SNYDER – The Howard College men and women’s basketball teams improved to 1-1 in WJCAC conference play after beating Western Texas College Monday night in Snyder.
The Howard College men's team beat the Westerners in double overtime 104-99, while the women's team beat the Lady Westerners 69-58 in overtime.
In the women’s game, Howard trailed through the first three quarters 43-27 until rallying to score 29 points in the fourth quarter. In the final seconds of regulation, Howard led by two thanks to a jump shot made by forward Ann Mary Zachariah.
A timeout was called by the Lady Westerners with five seconds left in the game. After the timeout, Jennifer Valdez made the shot to tie the game up at 56-56 to send it into overtime.
However, Howard’s defense would stifle the Lady Westerners in overtime holding them to just two points in the extra period.
Howard would go on to score 13 points to come away with a 69-58 win.
Ann Mary Zachariah led Howard as she scored a game high 37 points. Howard's Kaeona Marquez contributed 17 points in the win while Daysha Tijerina contributed 11.
With the win Howard improved to 10-7 overall and 1-1 in WJCACA conference play.
In the men’s game, the Hawks also came away with a huge win Monday night in Snyder as Howard beat the Westerners 104-99 in double overtime.
The Westerners led the Hawks by 2 at the end of the first with a score of 37-35.
The second half was just as close as the first with Howard scoring 41.
However, the Westerners scored 39 in the second half to tie the game up at 76.
In the first overtime period, defense was key for both teams as each only scored 8 points to keep the game tied up at 84-84.
In the second overtime, the Hawks outscored the Westerners 20-15 to secure a 104-99 win.
Howard's Lorenzo “Trey” Fort and Dontae Horne each scored 27 points in the win over Western Texas College. Howard's Kwo Agwa contributed 24 points while Kavion McClain contributed 11 points.
With the win the Hawks improve to 11-5 overall and 1-1 in WJCAC conference play.
Both the Howard men and women’s basketball teams will host South Plains College at the Dorothy Garrett Coliseum Thursday Jan. 12. Game times are 5:30 p.m. (women's game) and 7:30 p.m. (men's game)
