A little over six years since the first milestone of 100 wins for Southwest Women's Basketball Head Coach Brent Harris, he conquered another Thursday night, picking up win No. 200 following a 69-44 victory over Delgado, the same team who his Lady Bears defeated back on November 5, 2018 to help him reach the century mark.
 
"I'm happy and it is a nice milestone. Former coaches, current coach, former players, current players and administrators, they have a lot more to do with it," said a humble Harris. "There are a lot of hands that go into this and I am proud."
 
In addition to getting his 200^th win against the same school, Harris added that earlier in the evening, he noticed another similarity.
 
"Somebody gave me a plaque or a picture (after the 100^th win) and I am wearing the same suit!" he said jokingly. "That may say something about me and I need to upgrade my wardrobe! I only looked at it right before I left my office!"
 
In the first quarter, the Lady Bears (10-0) got off to a strong start, jumping out to a 10-0 advantage as Bethany Graves and Moosie Walls baskets were bookends to 3-pointers from Kara Beth Addison and Mookie Lampley. Southwest led 14-7 at the end of the first quarter.
 
Even though Southwest continued to find success on the offensive end towards the early stages of the second quarter, so did Delgado as the Dolphins kept pace. In the final minute of the quarter, Addison and Lampley flashed their long-range shooting skills once again as each nailed a 3-pointer helping the Lady Bears finish the quarter strong and take a 33-19 lead into the locker room at the half.
 
The first half of the third quarter saw both teams struggle to find their offensive games. Kalea Williams broke the scoreless streak for Southwest at the 5:26 mark with a 3-pointer before Shanell Celestine took the reigns scoring the next six Lady Bears points.
 
"I feel like we definitely dominated in the post," she said. "I felt like we took advantage of their post defense."
 
In the closing stages of the third quarter, Ja'Kya Brown kept the Lady Bear offense pointing in the right direction, nailing a 3-pointer giving Southwest a 45-28 lead heading into the fourth quarter. 
 
Addison splashed-in two baskets to open the fourth quarter scoring for Southwest as the Lady Bears continued to create distance between themselves and Delgado.
 
A little more than halfway through the fourth quarter, a 9-0 run gave Southwest a 65-41 advantage and built even more momentum that the hosts used to close out the contest.
 
After the win, Coach Harris was presented a special basketball from Assistant Coach Alissa Adams and Southwest Athletics Director Ken Jackson, commemorating his 200^th win.
 
Addison led the Lady Bears with 16 points while Graves posted 14 and Celestine 10.
 
The Lady Bears close out the 2024 calendar year with a 2:00 p.m. contest Tuesday at home against No. 2 Northwest Florida.