CANYON, Texas – West Texas A&M's Lexy Hightower and Madison Parker combined for 36 points but it wasn't enough as the visiting Greyhounds of Eastern New Mexico handed the Lady Buffs their third straight home loss for the first time in program history on Thursday night in Lone Star Conference action, 73-71 in an overtime thriller.
 
THE BASICS:
 - Score: Eastern New Mexico 73, #17 West Texas A&M 71 (OT)
-  Records: WT (15-4, 7-4 LSC) / ENMU (10-8, 6-5 LSC)
 - Location: Canyon, Texas
 - Venue: First United Bank Center
 - Series (Streak): WT Leads 67-12 (L1)
 
LEADING THE WAY (Statistical Leaders):
 - Points: Madison Parker (WT, 19 Points), Sarina Johnson (ENMU, 18 Points)
 - Rebounds: Madison Parker (WT, 11 Rebounds), Mikaehla Connor (ENMU, 6 Rebounds), Daeshi McCants (ENMU, 6 Rebounds)
 - Assists: Madison Parker (WT, 5 Assists), Dasia Johnson (ENMU, 5 Assists)
 - Steals: Deleyah Harris (WT, 4 Steals), Mikaehla Connor (ENMU, 2 Steals)
 - Blocks: Tiana Parker (WT, 4 Blocks)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- West Texas A&M was led offensively by Madison Parker who went 7-of-15 from the floor to lead all players with 19 points to go along with 11 rebounds for a double-double followed by Lexy Hightower with 11 points, Parker dished out a game high five assists while Tiana Parker rejected four shots on the night.
- Sarina Johnson led the way for the Greyhounds as she went 7-of-14 from the floor and 4-of-10 from deep to score 18 points on the night followed by Mikaehl Conner with 15 and Daeshi McCants and Kaylee Edgemon with 14 each.
 
FIRST HALF:
- The Lady Buffs went 13-of-24 (54.2%) from the floor in the first half including 6-of-7 (85.7%) from behind the arc and 5-of-9 (55.6%) from the free throw line with 17 rebounds (five offensive, 12 defensive), 12 assists, seven turnovers, three blocks and two steals.
- Eastern New Mexico finished the first half shooting 9-of-26 (34.6%) from the field including 4-of-14 (28.6%) from deep and 7-of-8 (87.5%) from the charity stripe with 13 rebounds (five offensive, eight defensive), five assists, five turnovers, no blocks and one steal.
 
SECOND HALF/OVERTIME:
- WT finished the game going 26-of-62 (41.9%) from the floor including 8-of-17 (47.1%) from deep and 11-of-17 (64.7%) from the charity stripe with 36 rebounds (13 offensive, 23 defensive), 16 assists, 14 turnovers, seven blocks and seven steals in the loss.
- Eastern New Mexico finished the game going 26-of-64 (40.6%) from the field including 10-of-26 (38.5%) from behind the arc and 11-of-13 (84.6%) from the free throw line with 41 rebounds (16 offensive, 25 defensive), 13 assists, 14 turnovers, two blocks and four steals on the night.
 
UP NEXT:
The Lady Buffs return to Lone Star Conference action on Saturday afternoon as they host the Mustangs of Western New Mexico with tipoff set for 2 p.m. at the First United Bank Center in Canyon.