East Central Oklahoma University Women’s Basketball Gifts Seniors with Win

Mackenzie Crusoe/Women's Basketball | East Central Oklahoma University

By Press release submission

Feb 26, 2023

The East Central University women's basketball gave its three seniors a final win in their last game at the Kerr Activities Center with a 67-52 victory over Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

The win lifts ECU to 11-14 overall and 8-13 in conference play.

"It started with Mackenzie Crusoe's defense on 5," Interim Head Coach Heather Hurt said. "Kenzie did a great job defending her, and we did a great job together holding the rest. Rebounding was a big key, and we won that battle. Very proud of many of them for stepping up and providing our team with what we needed to win."

SWOSU was the first to get on the board in the opening period, but five straight points from Izzy Cummins put the Tigers in the lead and they never looked back. The Bulldogs got to within one at 7-6, but back-to-back threes from Mackenzie Crusoe extended the Tigers' lead and they eventually closed out the quarter with a 19-10 advantage.

ECU reached a double-digit lead after Crusoe's third three-pointer and was able to maintain it for the majority of the quarter. A 10-2 scoring run by the Bulldogs put SWOSU back in a single-digit deficit at 28-22, but a three-pointer from Emily Wilson and a jumper from Crusoe put the Tigers out front 33-22 going into halftime.

The Tigers dominated the third and fourth quarters, shooting 53.85% from the field and leading as much as 18 points at the 8:48 mark. SWOSU managed to make one last attempt to get back in the game, cutting the gap to eight at 58-50, but ECU was in complete control and walked away with a 67-52 win on senior night.

At the end of the game, the Tigers honored its three seniors – Emma Epperly, Gabby Cummins, and Izzy Cummins.

Four Tigers led the offense – Mackenzie Crusoe, Emily Wilson, Izzy Cummins, and Kennedy Cummings.

Crusoe led with a double-double performance of 23 points and 10 rebounds. She went 8-for15 from the field and 3-for-7 from the three point line.

Wilson was next with 15 points shooting 6-of-8 from the floor while Cummins was close behind with 13 points going 6-for-16 from the field while adding four rebounds.

Cummings had 11 points going 4-for-8 overall and was just shy of a double-double with nine rebounds.