COMMERCE – Courtney Fields tied a Division II record for consecutive three-point shooting as the Texas A&M University-Commerce women's basketball team rolled to a 102-47 victory over visiting LeTourneau University in the Field House on Wednesday afternoon.
 
Fields made her first nine three-point attempts on the way to a career-best 29 points. The nine made triples ties a Division II record for most consecutive made three-pointers. That record has stood since 1989. She has hit the most three-pointers in a game in Division II this season.
 
The Lions are now 3-2 overall on the season and will host Southeastern Oklahoma State at 4 p.m. Sunday. LeTourneau falls to 0-2.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Fields' 29 points led all scorers, as four Lions scored in double figures. Artaejah Gay also scored 20 points with six rebounds. Gay now stands at 988 career points and needs 12 points to reach the 1,000-point mark in her career.
- Princess Davis netted 16 points with five rebounds and five assists. Jenna Price had 12 points and nine rebounds.
- Brianna Wise scored eight points with eight assists, four rebounds, and four blocks.
- The Lions assisted on 27 of 35 made baskets in the contest and came away with 16 steals, led by Alex Nance's four.
- The Lions shot 51.5 percent (35-of-68) from the field in the game, with an even higher rate from three-point range at 51.9 percent (14-of-27).
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Lions scored the first basket of the game and a Gay three-pointer just over two minutes into the game gave them a lead they would never relinquish. From an 8-6 lead with just over three minutes gone, A&M-Commerce scored 23 consecutive points, holding the YellowJackets off the board for over seven minutes.
 
By the time LeTourneau found the hoop again in the final minute, the Lions led 31-8. A&M-Commerce had a 33-11 lead at the end of the first period on 72.2 percent (13-of-18) shooting.
 
Jocelyn Pierce scored a basket to open the second quarter scoring and Fields made four of her three-pointers in the frame. A&M-Commerce outscored their guests 30-13 in the second quarter to take a 63-24 lead into the halftime locker room. The Lions shot 66.7 percent (10-of-15) from the field and 5-of-6 (83.3 percent) from long distance in the quarter.
 
After conceding the opening basket of the third quarter, the Lions hit their first 40-point lead on a pair of Price free throws at the 7:40 mark to go up 69-28. A Fields triple near the end of the period made it an 85-40 game at the end of the third quarter.
 
The Lions scored the first seven points of the final quarter and a three-pointer by Davis at the 8:30 mark put the Lions up 90-40. The century mark came on a pair of back-to-back Fields triples with just under five minutes remaining. Her ninth consecutive three-pointer of the day made it 100-43, as the Lions cruised to the win.