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Kassandra Bills driving to the lane

Concordia Drops a Heartbreaker to HPU

2/19/2009 10:07:16 PM

Austin, TX- Thursday night Senior, Kassandra Bills set the career scoring record for Concordia University Texas as she hit an amazing three from behind the men's line with 8:07 left in the game. The three gave Kassandra 1659 career points, passing Ashley Edwards for All-time leading scorer. 

Unfortunately it was not all smiles for the Tornados (10-12, 10-10 ASC) as they lost a heartbreaker on a last second shot to give Howard Payne University (19-5, 15-5 ASC) a 55-53 victory. 

The game was a race back in forth with the Tornados getting out to a 9-point lead with 4:43 left in the first half, before the Yellow Jacket came racing back. The score was 28-26 with the Tornados up two going into halftime. 

Concordia was led by Bills with 21 points and 6 rebounds and sophomore Jennifer Herman with 16 points and 6 rebounds. Senior Tiffany Turner led all players with 6 assists. 

The Tornados shot 30.5 percent from the field and continued their league leading free-throw percentage shooting 90 percent going 9-10. 

Next action for the Tornados comes Saturday afternoon as they take on Sul Ross State at The Concordia Field House at 1:00pm.
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