Dallas Women Fall to Southwestern

The University of Dallas women’s basketball team couldn’t keep their win streak going in this afternoon’s 66-57 loss to the Southwestern University Pirates in Georgetown, TX. Riding the momentum of a three game winning streak and a defeat of the Pirates in Irving in the first game of the season, the Crusaders were poised to improve to 5-1. Unfortunately the Pirates had other ideas and took a commanding first half lead (33-17), held UD to 26 percent shooting from the field in the first half, and shot lights out from the field themselves.

Dallas mounted a valiant comeback in the second frame, outscoring the Pirates by seven, but the first half hole was too much for UD. Three Crusaders reached double digit point totals, and sophomore guard Brielle Money (Dallas, TX/Dallas Christian Academy) recorded her first double double of the season in the defeat. Money led UD in UD in both categories and finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds. She also added 2 assists and 2 steals in 37 minutes of action. Fresh off of scoring her 1,000th point, junior forward Cara Sczepanski (Highland Village, TX/Marcus H.S.) remained hot to finish with 13 points while falling 1 rebound away from registering her fourth double double of the season. Sczepanski did lead the team with 2 blocks while picking up 2 steals. Freshman guard Kylie Yoshimura (Temple City, CA/Mark Keppel H.S.) was the third Dallas player to finish the game in double digits by adding 10 points, while snatching 2 rebounds and dishing out 2 assists.

The UD women are idle before returning to the court on Saturday, December 19 against Rhodes College. The 4-2 Crusaders tip off against the Lynx at 1:00pm in Irving, TX.