Dulincia Keener scored her 1000
th career point and led Henderson State to an 82-69 win over Ouachita Baptist, Monday at the Duke Wells Center in Arkadelphia. Ark.
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Keener scored a game high 26 points and became the 11
th player in HSU history to reach the milestone. The senior from Texarkana, Ark, was 12-of-18 from the field and pulled down five rebounds,
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Five Reddies scored double-figures including
Torrie Thompson who tied her career-high with 17 points while making 5-of-7 three-point field goals.
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Victoria Stewart,
Haleigh Henson, and
Moe Bedford had 10 points each in the win.
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Ouachita held an 18-17 lead after the first quarter as Katie Kapler scored 9 points to pace the Tigers in the opening 10 minutes.
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Henderson got things going in the second quarter as Keener scored the first five points of the period while Stewart and Thompson both hit 3-point field goals to put the Reddies on top 28-22 with 6:33 left in the first half.
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Bree Bossier would enter the game and score a pair of layups, and jumpers by Henson and Stewart would help Henderson to a 36-28 advantage with under two minutes left in the half.
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MaKyndra Simmons would add a conventional 3-point play
Moe Bedford would score the final four points of the half as the Reddies take a 43-33 lead into the locker room at the break.
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OBU would outscore the Reddies in the third quarter, but Henderson would take control in the final 10 minutes to pull away from the Tigers.
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Both teams put up some impressive shooting numbers as OBU connected on 52.8 percent from the field making 28-of-53 shots.
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Henderson hit on 53.1 percent converting 34-of-64 attempts.
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Henderson will next place host to Arkansas Tech on Thursday with tipoff set for 5:30 p.m. at the Duke Wells Center.
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