Texas Lutheran Crushes Celts, 91-47

SEGUIN, Texas -- The Texas Lutheran women's basketball team continued its final homestand of the 2023-24 regular season by staging a dominant 91-47 victory over the St. Thomas Celts.

Kailee Mulkey (New Braunfels/New Braunfels) erupted for 11 points in the first half and helped the Bulldogs (19-5, 12-3 SCAC) to separate from the Celts early. The win marked the Bulldogs tenth wire-to-wire victory of the season. Mulkey finished with 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting in addition to three rebounds and three assists without playing a single second of the fourth quarter. With her performance, Mulkey eclipsed 800 points in her collegiate career and passed former teammate Morgan Rodriguez to move into 19th on the TLU all-time scoring list.

The Bulldogs have prided themselves on defense and sharing the basketball under head coach Troy Patterson and Saturday was no different. Thirteen of the 15 active players - who all saw action - recorded at least one assist as the Bulldogs matched their season-high with 27 assists on 34 field goals. The backcourt of Lauren Sansano (San Antonio/FEAST) and Kayla Presley (Kyle/San Marcos) combined for seven assists as Presley and Juliett Martinez (San Antonio/Reagan) led the Bulldogs with four assists each.

Kailey Lacy (Pflugerville/Hendrickson) led all scorers with 16 points including 4-of-7 from beyond the arc. Juliana Tapia (San Antonio/O'Connor) led the Bulldogs with seven rebounds off the bench.

Every available player recorded minutes for the 12th time this season and every available Bulldog scored at least one point.

The 44-point win was the team's largest win margin this season and its largest since beating Concordia (TX) by 43 points (84-41) in the 2021-22 season. The margin is the largest in-conference since their 48-point victory over Centenary (87-39) in the Spring 2021 season. The Bulldogs extend their win streak to six games, the longest under head coach Troy Patterson and the longest since the 2018-19 season.

Texas Lutheran concludes the regular season on Friday, Feb. 16 against the Southwestern University Pirates at Memorial Gymnasium. Friday will also act as Senior Night for the Bulldogs as they will recognize their senior class for all of their contributions to the program. Tip-off is set for 7:30 PM. The game will be streamed on TLU+. All streaming and live stats links will be available on tlubulldogs.com.

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