Texas Lutheran Dominates Dallas, 83-58

SEGUIN, Texas -- The Texas Lutheran women's basketball team (11-3, 4-1 SCAC) defeated Dallas, 83-58, inside Memorial Gymnasium on Saturday night.

The Bulldogs controlled the game from wire-to-wire for their fifth wire-to-wire victory of the season. The Bulldogs would control the glass, outrebounding the Crusaders 56-28, and made use of a 40-28 advantage in the paint. TLU's stifling defense defined the game as the Bulldogs scored 25 of their 83 points off turnovers, forcing 19 Dallas turnovers. Junior Kayla Presley (Kyle/San Marcos) spear-headed the effort on the glass with a game-high 10 rebounds while Tanyse Moehrig (Spring Branch/Smithson Valley) grabbed nine rebounds off the bench and Lauren Sansano (San Antonio/FEAST) adding seven boards. Kailee Mulkey (New Braunfels/New Braunfels) would guide the Bulldog defense with five steals, matching her career-high.

Kayla Presley scored a season and game-high 16 points in addition to her 10 rebounds for her first career double-double. Sansano continues to be one of the SCAC's most efficient bucket getters, scoring 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting. Senior Juliett Martinez (San Antonio/Reagan) finished with a season-high ten points off the bench, two points off her career-high of 12 points obtained at St. Mary's. Emerald St. Laurent (The Woodlands/Oak Ridge) matched her career-highs with ten points and three rebounds. Moehrig would dish out a career-high five assists in addition to four points, nine rebounds, and a block.

TLU opened the game on a 6-0 run led by St. Laurent and Sansano - setting the tone for a game in which the Bulldogs would never trail. Sansano and St. Laurent would score six points each in the first quarter as the Bulldogs led 21-15 after the first quarter.

Texas Lutheran stretched its lead to double digits in the second quarter which is where it would remain for the remainder of the game, taking a 39-27 lead into halftime. Sansano paced all scorers with ten points in the first half.

The Bulldogs would cruise for the remainder of the second half as once again all active players saw action. The Bulldogs would lead by as many as 29 points in the second half. Martinez would score all ten of her points in the fourth quarter. With the win, TLU improves to 11-3 for just the second time since joining the SCAC in 2013-14.

Texas Lutheran will be back in action Friday, Jan. 5, as they travel to Shreveport, Louisiana, to begin their three-week, five-game road trip at Centenary for their first game of the 2024 calendar year. Tip-off is set for 7:30 PM. All streaming and live stats links will be available on tlubulldogs.com.