Nuggets get 1st loss after double-digit lead at OLLU

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Kasey Saldana and Patience Okpe led a second-half rally Saturday that gave NAIA No. 15 Our Lady of the Lake an 89-74 women's basketball victory against Xavier University of Louisiana.
     
The Saints (2-0) trailed 48-36 at halftime and 59-39 late in the third quarter, then seized momentum with 12 consecutive points to open the final period.     

Thirty points in the first quarter. Eleven points in the fourth quarter. That sums up the night for @GoldnuggetsXU, who lost 89-74 at @NAIA No. 15 @OLLUSaints. OLLU outscored #XULA 53-26 in the second half.#TeamGold #HailAllHailXU pic.twitter.com/fM8RuEil5y

— XULA Athletics (@xulagold) November 11, 2018

Saldana scored 25 points, 13 in the second half, and Okpe finished with 16, 14 in the second half. Okpe was 6-of-6 from the floor after halftime.
     
Jas Hill scored all 16 of her points in the first half for the Gold Nuggets (4-1), and Maya Trench and Kyla Duncan scored 13 apiece. Hill grabbed six rebounds, and Trench had five assists.
     
XULA led by 15 twice in the second quarter, the second time on a Shaelyn Johnson basket at 7:54. OLLU took its first lead at 8:56 of the fourth quarter on Brianna Henson's basket.
     
The Gold Nuggets shot 20.7 percent from the floor in the second half and made one of their last 14 shots. XULA made no second-half 3-pointers after making seven in the first half.
     
OLLU was plus-8 in turnovers and had a 31-9 advantage in points off of turnovers.
     
XULA's next game will start at 5 p.m. Monday at LSU-Alexandria.

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Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA 
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