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LONGVIEW- The shots were not falling for either team on Monday night.
So the defense took center stage, and the UMHB women’s basketball team proved it can win in more ways than one, holding LeTourneau to just five fourth-quarter points for a 57-39 road victory.
RICHARDSON- The last time UMHB and UT-Dallas battled, it took the Cru overcoming a seven-point deficit and an overtime period to decide the victor.
But on Sunday afternoon, in what UTD head coach Polly Thomason called “a matchup of two good game plans defensively”, UMHB led for 66 percent of the game, and perhaps more importantly, held the lead as the final buzzer sounded. No buzzer-beating shots, or late scoring runs necessary. UMHB earned the 55-46 victory, its 16th straight, and moved to 14-0 in ASC play.
BELTON- Sudden change.
It was a theme of last season, whether you look at the Covid cancellations, or postponement of games due to the winter storm. And this season, though in a lesser amount, the same two reasons have contributed to the shifting of the UMHB women’s basketball team’s schedule.
BELTON- The Mark Morefield era reached a notable high on Saturday afternoon.
The UMHB women’s basketball team, ranked No. 20 in the nation, extended its win streak to 15 games in a 72-48 victory over McMurry, led by 14 points from Arieona Rosborough and 13 from Alexia Martin. It is the longest win streak in Morefield’s seven-year tenure in Belton, as the Cru is now 13-0 in conference action, having not lost since Nov. 26.
BELTON- For UMHB women’s basketball head coach Mark Morefield, the final 10 minutes of even the most critical games have been what separates the Crusaders, 11-0 in American Southwest Conference play, from the rest of the field this season.
AUSTIN- Bethany McLeod’s late-game steals are beginning to be a regular occurrence.
After coming up with three key steals in the fourth quarter of last Thursday’s 72-70 overtime victory at 14th-ranked East Texas Baptist, the guard helped the UMHB women’s basketball team to its 12th consecutive victory Tuesday night.
BELTON, Texas- The UMHB women’s basketball team was shorthanded on Monday night, but that is where the unique depth of the Crusaders comes into play.
With leading rebounder Kaitlyn Kollmorgen and veteran guard Olivia Champion unavailable, head coach Mark Morefield turned to a number of talented, yet less-experienced players, as the team pulled out a 66-59 victory over Concordia (TX).
BELTON, Texas- With Christmas just five days away, the UMHB women’s basketball team added one more victory to its winning streak, defeating Schreiner 88-71 on Monday night.
ABILENE, Texas- Ashley Faux scored 14 points in the first half of UMHB’s 82-52 win over McMurry on Thursday night. But she did not stop there.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-A five-point first quarter proved to be too deep a whole for the UMHB women’s basketball team to overcome on Friday afternoon, as the Cru was defeated 67-58 by Colorado College in its road opener.