MC Athletic Director
HOBBS, NEW MEXICO - The Lady Chaps basketball team sent a message to the rest of the WJCAC when they won their second consecutive WJCAC Pre-Conference Tournament. The Ladies won this year's edition in Hobbs, NM and among the three teams that succumbed to Midland College were the host NMJC Lady T-Birds.
On Thursday Midland College (11-3) opened play against #16 New Mexico JC (12-2) at the Caster Activity Center on the NMJC campus and defeated the Lady Thunderbirds 65-60. Friday's semifinal game pitted the Lady Chaps against an always-tough Howard College Lady Hawks team. MC defeated HC by a score of 56-51 to advance into Saturday night's championship game with Western Texas College. WTC advanced to the finals with wins over South Plains College (58-56) and Odessa College (66-55).
In the championship game MC employed a tenacious variety of defense to smother WTC. Midland College led the contest 37-16 at the halftime break and ultimately cruised to a 74-42 victory over the Lady Westerners. In addition to its offensive output and defensive presence the Lady Chaps dominated on the boards leading in that category 67-44. Midland College freshman Achiri Ade led all players with 11 rebounds in the game. Midland College was led offensively by Nety Sousa's 13 points followed by Danesha Long with 12 and Alexis Kelley's 11 points.
The Lady Chaps will travel to Weatherford College on Wednesday, December 7th @ 6:00 p.m. for a match up of two of Region 5's best teams. The Lady Coyotes are currently 10-0 this season and are ranked 10th nationally. Weatherford previously played Western Texas College twice this season winning both games; 94-55 on November 1st and 68-57 on November 23rd.
Wedensday's game at Weatherford is the final game of the semester for Midland College.
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