Women's Basketball Downs Lady Stallions

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The Our Lady of the Lake (OLLU) women's basketball team led for 38 minutes on Thursday night as they took down North American University (NAU) in Red River Athletic Conference action. The Saints snapped a 10-game losing streak with an impressive performance, defeating the Lady Stallions, 83-70 in front of their home crowd in Mabee Gymnasium.

After trailing in the first two minutes, a bucket from Carlea Owens and triple from Samantha Fields gave the Saints the lead and they never looked back. Julia Plata was on fire in the opening frame as she scored 14 consecutive points for the Saints, including a 4-of-6 mark from long distance, giving the Saints a 19-11 advantage heading into the second quarter.

Six different Saints scored in the second quarter as OLLU continued to control the game, despite getting outscored 19-13 in the frame. Plata and Fields each hit a three while Owens pulled down four rebounds and scored two points in the quarter. The Lady Stallions silenced the Saints offense over the last five minutes of the quarter, allowing just three points during the stretch. OLLU took a 32-30 lead into the break.

The Fields and Plata duo struck again early in the third quarter as they each hit a triple to extend the Saints' lead to 38-30. Later in the quarter, Plata hit back-to-back threes to give OLLU a double-digit lead and Owens scored the final four points of the quarter to give OLLU a 56-43 lead with 10 minutes to play.

Owens and the Saints poured it on the Lady Stallions in the fourth quarter as the sophomore netted 13 points and pulled down five rebounds. Nine of her 13 came by way of the free throw line. Isabella Jaramillo added eight points in the quarter, all coming from the free throw line. Jaramillo finished with 10 points.

Alexandra Westerdijk Martin filled up the stat sheet in the win, scoring 10 points and pulling down 14 rebounds.

Plata finished the night with 28 points while Owens added 21 to go with 14 rebounds.

The OLLU defense forced NAU into 25 turnovers.

Up Next

OLLU will return to action on Saturday, February 1 as they host Huston-Tillotson University inside Mabee Gymnasium. Tipoff is set for 1:00 p.m.

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