WBU Athletics
Kevin Lewis
GOODWELL, Okla. – Jenna Cooper recorded a rare triple-double as No. 6 Wayland Baptist eased to an 83-40 Sooner Athletic Conference victory over Oklahoma-Panhandle State in Goodwell on Tuesday.
Wayland improved to 11-1 overall and remained perfect in five conference games. OPSU fell to 3-4 on the season and 1-4 in the SAC.
Interestingly, Cooper ended with 11 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists as the junior forward posted the first triple-double for a Flying Queen since 2019 when freshman Cailyn Breckel went for 18 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists in a 113-26 drumming of Bacone.
Besides Cooper, four other Flying Queens posted double-digit points or rebounds, and two of those had double-doubles. Second-year freshman (due to COVID) Kaitlyn Edgemon ended with a team-high 20 points and a dozen rebounds while Fapou Semebene put up 15 points and 12 more boards. Kaylee Edgemon added 12 points and Angel Hayden 11 rebounds.
The Flying Queens were perfect from the free-throw line (10-of-10) while making just 1-of-16 from 3-point range. Overall, WBU was 36-of-81 (44 percent) from the field. OPSU shot 19 percent (5-of-26) from long range.
Wayland scored 22 points in each of the first two quarters to lead 44-18 at halftime. The Queens put up 17 points in the third before another 22-point period in the fourth.
It was the final conference game of the year for the Flying Queens, who head to Florida for their next two games against St. Thomas (Fla.) in Miami Gardens on Dec. 13 and Florida National on Dec. 15. WBU returns to SAC play Jan. 1 at Oklahoma City University.