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Morgan Pullins, Kyra Littlejohn, Danielle Vargas
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Three Rattler seniors were honored Saturday on Senior Day.
51
Oklahoma Panhandle State OPSU 3-25, 1-17
78
Winner St. Mary's (TX) STMU 16-10, 10-8
Oklahoma Panhandle State OPSU
3-25, 1-17
51
Final
78
St. Mary's (TX) STMU
16-10, 10-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Oklahoma Panhandle State OPSU 23 28 51
St. Mary's (TX) STMU 37 41 78

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | RattlerAthletics.com

Rattlers secure #2 seed in dominant win over OPSU on Senior Day

By Joe Rodriguez | St. Mary's Athletics Communications 

SAN ANTONIO — The Rattlers continued their hot ways at home as they picked up the victory on Senior Day to end the regular season against Oklahoma Panhandle State 78-51, securing the #2 seed in the Heartland Conference postseason tournament.
 
St. Mary's Women's Basketball saw all three of its seniors hit home court for the final time as they bid farewell to Danielle Vargas (Edinburg, Texas), Kyra Littlejohn (Sr., Southfield, Mich.) and Morgan Pullins (Sr., Franklin, Mich.).
 
With the victory, the Rattlers improved their overall record to 16-10 and 10-8 in Heartland Conference play. The Rattlers also finished with an impressive 10-2 record at Bill Greehey Arena.
 
"This group of seniors have done a lot for us," head coach Jason Martens said after the game. "It started out with them playing a lot their freshman year. Then, in their sophomore and junior years they were able to help propel us to making the NCAA tournament. Hopefully, this year we can do it again."
 
Littlejohn even remarked about how quickly the time has gone by on her twitter before the game.
 

 
The Rattlers got a huge contribution from Pullins who finished with 26 points and 15 rebounds as she registered her 19th double-double on the season.
 
Pullins finished the regular season averaging 20.2 points and 12.1 rebounds per contest which are both program single-season records.
 
Pullins and the Rattlers got out to a quick start as she completed the double-double in the first half. Sophomore Kiara Etheridge (San Antonio) also had a nice performance with 18 points and eight rebounds. Littlejohn and Dezirae Elias (Jr., Chandler, Ariz.) also finished in double-digits with 10 points and 12 points, respectively. 
 
The win marked the third in a row for St. Mary's as it started to pick up some steam heading into the Heartland Conference tournament.

The Rattlers will now travel to host UA Fort Smith for the Heartland Conference tournament as the No. 2 seed, with the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds pending. 

 
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