Men
FRIENDS 77, BACONE 65 — Playing at the Friends Classic, Chris Jackson pumped in a game-high 36 points as the Falcons defeated the Bacone Warriors at the Friends gym.
Jackson hit 12 of 22 shots from the field, including 6 of 13 shots from 3-point range. He also made 6 of 9 free throws. Avery Richardson was the only other player in double figures for Friends with 12 points.
Bacone dropped to 3-2 with the loss after only trailing 37-36 at halftime.
Three players scored in double figures for Bacone. Ronnie Battle led the way with 14 points, while Derek Walker had 13. Chad Tyler added 11 points.
The Warriors’ Jonathan Weekes led all rebounders with 11.
Bacone is off until Nov. 27 at Cameron University.
Women
CONNORS 71, COFFEYVILLE 63 — Playing at the Coffeyville Classic, the Cowgirls bounced back from their loss on Friday with a victory over the host school on Saturday. Connors (7-1) led 37-21 at halftime.
Nicole Wittman led the Cowgirls with 21 points. Sierra Cornwell scored 20 and Necia Smith added 11. Connors led by as much as 18 points.
“We played really fast and got some easy baskets,” Connors coach Eddie Kite said. “We played solid defensively. We’re a llittle hurt right now with Chelsea Kellogg poppingher ankle the other day and we’re without Mariah (Norwood,Sequoyah High School graduate). We’re basically playing with eight players.”
Sheay Longstaff led Coffeyvile with 21 points and Kristie Smith added 10.
The Cowgirls return to the court at 6 p.m. Monday at Melvin Self Field House against Murray State in the opener for both teams in the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference.
The Connors men play Murray State at 8 p.m.
NORTHEASTERN STATE 64, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-PERMIAN BASIN 43 — Northeastern State used 66 percent first-half shooting, converting their first 12 field goal attempts to cruise past the University of Texas-Permian Basin 64-43 Saturday in the St. Mary’s University Classic at Bill Greehey Arena.
The RiverHawks connected on 18-of-27 first half field goals en route to a 47-16 lead at the half. Northeastern State, now 4-2, finished 23-of-48 from the field for a 47 percent shooting performance. Cristy Nitz led the RiverHawks scoring with 16 points, followed by Fort Gibson’s Kendra Dean with 12 and Taylor Lewis 11.
The RiverHawks did not miss a field goal until the 8:10 mark of the opening half, as Northeastern State held a comfortable 18-point advantage, 29-11.
“We had a good first half and came out a played,” said Northeastern State head coach Randy Gipson. “We finished our shots real well and jumped out to a big lead. The second half we didn’t play with much passion. It got to be a closer game than it should have been. I think we just let up. But we are happy to get the win.”
Northeastern State’s largest lead of the game came in the second half with 16:50 remaining; a 33- point bulge 52-19 on a pair of free throws by Alix Perkins.
The Falcons made a run at the RiverHawks late in the second half going on a 22-4 run to trim Northeastern State’s lead to 15 points, 56-41 with 7:29 remaining. The RiverHawks then turned up the defensive pressure holding the Falcons to just two points over the final seven and half minutes to get the victory.
“Today was the first time we had faced a zone defense and Taylor (Lewis) came in and gave us a lift by hitting a couple of threes (3-of-5),” said Gipson. “She had a good tournament for us as did Cristy (Nitz). I also thought Kendra (Dean) did a good job. She is going to give us some consistency.”
UTPB did not have a player score in double figures as the Falcons’ Pache Cornish and Lauren Unger led the UTPB scoring with nine points each.
Northeastern State held the Falcons to 27.5 percent from the field (14-of-51) while the RiverHawks out-rebounded the Falcons 42-27.
“We were pretty alert in the game and rebounded pretty well,” said Gipson. ”It was a good sign the way we came back after a tough lost last night (Friday),” said Gipson.
The RiverHawks will travel to Boliver, Mo., Tuesday night to play Southwest Baptist University. Tip-off is 7 p.m.
NORTHEASTERN STATE 64, TEXAS PERMIAN BASIN 43
Northeastern State 47 17 – 64
Texas Permain Basin 16 27 – 43
Northeastern State (4-2) – Cristy Nitz 16, Kendra Dean 12, Taylor Lewis 11, Jasmine Webb 6, Alix Perkins 6, Megan Fraley 5, Jessica White 3, Jasmine Wright 1.
• Texas Permian Basin (1-3) – Cornish Pasha 9, Lauren Unger 9, Micaela Jackson 7, Andrea Chavez 6, Miesha Blackshear 5, Callie Norris 4, Tammy Acosta 3.
