In her senior season, defending champion Texas, under head coach Jody Conradt, had only one loss entering the 1987 tournament, but fell in the Final Four to runner-up Louisiana Tech.

Prior to her junior year at Texas, Lloyd played for the USA team at the 1985 World University Games in Kobe, Japan.

Team USA trailed by 18 points at one time, mounted a comeback attempt but fell short, losing 87–81.

[10][11] Lloyd was named to the USA national team and competed in the 1994 World Championships, held in June 1994 in Sydney, Australia.

She tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee in 2000 on June 30,[13] which effectively ended her playing career.