The Lady Crusaders lost a well-fought game to the Chapman University Panthers Sunday afternoon in the Maher Center. In a high scoring second half, Dallas scored 41 points on 54% shooting from the field. However, this great effort proved not to be enough and the Crusaders fell to 8-9 on the season.

Junior forward Cara Sczepanski (Highland Village, TX/Marcus H.S.) led Dallas in scoring with 23 points in only 25 minutes. She made 8 of her attempted 12 field goals and hit 7 of her 10 free throw attempts.

Sophomore guard Brielle Money (Dallas, TX/Dallas Christian Academy) scored 18 points while shooting 50% from the field and playing a team-high 36 minutes. Junior forward Joirdan Cole (Plano, TX/Bishop Lynch H.S.) led the team in rebounding pulling in 6 offensive rebounds and 4 defensive rebounds. She scored 11 points giving her a double-double in only 23 minutes while adding a team-leading 2 blocks. Freshman guard Kylie Yoshimura (Temple City, CA/Mark Keppel H.S.) took only 3 shots from the field, but dished out a team leading 9 assists to go along with 4 points and a steal.

After playing two games in three days, the Lady Crusaders now have five days until their next contest. Their next contest is at 1:00 pm on Saturday, January 23rd against East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, TX.