LUBBOCK – Despite a career-high 27 points from senior forward
Hannah Wilson, the St. Mary's Women's Basketball team was unable to overcome the balanced attack of top-ranked Lubbock Christian in the opening round of the Lone Star Conference Tournament, ending its season with a 76-52 loss.
Wilson (Fredericksburg, Texas) posted her eighth-consecutive double-double with the 27 points and a game-high 14 rebounds. The 27 are the most points given up by the Lady Chaps (16-0) to a single player this season and is more than two opponent teams scored. Fellow senior
Mya Culiver (Rockwall, Texas) added 10 points and a team-high four assists, while Wilson recorded a season-best three steals for the Rattlers (6-9).
It was only the fifth time the Lady Chaps allowed an opponent to top 50 points in a game this season, and the Rattlers scored 52 twice in the three times the teams faced each other. Lubbock Christian led almost wire to wire, taking advantage of Rattler miscues as they scored 26 points off the 18 StMU turnovers.
St. Mary's shot 37.4 percent for the game and 18.2 percent from beyond the arc (2-for-11). The Rattlers were once again solid from the free throw line making 10 of 12.
Lubbock Christian will now host the remainder of the Lone Star Conference Tournament, where the top seeds all advanced. LCU faces Cameron and in the other semifinal, Texas A&M Commerce and West Texas A&M will play.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER & TEAM NOTES
- Wilson ends her fourth season with 903 points and 863 rebounds. She posted career-highs in scoring in three of her final four games. She had eight-straight double-doubles to end the year and nine in 2021. Wilson has announced she will return for the 2021-2022 season.
- Culiver ends her four seasons with 391 points, 180 assists and 75 steals. In her senior season, Culiver averaged 36.5 minutes per game, which ranks fourth in the Lone Star Conference.
- Senior Audrey Wandji (Houston) concludes her career with 312 points, 399 rebounds and 35 blocked shots.
- The Rattlers scored 52 points, only the fifth time all season the Lady Chaps allowed a team to top the 50-point threshold and the Rattlers did it twice (also in the first game of the season on Dec. 11).
