The women’s basketball team stretched its unbeaten run to four after thrashing Oklahoma Panhandle State University 78-59 on Nov. 25.

Despite the positive result and record, head women’s basketball coach Noel Johnson said she believes the team could have displayed a better performance.

“I feel like we went in with a great mentality and executed well but we should have scored better,” she said.

Kirsti Degelia continued her fine form as she put in 17 points, five assists and four defensive rebounds.

“Kirsti played a very good game and scored a lot of points,” Johnson said. “She’s starting to take a leadership role.”

While playing for 18 minutes, Andrea Carter was able to make 11 points, four steals and seven rebounds. Carter also maintained a 100 percent free-throw record against the Aggies thus Johnson’s admiration of the forward was no surprise.

“Andrea played a good game for the amount of time I put her in,” Johnson said. “She is a consistent player.”

Lisa Hampton got 12 points on the scoreboard. Skyler Warrick had seven points and seven rebounds.

Dianna Jones had seven points coupled with six rebounds, Shatoia Gober made seven points as well as three rebounds, Taylor Dowd put in six points and made three rebounds and Marqui Hodges settled for five points and three rebounds.

Whitley Coca was able to get by the Lady Mustangs’ defense as she scored the game-high 23 points. Johnson said her team needs to work on its defense.

“We need to sharpen our defense,” she said. “We plan on working on our defense this week before we meet our next opponents.”

Incarnate Word will host MSU this Thursday. The Cardinals eliminated MSU from the Lone Star Conference tournament last season.

“We intend to speed this game up,” Johnson said. “They knocked us out of the tournament last season and they play well at home.”