Box Score BETHANY, Okla. — Southwestern Oklahoma State shot 48.6 percent from the field and scored 50 points in the paint as they handed Southern Nazarene a 96-83 loss.
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The Bulldogs (9-6, 6-3 GAC) shot 60 percent from the field in the first half and hit four three-pointers. SWOSU outscored SNU 34 to 18 in the paint and 21-8 off the bench.
Aminata Fall scored 17 first half points but had three first half fouls. Southwestern Oklahoma State pulled out to an 11 point lead in the first half after Taryn Sayama drained a jumper to give the Bulldogs a 59-48 lead.
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The Storm (8-8, 5-5 GAC) couldn't cool the Bulldogs down in the second half after Southwestern Oklahoma State pulled out to its biggest lead of 22 after Kylie Boggess nailed a 3-pointer with 9:27 to play. Southern Nazarene never was able to cut the lead back to single digits and the Bulldogs handed the Storm their eighth loss.
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Fall, led all scorers with 23 points and pulled in 14 rebounds while shooting 9-for-20 from the field.
Abby Boyd scored 16 points and hit four 3-pointers while Krisitn Milster netted 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds.
Callee Cox tallied 16 points and went 6-for-6 from the free throw line.
Ashley Almond and
Danielle Gaddis chipped in three points each and
Ashley Gorman scored three points and brought down three rebounds.
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SNU shot 38 percent from the field and hit seven 3-pointers going 7-of-23 from beyond the arc. The Storm attempted 20 free throws and hit 16 of them while the Bulldogs attempted 22 free throws and made 16. SNU turned it over 12 times and was outscored 34-12 on the bench. Â
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The Storm will now travel to Harding for a Great American Conference match up, Thursday, at 5:30 p.m.