Women's Basketball 3/14/2025 9:09:00 PM

Lady Aggies bounce Connors to reach title tilt

Box Score By Kevin Farr
Murray State Sports Information
MUSKOGEE, Okla. – Freshman Keshanti Gordon opened the game with a pair of three pointers and Murray State led from start to finish on Friday evening while dispatching Connors State College, 81-66, to advance to the Region 2 women's basketball championship game.

Winners of 12 straight contests, the Lady Aggies will carry a 27-3 record into Saturday's 4 p.m. title tilt rubber match with Northeastern Oklahoma A&M with the champion getting an automatic bid to the NJCAA Division 2 championship tournament in Casper, Wyoming.

The championship teams split regular season meetings with NEO giving Murray State its lone conference defeat, 53-50, in Tishomingo and the Lady Aggies returned the favor with a solid 80-63 triumph at Miami that wrapped up the regular season crown.

Gordon came out on fire from long range and spearheaded a well-balanced offensive arsenal for Murray State, which led 25-17 after one quarter and 42-27 at intermission.

An 8-2 Lady Aggie burst to start the second half continued the same trend as Gordon canned two more long-range bombs to help ignite a 30-point offensive explosion from Murray State that put the contest completely out of reach.

Gordon connected for seven treys and ended with a game-high 21 points as Arissa Garcia pitched in 15 and Olivia Quapaw and Ongolea Afu tallied 14 points apiece.

Mya Cotto was just shy of putting a fifth Lady Aggie in double digits, ending with nine. Jordyn McNeal had five and Mireia Casas finished with three points.

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Players Mentioned

#11 Ongolea Afu: F; 5' 11"; Sophomore

#10 Mireia Casas: G; 5' 9"; Sophomore

#5 Arissa Garcia: G; 5' 7"; Sophomore

#0 Keshanti Gordon: G; 5' 10"; Redshirt Freshman

#2 Olivia Quapaw: G; 5' 6"; Sophomore

#15 Mya Cotto: G; 5' 8"; Sophomore

#20 Jordyn McNeal: F/C; 5' 11"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

#11 Ongolea Afu
: 5' 11"; Sophomore
: F

#10 Mireia Casas
: 5' 9"; Sophomore
: G

#5 Arissa Garcia
: 5' 7"; Sophomore
: G

#0 Keshanti Gordon
: 5' 10"; Redshirt Freshman
: G

#2 Olivia Quapaw
: 5' 6"; Sophomore
: G

#15 Mya Cotto
: 5' 8"; Sophomore
: G

#20 Jordyn McNeal
: 5' 11"; Freshman
: F/C