November 10, 2005

Lady Tigers rally from halftime deficit, beat NOC 55-40

Trailing Northern Oklahoma College 22-14 after the first 20 minutes of play Wednesday in Tonkawa, the Cowley College women’s basketball team found its offense in the second half and rolled to a 55-40 win.

“The players really took over in the second half,” Cowley head coach Todd Clark said. “We were a lot more aggressive.”

After trailing for virtually the entire first half, Cowley finally regained the lead at 28-27 on a three-pointer by sophomore Megan Schoenfeld with 12:30 remaining to play.

Clinging to a slim 35-34 lead with nine minutes left, the Lady Tigers proceeded to go on a 15-1 run that gave them a 50-35 lead with just 3:34 remaining.

Cowley would hold on from there and improve its record to 2-0 on the season.

The loss drops NOC’s record to 1-4.

Freshman forward Radoslava Bachvarova led Cowley with 14 points, while Schoenfeld added 12 points, a game-high 11 rebounds, and seven assists. Also playing well for the Lady Tigers was sophomore guard Lacey Rowe as she finished with seven points and eight rebounds.

“Lacey got some huge rebounds down the stretch that at 5-foot-7 she should not be getting,” Clark said. “She has made a big bounce for us on the defensive end, and she gives us some intangibles because she can hit shots. She’s a great competitor and we wouldn’t be where we are at without Lacey.”

The Lady Tigers will return to the court on Saturday when they host the St. Gregory JV at 6 p.m.

“Having so many freshman, we just have to cut down on our mistakes,” Clark said.

The game can be heard on KACY 102.5 FM.

Scoring for Cowley: Bachvarova 14, Schoenfeld 12, Rowe 7, Alyssa Showman 7, Jennifer Williams 6, Tehani Goldsmith 3, Brittany Wilson 2, Courtney Grant 2, Ashley Burnett 2.