ARTICLE BY MICHAEL BAUER | ODESSA AMERICAN

The Odessa College women's basketball team responded from its horrendous showing in the first half with a dominant second half display, erasing a 17-point halftime deficit in the Lady Wranglers' 67-63 win against rivals Midland College Thursday at the Chaparral Center in Midland.

Coming off a 63-46 loss to South Plains College last week, the No. 17-ranked Lady Wranglers began the second half of Western Junior College Athletic Conference with their second victory against Midland College this season as Odessa College improved to 15-6 overall, 6-2 in WJCAC.

Midland College fell to 14-9, 3-5.

"It shows that we still need to get better with all of the little things," Odessa College head coach Franqua Bedell said. "I appreciate our players' fight and that they were able to figure it out. A win is a win, no matter how you can get it right now."

After trailing 42-25 at halftime the Lady Wranglers controlled the second half, outscoring the Lady Chaps 25-18 in the third quarter and 17-3 in the fourth quarter.

The Lady Wranglers were led in scoring by Jaedyn Cook's 19 points while Pa'Shawna Wheeler had 15 and Caitlin Staley had 12.