DALLAS, Texas - Shawndrika Courtney and Shayla Coleman combined for 45 points, but it wasn’t nearly enough. The Lady Rams surrendered a 12-0 run midway through the first half to fall behind, then continued to turn the ball over, allowing the Lady Tigers to put the game well out of reach. A brief run at the end of the contest narrowed the gap a little, but the Lady Rams were too far behind, ultimately losing 94-68 at Paul Quinn University in Dallas.

Wesleyan managed to grab an early lead, thanks to a pair of Kim Cooper buckets in the first 40 seconds of the game. The Lady Tigers fought back over the next few minutes, though, until Hilary Fauble’s three-pointer at the 16:20 mark knotted the score at eight. Tracie Silcott’s free throws nearly two minutes later gave Paul Quinn their first lead of the night, and the Lady Tigers didn’t look back.

Three minutes later, Paul Quinn’s lead was out to eight points. Shayla Coleman scored twice to cut the lead to four, but the Lady Tigers scored the next 12 points to jump out to a 33-17 lead with four minutes to play in the half. They outscored Wesleyan 11-8 over the remaining minutes, and took a 44-25 lead into the break.

Stephanie Reder began the scoring in the second frame for Wesleyan, knocking down her only three-point attempt of the night at 19:05 to cut the lead to 16. After five minutes of back and forth play, Natasha Williams’ three-point play followed by a Fauble jumper kicked the lead out to 20. Coleman connected on a three-pointer for Wesleyan, but the Lady Tigers ripped off another 12-0 run, taking a 29-point lead as the clock hit 10:00.

Paul Quinn extended that lead as high as 34, but the Lady Rams managed a 12-2 run in the final six minutes to cut that lead down to 26 as the final buzzer sounded.

Hilary Fauble led all players with 25 points on nine of 21 shooting, and Katrina Simpson hit ten of 14 shots to score 20. Jasmine Dowden scored 17, and she and Simpson each pulled down nine rebounds. Natasha Williams led the Lady Tigers with 12 boards.

Shawndrika Courtney led Wesleyan with 23 points, hitting seven of 12 attempts from the floor. Shayla Coleman scored 22 and had a team-high ten rebounds - her second straight double-double after a 23-point, 14 rebound effort against SAGU on Saturday night. Kori Yates, Kim Cooper and Valen Little each scored six point for the Lady Rams, and Stephanie Reder added another five.

Wesleyan drops to 8-14 on the season, and 2-10 in conference play. They face LeTourneau University, a non-conference opponent, on Wednesday evening in Longview, before returning home on Saturday to face Jarvis Christian College.