Box Score

ABILENE, Texas – McMurry overcame a 29 percent shooting effort by forcing East Texas Baptist into 32 turnovers and holding the Lady Tigers to 31 percent from the floor on the way to a 66-51 victory Saturday afternoon at Kimbrell Arena. LaPorsha Alexander, Anna Berthel, and Kelsey Lindemuth led McMurry with 18, 14 and 13 points respectively.

McMurry improved to 7-5 overall and evened its record against American Southwest Conference opponents to 4-4. ETBU fell to 4-8 overall and 3-5 in league play.

Each team played a competitive first half, however,  Lindemuth's 3-pointer with 2:13 left in the first half broke a 21-all tie and McMurry looked back leading by as many 21 points in the second half.

The entire game was sloppy for both sides. There were a combined 51 fouls and 52 turnovers for both teams yet there were only 38 combined field goals for the game. McMurry shot 19 of 66 from the floor, 3 of 16 from 3-point land and 25 of 41 from the free-throw line while turning the ball over 20 times.

ETBU struggled even more shooting 18 of 58 from the floor, 0 of 6 from beyond the 3-point arc, 15 of 25 from the free throw line and had 32 turnovers. McMurry, as it has done all season, capitalized on its opponents turnovers by scoring 30 points on the Lady Tigers' miscues.

In the losing effort, ETBU's Karlee Wilson scored 20 points and had five rebounds. Mardray Wynn came off the bench to score eight points.

Alexander was 5 of 11 from the floor, 8 of 13 from the free-throw line and narrowly missed a double-double with nine rebounds. Berthel had a season-high five blocks while adding seven rebounds. Lindemuth grabbed six of McMurry's 11 steals, which was also a season-high for the junior guard.

McMurry returns to action on the road to begin ASC West Division play Thursday at Texas Lutheran in Seguin at 5:30 p.m.