COMMERCE– The Texas A&M University-Commerce women's basketball team lost 78-66 to Southeastern Oklahoma State on Sunday. After three close quarters, SOSU went on a fourth quarter run that put the game out of reach.
 
The loss brings the Lions to 3-3 on the season. The Savage Storm improve to 3-2 on the year.
 
The Lions begin their Lone Star Conference season next week, traveling to Lawton, Okla. to face Cameron. The game will be played Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Aggie Gym. The game will be followed by the Lion men's basketball team against Cameron at 7:30 p.m.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Jenna Price had a season-high 17 points and added eight rebounds. She was a perfect 6-of-6 from the foul line.
- Melanie Ransom scored 11 points and had five rebounds. She was 3-of-4 from the three-point line.
- Brianna Wise had nine points, five rebounds and four assists. Artaejah Gay also had nine points and is now just three points away from 1,000 career points.
- Princess Davis and Lauren Parker both had seven points.
- The Lions shot 31 percent from the field while SOSU shot 49 percent.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The teams were back and forth to start the game. Ransom had two threes early in the period as the teams were tied up at 9 midway through the quarter. Davis had a three-point play with three minutes to play in the quarter and Price had four free throws in the final minute. A&M-Commerce led 18-15 after the first quarter. There were five lead changes and four ties in the first quarter.
 
Gay had a three pointer and a three-point play early in the second quarter as the teams continued to fight back and forth. A Price three-pointer took the Lion lead to six points with just under six minutes to play.
 
The Lions hit a cold spell after the four-minute mark. After trailing by five, SOSU went on a 12-0 run to take a 38-31 lead. The Lions went without a field goal more than four minutes. Late free throws from Davis brought the SOSU lead to 38-33 at halftime. Price led the Lions with seven points at halftime. Ransom and Gay both had six.
 
Price hit two three pointers to open the third quarter as the Lions cut the SOSU lead to just one point. A Ransom layup gave the Lions the lead back. The teams continued to battle as the game was tied at 45 at the halfway point of the third quarter.
 
Both teams then went without field goals for the next three minutes before Price hit a layup. Gay added a three as the Lions retook the lead at 51-50. SOSU scored the final four points of the quarter to take a 54-51 lead into the final period.
 
The teams again traded buckets for the first two minutes of the fourth quarter before SOSU went on a run. They scored 10 of the next 11 points to push their lead to 12 points with six minutes to play. The lead was brought to as many as 13 in the quarter.
 
Parker hit a layup with 2:43 to play as the Lions tried to make a push. However, that was the final field goal of the game for the Lions and they fell 78-66.