Box Score

ALPINE, Texas- For the first time in league history, the Sul Ross Lady Lobos are headed to the American Southwest Conference Women's Championship Tournament.

A Hardin-Simmons loss to Concordia Thursday pushed the Lady Lobos into next week's conference tournament at Howard Payne University. Sully will face ASC East Division Champ U.T. Dallas at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Brownwood Coliseum.

Sul Ross (10-15, 7-9 ASC) finished the regular season Saturday with an 81-75 ASC victory over the West Division Champion Yellow Jackets (15-10, 12-4 ASC) at the Gallego Center.

Following a 2-2 tie to start the contest, the Lady Lobos held a slim lead for remainder of the first quarter.

Two free throws by Ellyn Aver (Grady/GHS) gave the home team a 25-18 advantage with 6:46 left in the second period.

The Lady Jackets cut their deficit down to a pair of two-point margins before Sully spread the gap to a pair of six-point leads.

A three-point basket by HPU's Sabrina Ochoa at 11 seconds pulled Howard Payne to within four, 43-39 heading to the half.

Katy Boren (Lubbock/Cooper) fired off a three-pointer 29 seconds into the third quarter to extend the Lady Lobo advantage to seven.

A pair of back-to-back triples by Lindsey Hearn (Lubbock/Lubbock Christian HS) put Sul Ross into a double digit lead at 5:51.

Howard Payne worked its way down to a six-point deficit at the end of the quarter with Sul Ross taking a 65-59 advantage to the closing frame.

A layup by Ashley Ousley  (Killeen/Shoemaker) and two Avery free throws extended Sully's lead, 69-59 to begin the fourth.

Boren converted another long range basket capping a 7-0 run at 4:26 and nailed another three ball at 2:38 for a 79-67 Lady Lobo lead.

The Lady Jackets cut the home squad lead to eight at 27 seconds and converted the last bucket as Jada Evans scored on a layup with 14 seconds remaining.

Boren sported a season-best 24 points in Saturday's victory while Avery and Ousley tallied 13 and 12 points respectively.

Avery and Hearn led rebounders with six boards each.

Sul Ross shot 23-of-50 from the field at 46 percent and finished with a season-high 9-of-18 shooting from beyond the arc.