LUBBOCK, Texas – A season that surpassed expectations came to an end for the Angelo State women's basketball team in the NCAA Division II South Central Regional semifinals with a 101-72 loss to Lubbock Christian at the Rip Griffin Center on Friday night.

The Belles conclude their season at 23-8. The 23 wins are the most since 2007-08 season and it is just the third time in program history that ASU has won a NCAA Tournament game. Along the way, ASU won the school's fifth LSC Tournament Championship, defeated LSC rival West Texas A&M three times and scored the most points in a single season with 2,424 points. The Lady Chaps improve to 30-0 and advance to face West Texas A&M in the NCAA Division II South Central Regional final on Sunday.

"Lubbock Christian played a phenomenal basketball game tonight and we hoped to match that a little bit," Angelo State head women's basketball coach Kevin Baker said. "Someone is going to have to play really well to beat them. We felt it was an honor to play here today and to be here today. We felt that we belonged here and we proved that by winning our first round game. At the same time we wanted to make sure that people knew that Angelo State was back on the map. We were very impressed with how LCU player today and we wish them the best of luck."

Jasmine Prophet led all scorers with 23 points and nine rebounds. Taylor Dorsey added 17 points and KeAnna Kelly chipped in 15. Brea Mitchell and Diamalises Rivera played in the final game of their ASU careers. Mitchell scored five points and grabbed six rebounds while Rivera tallied four points and a rebound. ASU hit 25-for 29 (86.2-percent) from the charity stripe

LCU jumped out early while Angelo State struggled to hit shots in the first half. The Lady Chaps hit 57.1-percent from the field in the first quarter alone and the Belles only made 12.5-percent. Down 7-1, Jasmine Prophet was able to score a layup to make it 7-3. Christina Robinson cut the lead to two with a jumper in the short corner with 6:59 to go. LCU would score 15 straight points to build a 22-5 lead before a pair of Prophets free throw made it 22-7. The Lady Chaps scored the final seven points of the first quarter to go up 30-7.

The Belles continued fighting in the second quarter but LCU continued its hot shooting. Lubbock Christian built 31 points lead on 52.9-percent shooting in the second quarter. Prophet scored 14 of ASU's 20 points in the second quarter on 5-for-7 shooting.

ASU came out of halftime and battled outscoring LCU 22-20 in the third quarter. Lexi Murphy and Taylor Dorsey scored six points each in the quarter. Murphy drained two 3-pointers while Dorsey, Kelly and Mitchell each had one. The Belles continued until the very end as Dorsey scored nine of her 17 points in the fourth. Kelly added eight of her 15 in the fourth as well.

"The only thing we talked about at halftime was that we wanted to win the third quarter," Baker said. "We felt our team was resilient and tough and we won the third quarter. To most that wouldn't be such a big deal because you were down by 30, but why play college athletics if you're not talking about integrity and character.  I feel like our team has that and displayed it in the third and then we tied the fourth. I couldn't be more proud of how they handled themselves in such an adverse situation. We haven't been down like that all year so I wasn't really sure how they would handle it. They handled it like the champions that they all are and I was very impressed with that."

Six different LCU players scored in double figures led by Kelsey Hoppel's 17 points. LCU scored 40 points in the pain compared to just 20 for ASU and received 42 points from the bench.

ASU finished the year scoring 78.2 points per game, the third best average in a single season. The Belles took (595) and made (199) the most 3-pointers in school history and scored over 100 points twice this season. The 517 points scored by Dorsey is the seventh most in a single season while Murphy's 86.2-percent shooting from the foul line in the third best in a single season. Dorsey is also top 10 in assists (No. 8) with 120 and in scoring average (No. 10) at 16.9 per game. Prophet's 51 blocks are the fifth most in a single season.