"Courtside" with Sonya Sundberg

7-0!!!! I am so proud of every single person on the team! We matched the best start since 1982 or somewhere around there!! We are so excited! Last week we had two huge wins against two very good teams. On Tuesday we played Central Oklahoma at home. This is the team that has knocked us out of the conference tournament the past few years and we knew they were going to come out fighting! We started off strong and then died down a little but were able to hang on to a good lead going in to halftime. Then second half we started strong and didn’t stop, winning by 30 points. Everyone played so great and we had everyone on the team score! That just shows how deep this team is.

Then Thursday we played against Northeastern State, another very good team from the North. Last year we played this team and lost by around 20, so again we wanted some revenge. Unfortunately, we did not have such a great start. We were slow to get going in this game and it showed, going in to halftime with a 4 point deficit. Many people including myself just looked so down going in the locker room and luckily we have teammates to keep our heads up. Namely, Kelsey Benford, who said, “ya’ll act like we already lost, lets go!” This really woke us up, especially me. It was definitely a tough mental game after such an emotional win over UCO. But we came out after the second half and never looked back, playing like the true TexAnns. It was a tough game and Northeastern was very well coached and great three point shooters, but our defense is what really won us the game.

We have this week off due to finals, but we will be back at it Saturday when we head to Oklahoma to play East Central. Next week will be our next big test heading to Oklahoma twice in just a few days. After East Central, we face Southeastern, who just beat West Texas A&M this last weekend in Canyon. We know that these will be tough games, but if we prepare we have no doubt we can beat them! Thanks to everyone who came out and supported us last week!! You make all the difference!!

Go TexAnns!!!