Arkadelphia, Ark. – The Lady Tigers captured their first conference victory in a 72-61 win over Oklahoma Baptist. 

Madison Brittain had the hot hand as she led all scorers with 24 points while adding four rebounds. Eden Crow and Madison Raney both contributed double-doubles. Crow scored 16 with 13 boards and Raney had 11 points and 14 rebounds. 

Briana Marshall scored 21 off the bench for Oklahoma Baptist while McKenzie Cooper tallied 17. 
The Lady Bison came out and took control early on shooting over 50 percent from the field in the first quarter.  The Lady Tigers started sloppy as the Lady Bison took advantage scoring 10 points off turnovers. 

The Lady Tigers found their footing in the second quarter. Ouachita worked the boards, outrebounding Oklahoma Baptist 47-28. With 1:23 to play till half Crow scored on a put back to capture a 26-25 lead. To close the half, Ouachita went on a 13-3 run to take a 32-28 lead into the third. 

Ouachita came out with the same energy in the third. The lead was surrendered to the Lady Bison with 6:29 to play at 43-42 on a Briana Marshall three-pointer, but the Lady Tigers quickly regained the lead and never looked back. 

Despite the second half press by the Lady Bison, the Lady Tigers shot 57 percent from the field. In the second and third quarters Ouachita Baptist outscored Oklahoma Baptist 46-28. 

The Lady Tigers created a nice cushion heading into the fourth and coasted into a nine-point victory. Despite a desperately short bench, Ouachita outshot, outrebounded and outplayed Oklahoma Baptist to nab their first GAC win of the season. 

Ouachita improved to 4-8, 1-5 in conference play, while Oklahoma Baptist fell to 4-8, 0-6 in conference. 

The Lady Tigers next game will be Thursday, Jan. 9 at 5:30 p.m. on the road against Southwestern Oklahoma State University. For all things Lady Tiger Basketball, stay tuned to obutigers.com.