Aiyana Johnson Records Double-Double Saturday Against UTRGV

Saturday, March 5

Nacogdoches, Texas

2:00 PM

Stephen F. Austin

26-4,17-1WAC

UTRGV

12-18,8-10WAC

UTRGV

SFA

Aiyana Johnson Records Double-Double Saturday Against UTRGV

3/5/2022 8:58:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Nacogdoches, TX - Seniors Aiyana Johnson scored 20 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for a double-double in a 76-74 loss for the SFA women's basketball team Saturday afternoon on Senior Day in the William R. Johnson Coliseum.

Johnson picked up her ninth double-double of the season in front of the Senior Day crowd. Fellow Senior Stephanie Visscher followed with 17 points and eight rebounds, while Zya Nugent added 17 points. Tasharian Robinson added 10 points.

The loss, SFA's first conference loss of the season, snapped the Ladyjacks 38-game home winning streak, the longest in the NCAA. The 'Jacks will enter next week's WAC tournament as the No. 1 seed after winning their second straight conference regular-season championship - but first in the WAC.

With the game knotted at nine with 2:32 left to play in the first quarter, the 'Jacks closed the frame with a 9-3 run to take an 18-12 lead.

UTRGV fought back and took a 32-23 lead with 4:39 left to play in the second quarter. The 'Jacks responded by cutting the lead down to two points, 33-31, with 1:18 left in the half on a Nugent jumper, but UTRGV extended the lead out to seven, 38-31, at the break.

SFA came out and tied the game at 38 on a Johnson layup with 6:46 on the clock in the third. Two minutes later, the 'Jacks held a five-point margin, 49-44, following a Visscher jumper. The two teams traded buckets until the final two minutes when UTRGV scored four of the last six points. With the game tied at 72 following a Johnson lay-in, UTRGV scored the next four points setting up the dramatic finish.

Nugent converted a layup with 14 seconds to play, and the 'Jacks defense forced a turnover giving SFA one more shot to win or force the tie. The win eluded the 'Jacks snapping the home winning streak.

The Ladyjacks will receive the triple bye in the WAC Championship and await their opponent for their semifinal matchup on Friday, March 11 at 2 p.m. central time in Las Vegas.