Box Score
AUSTIN, Texas – St. Edward's point guard
STEPHANIE DEKKERS scored 14 points and dished out a career-high 12 assists to lead the Hilltoppers to a 77-64 victory over Oklahoma Christian Saturday afternoon at the Recreation and Convocation Center.
Oklahoma Christian (9-8) opened the game hot from outside, nailing its first four shots from downtown. That shooting gave the Eagles a 14-6 lead with 15:36 on the clock. Roz Hamilton hit two of the three-pointers and chipped in two free throws.
St. Edward's (9-5) responded with a 13-2 run over the next four minutes to take a 19-16 advantage with 11:21 remaining.
ERIKA ROUSCULP came off the bench to spark the Hilltoppers with seven points during the run.
DAWN KIEL would also chip in with four points during the streak.
The game would stay tight and Oklahoma Christian would get a three-pointer from Hamilton with 1:39 left to go up two, 37-35. A jumper by
MONICA JAMES and a driving layup from Kiel at the buzzer gave St. Edward's the halftime lead, 39-37.
In the second half, the game was close for the first 10 minutes of action. With 9:27 remaining, Katie O'Steen would split a pair of free throws to cut the Hilltopper lead to 55-53. That is when the Hilltoppers would go to work. The home team got back-to-back three pointers from
CASEY RILEY and
STEPHANIE DEKKERS to go up eight points, 61-53, with 8:22 left in the game.
After the Eagles reduced the lead to five with 7:38 left, St. Edward's would score the next nine points to push the lead out to 14, 70-56, with 4:27 remaining to put the game away.
Dekkers was 5-for-10 from the floor, which included 4-of-7 from behind the three-point arc. Her 12 assists were the most by a Hilltopper since Brittany Ward did it against Panhandle State last season. Kiel led the Hilltoppers with 19 points. Rousculp contributed 11 points, eight rebounds, and four steals off of the bench.
Hamilton led the Eagles with 19 points, while Logan McKee added 11 points and Sydney Hill added 10 points.
