LONGVIEW, Texas - Concordia Texas junior forward
Shanna Brown scored her 1,000th point in a 83-51 win over LeTourneau University. Brown, who spent her first two seasons at Chapman University, poured in a game-high 16 points inside Solheim Arena on Tuesday.
Concordia came out inspired, scoring the game's first seven points. LeTourneau would keep it close early, trimming the Tornados' lead to 20-18 at the end of the first frame.
CTX earned their first double-digit lead of the game when a
Briann Warehime three upped their lead to 35-25 with 4:29 left in the first half. Concordia would then go into the intermission with a 41-28 lead when
Alice Wilkinson fed
Taysie Trejo for a score in the waning moments.
Both teams traded baskets to begin the third quarter, before Concordia broke the game open with a 15-4 run to end the quarter as they would go on to cruise to victory.
BOX SCORE STANDOUTS
Shanna Brown 16 Pts, 5 Reb
Samantha Ising 11 Pts, 4 Reb, 4 Blks
Aja Holmes 11 Pts, 6 Reb
Taysie Trejo 10 Pts, 8 Reb, 3 Ast
Alice Wilkinson 7 Pts, 4 Stocks, 3 Reb
Concordia Texas will next return home to host the University of Dallas this Saturday for Senior Day. Tip off is scheduled for 6:30pm.