Women Defeat Defending National Champs
By: Office of Media Relations | Dec. 9, 2008
The UT Dallas women’s basketball team should now be in the national spotlight after knocking off defending NCAA Division III national champion Howard Payne University 77-55 on Saturday, snapping the LadyJackets’ national-best 39-game win streak.
The loss was HPU’s first since the 2006-07 season. The LadyJackets, who started this season 6-0 and were ranked No. 10 in the national poll, were 33-0 in 2007-08 when they won the national title after sweeping through the American Southwest Conference. The 39-game win streak was the longest current streak in all divisions of the NCAA.
The Comets, who improved to 4-0 in ASC play, are 6-1 overall with their only loss coming in overtime to then-ranked St. Benedict (MN). UT Dallas leads the ASC East Division now with a 4-0 conference mark.
UT Dallas jumped out to an early 19-5 lead in the game and kept the pressure on throughout, holding off a late Howard Payne charge by hitting 14 of 16 clutch free throws and getting some big three-point shots during the game’s final 10 minutes.
The UT Dallas women are off until Dec. 18, when they travel to Sherman to meet Austin College.
Media Contact: Bruce Unrue, UT Dallas, (972) 883-6308, bruceunrue@utdallas.edu
or the Office of Media Relations, UT Dallas, (972) 883-2155, newscenter@utdallas.edu
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Office of Media Relations, UT Dallas, 972-883-2155, newscenter@utdallas.edu, or the Office of Media Relations, UT Dallas, (972) 883-2155, newscenter@utdallas.edu.
