After grinding on the road for 14-straight games, the Sul Ross State women's basketball team has enjoyed some home cooking lately.

On Saturday afternoon, the Lobos extended their win streak to two with an impressive 71-58 victory over the East Texas Baptist Tigers at the Pete P. Gallego Center.

The Tigers entered the contest with a six-game winning streak as they currently sit in third place in the American Southwest Conference.

With the win, Sul Ross jumps to fourth place.

"Everybody was in the game today. They focused. That was awesome to watch and coach," said Sul Ross head coach E.J. Lee Smith. "Things didn't go our way time to time, but that didn't matter to our players.

"They just pushed themselves and our three-pointers are hitting when we needed it. We tried to prepare as much as possible. I'm very proud of each and every one of them."

Sul Ross broke an early 3-3 tie with a three-pointer by Melody Martinez.

East Texas Baptist then went on a run to take a four-point lead before the Lobos cut the deficit to one on a three-pointer from Vania Hampton.

The Tiger offense got hot and pulled away for a nine-point lead with 33 seconds remaining in the opening quarter.

With seven minutes to go in the second quarter, the Lobos were able to fight all the way back to tie the game at 23-all with a layup from Martinez.

The scored was tied once more at 25-all with a layup by Kayley Diaz.

Hampton knocked down a clutch three that was followed up by a layup from Marley Rokas that put Sul Ross ahead 30-25.

Hampton had the hot hand, shooting another three with 3:20 to go until halftime as the Lobos had an eight-point lead.

Sul Ross flipped the script by increasing its lead to 14 after a pair of free throws by Brianna Martin with 21 seconds to go.

The Lobos never trailed from that point.

East Texas Baptist cut the deficit down to as little as eight during the third quarter with 2:38 remaining.

With a shot in the paint by Rokas and a free throw by Victoria Aguayo, the Lobos were able to hold onto a 12-point lead.

The Tigers managed to get to within seven with 4:10 in the fourth quarter.

But the Lobos kept their foot on the accelerator as they raced ahead to a 13-point victory.

Rokas led the way with 20 points, nine rebounds and one steal while Martinez finished with 16 points and seven rebounds.

Hampton scored 15 points and grabbed nine boards. Martin chipped in with 11 points.

Sul Ross made 10 three-pointers. Martinez landed four while Hampton had three.

The Lobos shot 19 of 31 from the free throw line while they won the battle on the glass by grabbing 43 rebounds.

"Our players have confidence in themselves and I think we'll be fine next game," Smith added.

>> RECORDS: Sul Ross (8-6, 5-3); East Texas Baptist (11-3, 5-2)

>> UP NEXT: The Lobos travel to Brownwood to take on Howard Payne at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14.