HISTORY | @ETBU_WBSK Wins 15th Straight Game

MARSHALL, Texas - Holding Louisiana College to just 10 half points in the second half, the East Texas Baptist University women's basketball emerged with a 91-36 win over Louisiana College making history with a 15-0 start. The 15-game winning streak is now the longest in program history breaking the previous mark of 14 games set by the 2006-07 squad. ETBU is also 6-0 in the American Southwest Conference East Division.

ETBU had five players score in double-figures as Brooke Webster posted a season-high 17 points making all but one of her eight field goal attempts. Haley Fieseler recorded a new career-high with 15 points while Mallory Stephens and Kaia Williams both had 12 points. Emma Stelzer gave 10 points, too. No single Wildcat would reach double-figures as Miya McKinney had seven points.

ETBU had a field day outshooting the Wildcats from the field (44.9%-23.1%), three-point range (41.2%-15.4%), and from the free-throw line (75.9%-66.7%). ETBU also out-rebounded the Wildcats, 55-37, on the boards and forced 26 turnovers. In addition, 44 of ETBU's points came from within the paint.

ETBU opened things up in the first quarter with an 8-4 lead as both Williams (8:46) and Grace Stephens (7:53) would convert three pointers. The Wildcats would grab their first lead at 10-8 (4:40) before the Tigers recorded a 9-2 run as Mallory Stephens (2:34-1:50) pushed them to the lead 17-13. ETBU then held the Wildcats to two points while they would finish with seven more to lead 24-15 after the first.

The offense for ETBU continued as a 10-2 run (10:00-5:41) opened ETBU's largest lead of the game34-17, to that point. LC would respond with a 9-2 run to trail within 10 points, 36-26. Yet, it was ETBU who poured in the final nine points of the quarter, which included Haley Fieseler's first career three-pointer to give ETBU a 45-26 lead at the break.

The third quarter would see both teams combine for just eight field goals, but ETBU held LC to just two-of-16 (12.5%). ETBU would get six points from Stelzer in the quarter while Fieseler recorded eight points, including a perfect seven-of-seven from the line. The Tigers would lead by 37 points, 68-31, after three quarters.

In the fourth quarter, it was Webster who stole the spotlight with 15 points, including three trey's from downtown to finish with a team-high 17 points. Kyla West would also come off the bench and score four of her six points in the quarter. ETBU erupted for another 23-point outburst with 58.8% made from the field while holding the Wildcats to five points on 12.5% shooting. By night's end, the Tigers enjoyed a new mark of 15 straight wins and a 55-point victory.

ETBU will look to extend the mark this Saturday as they host Belhaven University at 1:00 PM.