WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

The Texas A&M University-Commerce women’s basketball team dropped a 73-55 decision to Central Oklahoma on Wednesday night at the A&M-Commerce Field House.

The two teams exchanged leads through the opening 5:45 of the game until the Bronchos’ Christina Yarbrough hit a 3 pointer to put the visitors ahead by a 13-11 margin.

Central Oklahoma remained in the lead until an A&M-Commerce scored six-straight points to tie the game at 28 with 3:12 left in the first half. The Bronchos’ Traci Murphee hit the first of two free throws and Brianne Grisham hit a jumper to regain the lead and they remained in front for the remainder of the contest.

To start the second half, UCO went on a 15-2 run to put the game out of reach for the Lions. In the second half, the visitors shot at a 47.1% clip from the field and held A&M-Commerce to just 31.3%, including 2-for-11 shooting from beyond the 3-point line en route to the win.

Yarbrough scored a team-high 16 points as visiting Central Oklahoma raises its record to 13-5 overall and 4-1 in the LSC North. She was joined in double digits by Ashley Beckley, who added 13 in the win.

A&M-Commerce (4-13, 1-4 LSC North) had three players in double digits as Mattilyn McIntyre led the Lions with 16 points. Ashley Murphy and Tiffany Mitchell each had double double performances in the loss. Murphy had 13 points and 11 rebounds and Mitchell scored 10 points and had 11 rebounds.

The Lions will next take to the road to face Texas Woman’s on Saturday in Denton at 2 p.m.