LONGVIEW, Texas- Playing in their final game of the 2019 season, the LeTourneau University women's basketball team fell victim to a hot University of Texas-Dallas squad 59-44 on Thursday, February 14th at Solheim Arena.

The YellowJackets end their season with a 6-19 overall record and a 3-13 standing in American Southwest Conference play. The Comets improve to 20-4 overall and 13-2 in ASC action as they face one more regular season contest at East Texas Baptist on Saturday, February 16th with the winner earning an outright American Southwest Conference East Division Title.

How It Happened:

• The Comets fast-paced offense took control in the opening two minutes of play as they went on a 7-0 run to stake themselves an early lead.
• LETU would cut the deficit to as little as four after a Keauna Whitfield layup with 5:31 remaining in the period but the Comets would manage to extend their lead as the quarter ended to put themselves up 22-12.
• Both squads would see a quiet offensive second quarter, but it would be LeTourneau who would pick up the pace nearing the break by scoring the final five points of the half to pull themselves within ten at 31-21.
• After scoring the opening ten points of the half the Comets defense would hold their own as they allowed just six points from the YellowJackets in the quarter which put LETU in a 46-27-hole heading to the fourth.
• LETU would score seven straight points midway through the final quarter but failed to cut the deficit to less than 13 as they would never could quite string a big enough run together to fully close the gap.  

Key Stats:

• Texas-Dallas would see 30 of their 59 points come from shots in the paint while LETU struggled in that area, sinking just three shots from the paint in four quarters of play.
• Chauntel Acosta would end her season on a high-note scoring a team-best 12 points as she was the lone YellowJacket to hit the double-digit mark. Senior Sha'Donnaver Young grabbed a team-high six rebounds in her final game as a YellowJacket.
• Shooting percentage would hurt LETU as they shot just 24.6 percent (14-for-57) from the field while the Comets sunk 41.1 percent (23-of-56) of their shots.