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Women's Basketball Nathan Harrison, Newman Sports Information

Women's Basketball Loses Second Straight Road Game

Box Score EDMOND, Okla. - The Newman women's basketball team lost its second-straight road game Saturday afternoon, dropping a 93-86 decision to the Central Oklahoma Bronchos in Edmond, Okla. Satoria Bell led all scorers with 35 points in the losing effort.

The Jets scored the first points of the game off a layup from Celeste Key but Central Oklahoma's Heather Davis quickly responded by draining a three-pointer on the Bronchos' next possession. Newman used a Tasha Cannon steal and basket to take a 4-3 lead with 18:30 to play, but the Bronchos struck back and opened up a 20-12 lead halfway through the first half. Satoria Bell and Kianna Flannagan dropped in a pair of layups and a free throw with 7:05 to play to help whittle the UCO lead to 22-19, but a three ball from Savannah Hamilton pushed the Broncho lead back to 26-19. Newman's Satoria Bell netted two more layups followed by a Tasha Cannon bucket with 3:22 remaining to tie the game at 26-26 but UCO answered with a 10-2 run to close the half, and took a 36-28 lead into halftime.

Central Oklahoma opened the second half with a six-point run, and pushed its lead to 42-28. The teams traded baskets until the 17:40 mark when Newman's Satoria Bell sparked a six-point run for the Jets, narrowing the gap to 46-37. Courtney Harper responded for the Bronchos, draining a layup and setting off an eight-point run for UCO, extending the lead to 54-37 with 14:20 left to play. The Jets struck back with a nine-point run of their own using free throws from Kianna Flannagan and Satoria Bell to cut the lead to 54-46. After going back-and-forth for several minutes with the Jets slowly drawing closer, a layup from Newman's Kianna Flannagan with 5:50 remaining tied the game at 70-70. The Jets took the lead off a Satoria Bell layup and pushed it to as much as 78-74 with 2:21 left to play. Central Oklahoma's Paige Locke buried a three pointer followed by layups from Savannah Hamilton and Jill Bryan  to reclaim the lead with 0:40 remaining and used free throws from that point on to seal the 93-86 win.

The Jets had four players score in double digits. Satoria Bell led all scorers with 35 points and nine rebounds while Tasha Cannon notched her 11th double-double, grabbing 10 boards and dropping in 16 points. Celeste Key added 14 points and five rebounds followed by Kianna Flannagan's 11 points and four boards.

As a team, Newman shot 38.5 percent (25-68) from the field and 25 percent (2-8) from beyond the arc. The Jets made 77.3 percent (34-44) of their shots from the charity stripe and out-rebounded the Bronchos 44-35. Both teams turned the ball over 19 times.

Central Oklahoma had five players with double digit scoring marks. They were led by Savannah Hamilton who had 19 points and seven rebounds.

With the loss Newman falls to 17-4 overall and remains at 6-1 in Heartland Conference play.

The Jets return to action Thursday Feb. 9, when they travel to San Antonio, Texas for a conference match against St. Mary's. Tip-off is slated for 5:30 p.m. inside the Bill Greehey Arena.

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