WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Danielle Frachiseur scored a team-high 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Anissa Pounds picked up a 17-point performance and Kelsey McClure chipped in 14, but the No. 17 Arkansas Tech Golden Suns basketball team (14-3, 10-3 Great American Conference) was unable to overcome the one-two punch of Southwestern Oklahoma's Hailey Tucker and Hayden Priddy as the Lady Bulldogs (12-6, 8-4 GAC) topped their second consecutive ranked opponent with a 90-79 win over the Golden Suns on Saturday at the Pioneer Cellular Events Center.

NEXT UP
The Golden Suns return to Tucker Coliseum on Thursday, Feb. 2, hosting Southern Nazarene in a 5:30 p.m. contest.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• SWOSU's defense held the Golden Suns scoreless over the first 3:45 of the contest. Tech hit its first field goal at the 6:15 mark to snap a 7-0 run by the Lady Bulldogs.
• SWOSU extended its lead to 16-2 at the 3:49 mark of the opening quarter forcing a Golden Suns timeout.
• Kylie Ladd buried a 3-pointer from the wing at the 2:18 mark to cut the SWOSU lead to nine (16-7).
• Tech trailed 20-7 after the opening quarter as SWOSU extended its lead back out to 13.
• SWOSU ran its lead to 19 (28-9) at the 7:00 mark of the second quarter, forcing a Tech timeout.
• After Tech pulled to within 11 (31-20), the Lady Bulldogs stretched the lead back out to 19 (43-24) at the half.
• Tech controlled the opening minutes of the second half, reeling off a 9-0 run to cut the SWOSU lead to ten (45-35) at the 7:08 mark of the third quarter.
• After SWOSU pushed its lead back out to 14, Danielle Frachiseur buried a baseline jumper at the 4:27 mark of the third quarter to pull Tech to inside 10 points (49-41) for the first time since the 2:18 mark of the 1^st quarter.
• The Golden Suns went into the fourth quarter with an eight-point (62-54) deficit to the Lady Bulldogs.
• With Tech trailing by eight, SWOSU took off on a 6-0 run to stretch its lead back to 14 (70-56) with 7:29 remaining and the Lady Bulldogs held Tech at arm's length down the stretch to seal the win.

NOTABLES

• The Golden Suns used a new starting lineup for the first time all season as Cheyenne North was held out after suffering an injury during Thursday's game.
• SWOSU was a perfect 10-for-10 from the charity stripe in the opening quarter – the Golden Suns did not make a trip to the line.
• After six turnovers in the opening quarter, Tech committed just one turnover in the second.
• Tech was outrebounded 46-36 and outshot 45.0 to 42.1 percent.
• SWOSU connected on 30 of 33 trips to the charity stripe while Tech made just nine of 11.
• Tech was outscored 40-36 in the paint and 17-11 on second-chance buckets, while Tech held a 19-10 advantage in points off turnovers.