Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Eastern New Mexico University's Tonka Jakšić tries to work her way around Oklahoma Christian's Kate Bradley on Thursday night at ENMU.
Eastern New Mexico University swept a pair of Lone Star Conference basketball games against Oklahoma Christian on Thursday night at the Loy Family Foundation Arena.
The ENMU women dropped the Eagles, 84-48, improving their season's record to 7-1. They are 2-0 in LSC play.
The Greyhound men beat Oklahoma Christian, 91-68. The Greyhounds improved to 5-2 for the year, 1-1 in the conference.
Ishuana Hunter led the ENMU women with 20 points, four steals and three rebounds, coming in off the bench. She hit 10 of 18 field-goal attempts in 21 minutes of play.
Abbi Holder knocked down five three-pointers for ENMU, while dishing out a pair of assists.
Other strong performances for the Greyhound ladies: Nataya Lockett scored 13 points, had six rebounds and two assists. Jayla Smith scored nine points and added four rebounds.
From the ENMU sports information department:
• Eastern scored 30 points off of Oklahoma Christian turnovers.
• The ENMU bench outscored the Eagles, 37-14.
• The Greyhounds lead the all-time series, 4-3.
• Eastern shot a season high 53.1% from the floor (34-64), along with a season high for three-point shooting (64.7%, 11-17).
• The Greyhounds had a season's-best five blocks, while 13 steals are the most against a Division II opponent this season.
Four more steals for Jackson
The ENMU men also cruised to victory.
Jaden Clarke led the team with 18 points while Cooper Jackson added 17.
Jackson had four steals, the fifth game this season in which he's swiped four or more basketballs from opponents.
Seven different Greyhounds had at least one steal.
Both teams had turnover issues – 18 for Oklahoma Christian, 19 for ENMU – but the Greyhounds took greater advantage of the miscues, scoring 23 points off of them.
From the ENMU sports information department:
• Clarke shot 8-of-11 from the floor despite playing just 17 minutes off the bench.
• ENMU led throughout. The score differential was 10 points or more for the final 33 minutes of the contest.
• ENMU, third in the nation in rebound margin, outrebounded the Eagles, 38-31.
