BELTON, Texas- On Monday night, the UMHB women’s basketball team earned a victory in its final non-conference game of the year, defeating Schreiner 88-71.
True To The Cru’s Luke Zayas captured some of the game’s key offensive plays on video from courtside, which are featured below.
Olivia Champion dribbles around the defender for a mid-range jumper. Champion added eight points in the victory. To read more about her journey to UMHB, click here. McKenzie Cano converts on a layup, as the freshman scored at the Mayborn Campus Center for the first time in her collegiate career on Monday night, tallying nine points.Alexia Martin connects on a three-pointer. Martin finished with a team-high 16 points. Excellent ball movement from the Cru, as Cheyanne Bonilla gets it to Kaitlyn Kollmorgen for the layup
BELTON, Texas- In a rematch between two teams who had faced off less than a week prior, the UMHB women’s basketball team rolled over McMurry at home, taking down the Warhawks 72-28.
BELTON-Blake Arbogast has seen his East Texas Baptist team mature greatly over the course of this season. Earlier in the year, his squad may not have pulled out a win in a knock-down, drag-out road duel. The experience level was not necessarily there. But with just four weeks left in the regular season, the Tigers played with poise on Thursday night, taking down No. 22 UMHB in a back-and-forth battle, 67-61.
Heading into Wednesday’s de-facto championship game at the Cru Classic, there was no question that a lack of depth would challenge UMHB. Faced with going to a rotation of just seven players for the second-straight day, and already feeling the fatigue of storming back from a 19-point deficit to upset Wartburg just 24 hours prior, The Cru dug deep for four quarters against McMurry.