Box Score MONTICELLO, Ark. – The Ouachita Lady Tigers pulled out a 75-72 victory over Arkansas-Monticello on Saturday afternoon.
Four Lady Tigers scored in double figures as Ouachita (13-10, 9-10 GAC) won their third straight game over the Cotton Blossoms.
Ouachita showed that they had a short memory after Thursday night's game, as the offense came out firing on all cylinders for the first half against Arkansas-Monticello (7-17, 3-16 GAC).
The two teams played at a torrid pace in the opening quarter with the Cotton Blossoms leading 21-20 at the quarter break. The second quarter belonged to the Lady Tigers as the defense stepped up and shutdown the Cotton Blossoms offense for much of the quarter.
With 6:08 to play in the half, Jakyya Clay (Marion, Ark.) tied the game at 27 with a layup. Over the next four minutes of game time, the Lady Tigers went on a 10-2 run to take the lead. The Cotton Blossoms responded with a 5-0 run of their own to close out the half.
Coming out of the halftime break both teams showed that they had a lot of fight left in them as each team made runs to keep the game close. At the 5:06 mark in the third quarter, the game was even at 46. The Lady Tigers ended the quarter on a 9-5 run to take the lead going into the final quarter of play.
Ouachita took the late momentum from the third quarter and carried it over into the opening moments of the fourth quarter. With 7:18 to play in the game, the Lady Tigers had opened up a nine-point lead on the Cotton Blossoms.
The Lady Tigers looked to be costing to an easy victory but the Cotton Blossoms fought back to stay in the game. Whitney O'Dell knockdown a three-pointer with 5:23 to go in the game to give Arkansas-Monticello their first lead of the half.
It was a back-and-forth contest the rest of the way,
Kori Bullard (Hot Spring, Ark.) connected on a three-point attempt to give the Lady Tigers a four-point lead with 37 seconds left in the game.
The Lady Tigers defense came to play as they limited the Cotton Blossoms to just 37 percent shooting for the game.
Bullard picked up her fourth career double-double with a 14 point, 12 rebound effort. Chasidee Owens (Springdale, Ark.), Madison Brittain (Bentonville, Ark.) and Alivia Huell (Malvern, Ark.) all had 13 points in the game. Ownes now has five game streak of 10 points or more.
The Lady Tigers next game will be on Tuesday night against Henderson State. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
