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Tiffany Lopez scores 1,000th point in loss to Xavier

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Tiffany Lopez scored her 1,000th career point but the women’s basketball team lost a Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) matchup against Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) 63-42 on Feb. 24.

The Saints drop to 9-17 overall and 8-13 in the RRAC. The Gold Nuggets jump to 23-5 overall and 19-3 in conference.

Lopez scored six points and grabbed a team-high nine rebounds. Carrie Barrera-Lacy led OLLU with 15 points.

Head Coach Tanya Ray commented, “This was a tough game today. Xavier is a very good defensive team, and they can make things difficult for you to make shots. We were not able to find a rhythm offensively and that hurt us.”

Women’s basketball falls to Southwest in final minutes

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The OLLU women’s basketball team lost to the University of the Southwest (USW) 66-62 in a close game on Saturday. The Saints had three chances to tie the game in the final minute but were unable to score. 

OLLU moves to 8-14 overall and 7-10 in the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC). The Lady Mustangs improve to 11-13 overall and 7-11 in the RRAC.

Cormia Lewis led the Saints with 18 points. Tiffany Lopez had 15 rebounds and added 14 points for a double-double. Julia Plata tallied three assists for the Saints.

Women’s basketball defeats Louisiana Christian University

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The OLLU women’s basketball team shut down Louisiana Christian University’s (LCU) offense in a 65-63 victory on Saturday. The Saints improve to 5-11 overall and 4-7 in the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC). The Wildcats drop to 6-8 overall and 3-7 in conference play.

Tiffany Lopez and Julia Plata led the Saints with 13 points each. Cormia Lewis tallied a team-high eight rebounds. Carrie Barrera-Lacy totaled six assists.

Women’s basketball loses to Xavier University of Louisiana

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The women’s basketball team fell in a Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) game against Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) on Saturday. The Saints are now 3-9 overall and 2-5 in the RRAC. The Gold Nuggets improve to 9-2 overall and 6-0 in conference.

Tiffany Lopez led the Saints with 13 points. Lopez also tallied a team-high 10 rebounds. Deja Williams led the Saints with three assists.

Women’s basketball loses in final minute to HTU

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The OLLU women’s basketball team dropped a close game against Huston-Tillotson University (HTU) 56-54 on Dec. 9 in Austin. The Saints move to 3-4 overall and 2-1 in the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC). The Rams remain undefeated at 5-0 overall and 3-0 in conference play.

Head Coach Tanya Ray commented, “I’m disappointed in the loss today. We didn’t have a good start to the game and made too many mental mistakes down the stretch.”

Tiffany Lopez led the Saints with 13 points. Lopez also tallied a team-high nine rebounds. Carrie Barrera-Lacy  led the Saints with four assists.

Women’s basketball secures road win against Texas College

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The women’s basketball team defeated Texas College in Tyler on Dec. 2, 63-58, for its second straight victory. The Saints improve to 2-3 overall and 1-0 in the Red River Athletic Conference. The Steers fall to 4-3 and 0-1.

Lopez led the Saints with 16 points. Carrie Barrera-Lacy tallied a team-high eight rebounds. Barrera-Lacy also led the Saints with five assists.

Raniya White led JCU with 16 points. Faith Robinson grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds and added 15 points for a double-double. Jacy Reese led the team with three assists.

Women’s basketball begins 15th season on Friday

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The OLLU women’s basketball program surges into its 15th season on Friday with an exhibition at Sam Houston State. The Saints play a second exhibition on Nov. 7 on the road against the University of the Incarnate Word.

OLLU hosts Texas Wesleyan University (6-4) on Nov. 10 in the OLLU Halo Classic to open regular season play. 

Head Coach Tanya Ray will look to build after her first season and welcomes Candice Chaney as her new assistant coach.

The Saints finished the 2022-2023 season with a 15-13 overall record and a 12-8 mark in the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC). OLLU ranked in the NAIA top five by limiting opponents’ three-point percentage to 23.1 percent. The Saints qualified for the conference postseason tournament and lost to Xavier University of Louisiana in the quarterfinals to end the season.

The Saints return three seniors and one graduate student. The senior class includes Carrie Barrera-Lacy, Ariadna Gallardo and Cormia Lewis. Deja Williams joins the group from Eastern Oklahoma State College. Tiffany Lopez and Lorena Ramirez will play as graduate students, and both are the longest-tenured athletes on the team. Lopez was named to the RRAC All-Conference Second Team last season. Lewis and Ramirez were Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes the previous year.

Julissa Garza is back for her junior year, while Hailee Brandon and Kalista Niu arrive in San Antonio as transfers. Brandon played at Dawson Community College, while Niu competed at Central Wyoming College. Jillian Torres starts her second year, joined by Deja Hinson from Cisco College.