Belhaven opened its 2026-27 women’s basketball season with a 92-53 loss to East Texas Baptist on Friday at Ornelas Gymnasium in Marshall, Texas.
The Tigers scored the first nine points, but Belhaven cut into the deficit with a 7-0 run. Amari Barnes later made a 3-pointer to bring the Blazers within 12-10. ETBU led 26-17 after the first quarter.
Teeale Wells scored Belhaven’s first five points of the second quarter, trimming the margin to four. Dana Barnett made four 3-pointers in the period as ETBU took a 43-33 halftime lead. The Tigers then scored 13 straight points to open the second half. Belhaven answered with consecutive 3-pointers by Stella Havard and Barnes, but ETBU followed with a 10-0 run and led 71-44 entering the fourth.
Wells finished with 18 points and three assists. Barnes and Kamren Edwards scored nine points apiece. Barnett led all scorers with 20 points, and Macey Jones added 18 for ETBU. The Tigers outrebounded Belhaven 65-23 and scored 26 second-chance points to the Blazers’ seven.
Belhaven’s next scheduled game was against Schreiner at 1 p.m. Saturday in Marshall, the second game of the ETBU Tipoff Classic.
