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EDINBURG – In a game that featured 11 lead changes and nine ties in the second half, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) women's basketball team won its program record 10^thconference game by beating Kansas City 67-64 on Saturday at the UTRGV Fieldhouse.
 
UTRGV (16-12, 10-5 WAC) had never previously won more than nine conference games after doing so in 2014-15 and 2015-16 (9-5 each year).
 
UTRGV is now assured of either the No. 2 or No. 3 seed in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament. UTRGV can clinch the No. 2 seed with a win at California Baptist on Thursday at 9 p.m.
 
Playing in her final regular season home game, senior Quynne Huggins scored 18 points on 7-of-14 shooting, including 4-of-8 from behind the arc, with four rebounds. Sophomore Amara Graham scored 11 points with three assists. Graduate student Madison Northcutt posted her 10^thdouble-double of the season with 10 points and a career-high 16 rebounds. Senior Nichele Hyman finished with 10 points.
 
Ericka Mattingly led Kansas City (14-14, 8-7 WAC) with 26 points, nine rebounds, five assists and two steals. Leilah Vigil scored 14 points with 14 rebounds.
 
UTRGV went 7-for-7 from behind the arc, including two threes each by Huggins, Hyman and senior Idil Türk, to build a 23-13 lead at the end of the first quarter.
 
Kansas City opened the second quarter on a 20-6 run to take a 33-29 lead.
 
Kansas City still led by four at 39-35 early in the third quarter, but Northcutt made a layup and two free throws as UTRGV scored six-straight points to take the lead.
 
The game stayed within one possession over the final 17:27.
 
Kansas City took its final lead at 64-63 on a Mattingly three with 48 seconds remaining. Northcutt answered with a layup 28 seconds later and Graham hit two free throws with 12 seconds left to complete the scoring.

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