter and to six points in the second. At one point, the Bulldogs held an 18-point lead in the first half.
TLU took off in the third quarter, leading Colorado College 41-21 with 3:38 left on the clock.
Cami Davis (Marion/Marion/UT-Tyler) led TLU with 20 points in 34 minutes of action. The junior guard was 4-for-9 from the field. She grabbed four rebounds, posted five assists and had three steals.ÂÂ
Sophomore guard
Dominique Campos (Alexander/Laredo) led the squad in rebounds, pulling down seven. She added 10 points, five assists and two steals for the Bulldogs.ÂÂ
Freshmen forward
Abby Hroch (Calhoun/Port Lavaca) scored 11 points and pulled down five rebounds.
Presley Stephens (Crandall/Crandall) had three blocks to go along with her eight rebounds. The junior forward added one steal and one assist.ÂÂ
The Tigers shot 19 percent (4-for-21) in the first half and ended the game at 30.4 percent (17-for-56).ÂÂ
TLU posted 18 points in the paint to Colorado's six. The Bulldogs hit 40.8 percent of their total shots.ÂÂ
The Bulldogs host Southwestern University at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Memorial Gymnasium. TLU will have live video and stats on tlubulldogs.com.ÂÂ
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