Lady Texans fall to Weatherford in first round of Region 5 tournament

March 9, 2012

LUBBOCK - Ashley Roberts scored 27 points to help lead the South Plains College Lady Texans to a season high 76 points, but the Lady Texans could not stop a high octane Weatherford offense that poured in 103 points to earn their eleventh straight victory and a place in Saturday's 5 p.m. Region 5 semifinal game against WJCAC runner-up Odessa.

The Lady Coyotes (24-3) tied Hill College for the North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference (NTJCAC) championship, but earned the No. 1 seed on a coin flip.

It appeared the crowd at the Rip Griffin Center might be in for a barn burner as Roberts nailed a couple of deep 3s to open the game and the two teams were knotted up at 13 apiece with 14:36 to go in the opening half.

A 12-1 Weatherford run would only be the beginning as the Lady Texans trailed at halftime 60-38 and would go on to fall to Weatherford 103-76.

Roberts made 10-of-22 shots from the field and was 3-of-8 from beyond the arc to lead four Lady Texans in double figures. Moneeka Carter was just shy of her season high of 15 points attained January 23 vs Frank Phillips, finishing with 13 Friday night. Stephanie Mooregrabbed 13 rebounds and chipped in with 10 points to complete her sixth double-double of the season and Shea Myatt also scored 10.

South Plains (9-20) will finish the season without a winning record for the first time since the 2003-04 squad finished with an overall record of 15-15.

Friday's quarterfinal games

Hill College 79, No. 13 Midland 60

Odessa College 65, Cisco College 55

No. 15 Weatherford 103, South Plains College 76

7 p.m. (W1) New Mexico vs (N4) McLennan

Saturday's men's semifinal games

12 p.m. (W2) Howard vs (W4) Odessa

2 p.m. (W1) South Plains vs (W3) New Mexico

Saturday's women's semifinal games

5 p.m. (N1) Weatherford vs (W2) Odessa

7 p.m. (N2) Hill vs (W1) New Mexico/(N4) McLennan winner

WEATHERFORD (24-3)
Jaryn Koenig 4-6 2-4 13, Destiny Price 0-0 0-0 0, Desiree King 2-5 0-0 4, Lydia Ross 1-1 2-2 5, Cleyder Blanco 5-8 2-2 12, Ryan Green 3-10 1-2 7, Jamie Heflin 0-4 0-0 0, Elina Piterniece 0-1 0-0 0, JohVonna Darrington 11-13 7-8 29, Gintare Mazionyte 5-13 2-3 13, Hannah Christian 7-11 4-5 20. Totals 38-72 20-26 103

SOUTH PLAINS (9-20)
Raely Parada 1-3 2-4 4, Avril Matthews 1-1 0-0 2, Ashley Roberts 10-22 4-5 27, Stephanie Moore 2-8 6-6 10, Sydney Hearn 2-5 0-0 4, Tyeisha Mitchell 0-0 0-0 0, Shea Myatt 4-9 1-4 10, Kayla Turner 2-3 0-1 4, Lakeeyscia Griffin 1-1 0-0 2, Moneeka Carter 4-15 4-8 13. Totals 27-67 17-28 76

SCORE BY PERIODS	1st	2nd	TOTAL
WEATHERFORD	60	43	103
SOUTH PLAINS	38	38	76

FG%: WEATHERFORD .528, SOUTH PLAINS .403. 3-pt FG:WEATHERFORD 7-19 (Koenig 3-4, King 0-2, Ross 1-1, Piterniece 0-1, Mazionyte 1-7, Christian 2-4), SOUTH PLAINS 5-19 (Roberts 3-8, Myatt 1-4, Carter 1-7). Rebounds: WEATHERFORD 44 (Darrington 8), SOUTH PLAINS 39 (Moore 13). Fouls WEATHERFORD 22, SOUTH PLAINS 18. Fouled out: Myatt . Technical: none. Assists: WEATHERFORD 25 (Christian 10), SOUTH PLAINS 15 (Parada 6). Steals: WEATHERFORD 10 (Blanco 4), SOUTH PLAINS 8 (Roberts 3, Griffin 3). Blocked shots: WEATHERFORD 4 (Darrington 2), SOUTH PLAINS 1 (Myatt 1). Turnovers: WEATHERFORD 12, SOUTH PLAINS 15.