Stillwater, OK – The LMU women's basketball team fell short to the Oklahoma State Cowgirls Tuesday morning, 86-65.
 
LMU opened the first quarter with a jump shot from Nicole Rodriguez. The Cowgirls followed with a nine-point streak and led the Lions, 9-2. With a little over two minutes left Alexis Mark made a layup that sparked a run for LMU. The Lions went on a 6-0 run that brought them within four points of the Cowgirls. LMU finished the quarter with having 16 points in the paint to Oklahoma State's 10. The Lions only trailed Oklahoma State by two, 22-20.
 
In the second quarter the Lions shot 31.3% from the field but kept the gap close to the Cowgirls. Oklahoma got on the board first with a made two-pointer, but LMU followed with a made layup by Cassandra Gordon. The Lions stayed on the Cowgirls heels all quarter even getting the lead down to two points. Both teams scored here and there and with 11 seconds left Rodriguez hit a three-pointer making the score, 39-31, going into the half.
 
Coming out of halftime the Lions were first to get on the board. Oklahoma State answered back with a 13-0 run extending their lead to by 19, 52-33. It was getting tough for the Lions to catch back up to the Cowgirls with such a big deficiency. The shots weren't falling and LMU ended up finishing the quarter 6-14 from the field.
 
Even though LMU was down big going into the fourth, the players kept fighting. Ariel Johnson scored the bulk of her points in the fourth shooting 2-3 from the field, 1-2 from the three-field goal and 2-2 from the line. Johnson finished the game with 15 points, four rebounds and four assist. Rodriguez also finished in double digits with 14 points.
 
The Lions next game will be this Saturday, Dec. 10, against Utah State in Gersten Pavilion.
 
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