BROWNWOOD, Texas -  In a clash of the American Southwest Conference West Division upper echelon, McMurry University's women's basketball team came out on the short end of a 75-62 decision versus Howard Payne University at the Brownwood Coliseum. The loss by the War Hawks (10-7, 8-3 ASC) snapped the teams three-game win streak and dropped them a half-game out of first place in the division race.
 
McMurry was never able to fully recover from a slow start on the road. The War Hawks trailed 17-5 after the first quarter.  McM slipped further behind in the second stanza and trailed at the half, 42-25. A third quarter surge got McM to within 11 points, 59-48, heading into the final period. Unfortunately for the War Hawks, they were unable to make any headway in the final quarter.
 
McM matched the Lady Jackets' inside game, out-scoring HPU in the paint, 30-28. But the largest disparity came in bench scoring, where Howard Payne out-dueled the War Hawks by a 24-5 margin.
 
Sophomore Skyler Reyna led McMurry with 20 points, her 11th-consecutive game in double digits. Reyna was 7-of-17 from the field and converted 6-of-10 free throw attempts. She also pulled down six rebounds, passed off two assists and head a team-best three steals.
 
Senior Sham Hunter bounced back from her lowest scoring output of the season in Thursday evening's win to tally 16 against the Lady Jackets. Hunter was 6-of-12 from the floor, including a 3-of-4 day from beyond the arc. Hunter had a game-high nine rebounds in her 35 minutes of court time.
 
Sophomore guard Isabel Carrion netter 12 points as the only other War Hawk in double figures. Carrion drained 6-of-8 free throws and had three rebounds, as well.
 
Other McM scorers included six points from starter Sarah Doherty and four from Chyna Washington off the bench.  Monica Jones' three points and one from Shabaria Walter rounded out McM's points.