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Vladimir Cherry

Women's Basketball By Nick Eatman

Rambelles claim LSC title; Edge WTAMU in Double OT

For the first time in 11 seasons, the Angelo State Rambelles are the champions of the LSC Championship.
 
      ASU swept the regular-season series with the Lady Buffs, including a triple-overtime thriller. On Saturday with the stakes even higher, the Rambelles outlasted WTAMU in two overtimes, 68-65 at the Allen Event Center. Saturday’s game marked the first-ever double-overtime tournament final in LSC Championship history.
 
      Angelo State claimed their first title since 2005 and prevented WTAMU from a third straight championship.
 
      Jasmine Prophet, the LSC Player of the Year, was also the MVP of the tournament with a 21-piont, 14-rebound performance. And with the scored tied at 65 in the second overtime, Prophet made a free throw for the lead, and then two more with 5.3 seconds to play for a 3-point lead.
 
      WT’s Michaela Neuhaus attempted a game-tying 3-pointer but the shot fell way short, prompting ASU’s bench to rush the court in excitement.
 
      First-year head coach Kevin Baker, the LSC Coach of the Year, ironically helped WTAMU win three straight tournament titles from 2008-10 as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator.
 
      The one player he brought over from UT-Tyler was Prophet, who was a steady force in the tournament all three rounds for the Rambelles. But she got some help Saturday from Lexi Murphy, who scored all 22 of her points in the second half and overtime. Murphy earned a spot on the All-tournament team as did Brea Mitchell, who had five points Saturday, but made clutch baskets in Saturday’s win over TWU in the quarterfinals. 
 
      ASU improves to 22-7 and gets an automatic bid to next week’s South Central Regional. WTAMU falls to 26-4 and will now get ready for the regional tournament as well.
 
      Sasha Watson led the Lady Buffs with 23 points and had eight rebounds. Maddison Wild had 10 points and 14 points and joined Watson on the all-tournament team.
 
      In the first overtime, the Lady Buffs grabbed a four-point lead but the Rambelles fought back with layups by Prophet and Murphy to tie the game. In the final seconds, Taylor Dorsey’s short jumped rolled off the rim to send the game to a second overtime.
 
      In the next five minutes, both teams cooled off and the score was tied at 60 when Prophet made one free throw to give the Rambelles the lead. On WT’s next possession, the Lady Buffs missed a short layup by Watson, setting up Prophet’s game-clinching foul shots.

2016 LSC Women’s Basketball Championship All-Tournament Team
Jasmine Prophet, Angelo State  (MVP)
Brea Mitchell, Angelo State 
Lexi Murphy, Angelo State 
Sasha Watson, West Texas A&M
Maddison Wild, West Texas A&M
 

 











Angelo State Press Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jswo5SW9dgw
West Texas A&M Press Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDBUbRQ4Vn0
  
Angelo State Notes
  • Jasmine Prophet, the LSC Player of the Year, recorded her fifth double-double of the season and 20th double-figure scoring performance with 21 points and 14 rebounds to lead Angelo State
  • Lexi Murphy came off the bench to score a career-high 20 points, besting her previous career high of 11 points (3 times)
  • Prophet, Murphy and Brea Mitchell were named to the LSC All-Tournament Team with Prophet earning MVP honors
  • Saturday’s double overtime championship game was the first in league history and the first overtime title game since Midwestern State defeated West Texas A&M, 85-83, in 2013
  • It was the second overtime game of the season for Angelo State, defeating West Texas A&M, 112-111, in triple overtime back on Feb. 3 in Canyon, Texas
  • The Rambelles moved to 3-0 on the season over West Texas A&M, handing the Lady Buffs three of their four losses
  • Angelo State improved to 5-2 all-time in LSC Championship games with titles in 1994, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2016
  • Angelo State and West Texas A&M also met in the 2006 LSC Championship game with the Lady Buffs earning an 83-68 win in Canyon
  • Angelo State made its sixth-straight LSC Tournament appearance and 27th overall
 
West Texas A&M Notes
  • The Lady Buffs now stand at 13-7 all-time in the LSC Championship Game and are 49-15 all-time in the LSC Championship in 28 appearances
  • WT and Angelo State have played three times this season, five overtimes and 725 minutes of basketball
  • The Lady Buffs shot a season-low 29.3 percent from the field on 22 of 75 and fired a season-high 35 3-point attempts making eight
  • Junior Sasha Watson was named to her second LSC All-Tournament Team as last season she earned MVP honors
  • Junior Maddison McLain tallied her fifth double-double of the season and double-doubles in back-to-back nights with 10 points and a career-high 14 rebounds in the championship
  • Watson tallied 23 points for a game-high tying her season-high set in the triple overtime game against ASU on Feb. 3.
  • WT made its first 11 free throws in the game and went 13 of 14 from the line
  • Maddison Wild tallied a career-and WT season-high 11 offensive rebounds
  • WT now leads the all-time series with ASU
  • The Lady Buffs now are 11-3 in the LSC Championship since it moved to Allen in 2012
  • WT is 2-2 in the last four consecutive LSC Championship games
  • The Lady Buffs lead the all-time series with ASU 47-16 and ASU is the first team to sweep a three game series with the Lady Buffs since Midwestern State in 2012-13 as MSU won 85-83 over WT in overtime in the championship game