RICHARDSON, Texas – The Concordia Texas women's basketball team continued its stint away from home at UT Dallas, falling to the Comets 56-78 on Monday.
 
The Tornados played their second game in as many days, traveling to UT Dallas for the second game of a four-game stretch on the road before they close out the regular season with two games at home.
 
The Tornados came out strong in the first half, trading leads with the Comets, but ended the second quarter on the wrong side of an 8-0 run in the final three minutes. From this point, the Tornados were unable to cut into the deficit, and UT Dallas ran away with the game.
 
Mikayla Johnson caught fire in the first half, scoring a career-high 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc, and she led the Tornados to a strong first-half showing on the offensive end.
 
In the first quarter, Kennedy Donovan started the game with back-to-back buckets, her second jumper putting the Tornados ahead 4-0 at the 8:45 mark.
 
Johnson's first three-pointer came with 4:24 remaining in the period, evening the score at 11-11, and she followed with two more to give the Tornados a 17-16 lead. A Comets' field goal closed out the first quarter, and the Tornados trailed 18-17 after one.
 
Two free throws from Amari Grace and a Donovan three-ball opened the second quarter, giving CTX a 21-20 lead with 8:17 to go in the half.
 
Erin Toro's second bucket tied the game at 33-33, but an 8-0 run in the last three minutes of the period saw CTX fall behind. At halftime, the Tornados trailed 41-33.
 
In the third quarter, the Comets ran off to an 11-3 run before a three from Natalie Velardez brought it to a halt, making the score 52-39 at the 5:14 mark.
 
Chelsea Cogborn led the way in the third quarter with five points, including an and-one three-point play that brought the score to 57-44 with 2:27 left in the period. She hit two more free throws in the final ten seconds, and the quarter ended with the Tornados behind 62-46.
 
In the fourth quarter, Falyn Taylor scored five points, her first jumper cutting the lead to 66-48 with 8:37 remaining.
 
Havyn Perez reached seven points with a jumper at the 3:09 mark, bringing the score to 78-51, but ultimately the Tornados fell 78-56.
 
Concordia Texas will continue their road trip against Sul Ross State, traveling to Alpine, Texas for a 5:30 p.m. tip off on Thursday.