NACOGDOCHES, Texas (Interstat) — Stephen F. Austin opened with a blistering first quarter and never let Dallas into the game, rolling to a 136-41 women’s NCAA Division I victory on Wednesday at William R. Johnson Coliseum. The Ladyjacks improved to 1-0 in front of an announced attendance of 2,502. Dallas, a non-divisional opponent, fell behind early and could not recover against Stephen F. Austin’s pressure and depth.

The decisive stretch came at the start, when Cha Gardner’s layup 16 seconds into the game ignited an 11-0 Stephen F. Austin run. Myka Perry had two driving layups during that burst, Alexandra Crouse hit a 3-point jump shot, and Faith Acker added a jumper before Dallas scored on Evangeline Treece’s jumper with 5:01 left in the first quarter. Lydia Cajuste then made three straight layups, and Dallas answered with a 3-pointer from Adriana Medina and another from Charlee Mack. Stephen F. Austin closed the quarter with Acker’s tip-in layup, Kierrah Pinchon’s free throws and 3-pointer, Katie Fox’s layup and jumper, Taja Bennett’s free throw and 3-pointer, and Anika Hyland’s layup. The Ladyjacks scored 37 points in the first quarter while Dallas scored 10 and led 37-10 after one quarter.

Stephen F. Austin kept rolling in the second quarter. Gardner made a layup and a tip-in, Perry added a layup and free throw, and Fox made two jump shots and a layup. La’Aria Miller provided Dallas with a jumper and a tip-in, but the Ladyjacks answered through Acker’s layup, Cajuste’s layups and free throws, Braylee Winfrey’s layup and free throw, Pinchon’s 3-pointer, Crouse’s layup and Perry’s free throws. Dallas got late baskets from Kate Newsome, Kyndal Underwood, Kaliyah Arps and Miller, but Stephen F. Austin scored 32 points in the second quarter and led comfortably at halftime. Dallas scored 13 in the second.

The third quarter followed the same pattern. Winfrey opened with a layup, Crouse made two layups, and Gardner added a free throw. Isabelle Chevalier scored for Dallas, but Hyland hit two 3-pointers, Winfrey made two layups, Acker made three layups and Fox made two free throws. Dallas received a layup from Chevalier, a layup from Sarah Mirza, a jumper from Mack and a late jumper from Mack after a turnover. Stephen F. Austin closed the quarter with Winfrey’s tip-in and free throw, Cajuste’s two free throws, Crouse’s layup and Pinchon’s layup. The Ladyjacks scored 31 points in the third, and Dallas scored 10.

Stephen F. Austin pulled away for good in the fourth. Acker made a layup, Winfrey hit a 3-pointer and added a layup and two free throws, and Hyland made two layups. Dallas got a jumper from Natalie Leslie and a layup from Underwood, but Gardner made a layup and Perry made a layup, a 3-pointer, a tip-in layup and a driving layup. Chevalier and Underwood scored for Dallas, and Fox hit a 3-pointer. Newsome made a late free throw, and Crouse closed the scoring with a layup. Stephen F. Austin scored 36 points in the fourth, while Dallas scored eight.

Dallas received early scoring from Treece, Medina and Mack, and later got baskets from Miller, Newsome, Underwood, Arps, Chevalier, Mirza and Leslie. The visiting team had some success attacking the basket in the second and third quarters, but Stephen F. Austin answered each mini-run with layups or free throws. Dallas never led and could not cut into the lead after the opening minutes.

Myka Perry, a 6-foot-1 guard from Norman, Okla., who previously played at Norman High School, paced Stephen F. Austin with 22 points, seven rebounds and three assists in 24 minutes. Braylee Winfrey, a 5-foot-8 guard who previously played at Auburn High School, followed with 19 points, nine rebounds and two assists in 23 minutes. Faith Acker, a 6-foot-2 center who previously played at Winnsboro High School, added 16 points, six rebounds, one assist and one block in 14 minutes. Lydia Cajuste, a 5-foot-6 guard who previously played at John Paul II High School, scored 14 points with four assists, one rebound and one block in 20 minutes. Alexandra Crouse, a 5-foot-8 guard who previously played at Saint Thomas Aquinas High School, had 13 points, five assists and two rebounds in 26 minutes. Katie Fox, a 5-foot-10 guard who previously played at Lakota West High School, also scored 13 points, adding four assists and three rebounds in 19 minutes. Cha Gardner, a 6-foot-3 forward who previously played at Newark Valley High School, contributed nine points, eight assists, five rebounds and two blocks in 16 minutes. Anika Hyland, a 5-foot-6 guard who previously played at Tauranga Girls College, scored 14 points with four assists and two rebounds in 21 minutes. Taja Bennett, a 5-foot-10 guard who previously played at Oak Cliff Faith Family Academy, had six points, eight rebounds and three assists in 12 minutes. Kierrah Pinchon, a 5-foot-11 forward who previously played at Garden City High School, added 10 points, four rebounds and one assist in 20 minutes.

Stephen F. Austin’s balance showed in the final numbers, with eight players finishing in double figures. The Ladyjacks scored in transition, converted second-chance opportunities and controlled the paint. Dallas had no answer for Perry’s drives or Winfrey’s work on the glass. The outcome was decided long before the final minutes, when both teams traded baskets in a fourth quarter that Stephen F. Austin won by a wide margin.

Stephen F. Austin next plays at Houston on Nov. 10 before hosting TAMU-Texarkana on Nov. 17. The Ladyjacks then face Tulsa on Nov. 22 in Frisco, Texas, and Arkansas State on Nov. 24 in Frisco. Northwestern State visits on Dec. 2, and Stephen F. Austin travels to Omaha on Dec. 4 and Kansas State on Dec. 6. Louisiana Tech visits on Dec. 10, and the Ladyjacks close the listed stretch at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Dec. 17 and at Texas-Rio Grande Valley on Dec. 19.