Bulldogs Take Down Colorado College, 69-66

COLORADO COLLEGE, CO -- Sophomore point guard Lauren Sansano (San Antonio/FEAST) turned in a season-high 22 points as Texas Lutheran took a 69-66 victory over Colorado College Friday night at Reid Arena. The win marks the first win for the Bulldogs in Colorado since February 2019. The Bulldogs improve to 8-2 (2-1 SCAC) while Colorado College falls to 6-4 (0-1 SCAC).

Junior guard Kailee Mulkey (New Braunfels/New Braunfels) joined Sansano in double figures with 11 points and finished a rebound shy of a double-double with a team-high nine rebounds.

After a delay to the men's game pushed the start time of the women's game back nearly an hour, both teams came out cold with neither team shooting above 25 percent as the Bulldogs took a 10-9 lead after the opening period. Sansano and Sarahi Jones (Los Fresnos/Los Fresnos) combined for all ten of the Bulldogs points in the quarter.

The two teams shook their early struggles in the second quarter. The two teams would go back and forth exchanging seven lead changes in the quarter with the Tigers outscoring the Bulldogs 11-7 down the stretch to take a 34-30 lead into the break. Sansano would add eight more points while Madison Malone (Boling/Boling) would add six points in five minutes of action in the quarter.

After leaning heavily on Sansano in the first half, the Bulldogs started to wake up in the second half. The Tigers controlled the third quarter and despite their best efforts that saw them shoot just under 60 percent from the field, the Bulldogs kept it close entering the fourth quarter.

Trailing by six points with seven minutes remaining, the Bulldogs slowly chipped away before a Kailey Lacy (Pflugerville/Hendrickson) three-pointer gave the Bulldogs a one point lead with 2:52 remaining. The two teams would trade one point advantages before a Lauren Sansano layup with 27 seconds remaining in addition to a pair of free throws with nine seconds remaining would give Texas Lutheran the decisive 69-66 lead. The Bulldogs would force the Tigers into a contested three as time expired to seal the road win.

The road tests continue for the Texas Lutheran women's basketball team as they travel to San Antonio to face NCAA Division-I opponent, Incarnate Word, on Wednesday, December 20. Tip-off is set for 1 PM. All streaming and live stats links will be available on tlubulldogs.com.