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HPU’s Amanda Turpin (33) shoots over Sul Ross’ Vania Hampton (20) for two of her 23 points in the Lady Jackets’ season-ending loss. [Photo by Derrick Stuckly] On a night where the Howard Payne Lady Jackets seemed a step or two off in all aspects of their game, the season came to an end as the Sul Ross Lady Lobos captured a 75-65 victory in the quarterfinals of the American Southwest Conference Women’s Basketball Championship Tournament Wednesday at the Brownwood Coliseum. The victory is the first for Sul Ross (10-13), the third seed from the West Division, in the ASC tournament in jus...

The Howard Payne Lady Jackets halted a two-game skid and moved back into second place in the American Southwest Conference West Division standings with an 83-67 victory over the Sul Ross Lady Lobos Saturday afternoon at the Brownwood Coliseum. The Lady Jackets (8-6, 5-3) – who led the ASC West when the week began – were coming off losses of 67-48 at Hardin-Simmons Monday and 76-65 at Sul Ross (8-12, 6-5) on Thursday night. Howard Payne head coach Yannick Denson attributed Saturday’s turnaround to the Lady Jackets’ improved focus on the game plan. “I thought we did a really good job ...

Salina Ali (22) made all seven of her shots, including four treys, and all six of her free throws to lead HPU with 24 points in Thursday’s win. [Photo by Derrick Stuckly]Leading by one point heading into the fourth period, the Howard Payne Lady Jackets reeled off 31 points over the final 10 minutes to cruise past the Concordia Lady Tornados, 84-71, in American Southwest Conference women’s basketball action Thursday night at the Brownwood Coliseum. The win was the fifth in the last six games for the Lady Jackets (5-4, 2-1), who are tied for second place in the ASC West with Sul Ross (6-9, ...

Bria Neal (10) led HPU with 18 points in Saturday’s loss to ETBU. [Photo by Derrick Stuckly] In what marked their first official American Southwest Conference basketball game of the season, the Howard Payne Lady Jackets shaved an 18-point deficit down to a single bucket but could not complete the comeback as the undefeated East Texas Baptist Lady Tigers prevailed with a 69-63 victory Saturday afternoon at the Brownwood Coliseum. The loss halted a three-game win streak for the Lady Jackets (3-4, 0-1), while East Texas Baptist – under the direction of head coach Blake Arbogast, a former Yel...

The Howard Payne Lady Jackets pushed their win streak to three and evened their overall record with a 63-55 triumph over the winless McMurry Lady War Hawks Thursday night at the Brownwood Coliseum. Howard Payne (3-3, 0-0) hit just 32 percent (21 of 66) of its shots, 13 percent (3 of 23) of its treys, and 58 percent (18 of 31) of its free throws, but owned a 56-43 edge in rebounds which led to 23 second-chance points. HPU freshman Amanda Turpin led the Lady Jackets with 18 points in 20 minutes of action, including 16 points in the second half.  Chelsey Harris also finished in double figures w...