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EDINBURG – The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs women's basketball team beat the New Mexico State University Aggies 66-61 to improve to 10-9 and tie for the best 19-game start in program history on Saturday at the UTPA Fieldhouse.
 
The only other time the Broncs (10-9, 4-2 WAC) were 10-9 was 2008-09, when they went 11-9 before dropping their 21^st game. If the Broncs win their next two games, they will have the best record through 21 games in program history.
 
With the win, the Broncs break a tie with the Aggies (6-13, 3-3 WAC) while remaining tied with Bakersfield (9-8, 4-2 WAC) for third place in the WAC. The Broncs play Bakersfield on Saturday on the back-end of their upcoming two-game road trip.
 
It was also the Broncs' first-ever win against the Aggies, improving to 1-4 all-time.
 
Junior Jasmine Thompson led the Broncs with 14 points, eight rebounds, one block and one steal. Junior Tonisha Walker scored 12 points. Freshman Shawnte' Goff finished with nine points, a career-high 11 rebounds, a career-high seven assists and one block. Junior Brittany Bush scored six points with 10 rebounds (six offensive) and two blocks.
 
Danesia Williamson led the Aggies with 30 points on 10-of-25 shooting, including 6-of-11 from behind the arc, plus 4-of-5 from the line. Sasha Weber scored 17 points. Tyler Ellis grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds.
 
The Broncs led 7-5 in the opening minutes, but Williamson bookended a 16-1 run with three-pointers to put the Aggies up 21-8 with 12:29 remaining. The Aggies led by as many as 14 two minutes later on a Williamson layup.
 
The Broncs responded with a 17-9 run to pull within 30-25 on a pair of T'Ondria Nolen free throws with 3:46 left in the half, but Williamson hit two threes and Elena Holguin hit one in less than a minute to push the Aggies lead back to 14.
 
Junior Cherrell Price responded with a three to kick-off a 15-2 run that was capped by a Walker three early in the second half as the Broncs pulled within 41-40.
 
The Aggies pushed their lead back out to three possessions, and led 69-62 after a pair of Williamson free throws with seven minutes left, but Price hit a three and then sophomore KaeLynn Boyd and Nolen nailed layups to tie the game. After a Williamson jumper put the Aggies back on top, Boyd tied the game with two free throws and Walker gave the Broncs the lead for good with a free throw as the Broncs closed the game on a 14-2 run.
 
The Broncs hit the road for their next two contests, starting Thursday at 8 p.m. at Utah Valley.

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