Harrell named ASC East Player of the Week

MARSHALL, Texas (12/3/08) – ETBU junior forward Satara Harrell had a big weekend for the Lady Tigers on the road, and for that performance she has been named the American Southwest Conference East Division Co-Player of the Week. Harrell, a 5-9 transfer joining the Lady Tigers this season from Panola College, posted a monster double double in Saturday’s 50-37 win at Sul Ross State to open conference play. Harrell scored a team-high 23 points and added 21 rebounds in the win, just the third time that number of rebounds has been reached in an ASC game since the 2003-04 season. It was also the second time an ETBU player had reached 21 rebounds in a game as a member of the ASC, with Tiffany Jefferson accomplishing that feat against LeTourneau during the 2004-05 season. Harrell followed that performance with 13 points and 14 rebounds in a loss to defending national champion Howard Payne Monday. That performance gives her three double doubles in the team’s first four games of the year, with her only miss during that time a 9-point outing in the season opener against Belhaven. Harrell is the ASC’s leading rebounder entering this week, averaging 14.8 boards per game. The Lady Tigers will host Mary Hardin-Baylor in the opener of a two-game homestand Saturday at 1 p.m. in Ornelas Gymnasium.

Harrell, Wilson power ETBU's 50-37 win at Sul Ross

by David Weaver
ALPINE, Texas (11/29/08) – Satara Harrell and Karlee Wilson posted double-doubles and combined to score 42 of ETBU’s 50 points Saturday in leading the Lady Tigers to a 50-37 victory over Sul Ross State in ETBU’s American Southwest Conference opener at the Gallego Center. The win was the first for ETBU (1-2 overall, 1-0 ASC) on the season, and the first for the Lady Tigers under new head coach Lane Loyd. The loss dropped Sul Ross to 0-4 on the year, and the Lady Lobos are now 0-2 in the ASC. Harrell, a junior transfer forward from Panola College playing in just her third game with the Lady Tigers, dominated the first part of the contest Saturday. She had a double double in the first half with 15 points and 13 rebounds in leading ETBU to a 24-13 lead at halftime. Harrell finished the day with 23 points and 21 rebounds, shooting 8 of 16 from the floor including 2 of 4 from 3-point range. She also added four steals and had a block while playing 37 of the game’s 40 minutes. Wilson, the Hallsville native playing in her second season at ETBU, finished with 19 points and 16 rebounds in 38 minutes of action. Most of her damage came in the second half, with 12 points and 11 rebounds coming after halftime. The Lady Tigers also smothered Sul Ross defensively, holding the Lady Lobos to just 19.2 percent shooting from the floor. Sul Ross converted just 10 of 52 shots from the floor on the day and was 14 of 32 from the free-throw line. ETBU used a quick burst out of the locker room in the second half to bump its lead to 17, 30-13, but the Lady Lobos made things interesting with a 12-0 run to pull within five at 30-25. But a 3-pointer from Candy Vallo and a 3-point play by Wilson pushed the lead back to double digits, and the Lady Tigers were able to hold off Sul Ross the rest of the way. ETBU continues its conference-opening road trip in west Texas on Monday, when the Lady Tigers will take on defending national champion Howard Payne at 3 p.m. in Brownwood. The game can be heard live over the Internet at www.audiosportsonline.net.