RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros women's basketball team held the lead late in the fourth quarter against the Kansas City Roos but fell 60-56 Thursday at Swinney Center.
 
Junior Trelynn Tyler led the Vaqueros (6-9, 1-1 WAC) with 17 points while graduate student Jordan Agustus recorded her fourth double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Redshirt junior Zhane Templeton added 12 points and five rebounds.
 
Kansas City (9-8, 2-1 WAC) had four players in double-figure scoring with Ericka Mattingly leading the way with 17 points with six assists. Cristina Soriano added a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Awal Ajak chipped in with 13 points and four rebounds while Jonaie Johnson scored 12 points. 
 
Kansas City scored the first six points of the game before the Vaqueros answered with a 15-0 run that was capped by a three-pointer by Tyler that made it 15-6 with 1:31 left in the first quarter. 
 
In the second, Kansas City got within 21-15 after a layup by Johnson but a bucket and a pair of free throws by Tyler and jumpers from Agustus and freshman Sara Bershers pushed UTRGV's lead to 29-15 with 5:19 left in the half. 
 
UTRGV closed out the half with a 7-2 run that was highlighted by a three-pointer by Tyler to close out the half giving UTRGV its biggest lead of the night at 36-22. 
 
The Vaqueros came out in the second half and answered Kanas City's run with a couple of free throws by Agustus and a layup by redshirt junior Amara Graham that made it 40-27. Kansas City put together a 14-4 run that got them within 44-41 after a layup by Ajak.
 
Kansas City kept the pressure on the Vaqueros in the fourth. After a layup by Lopez, Kansas City took the lead with a 6-0 run that was capped by a Mattingly jumper. The Vaqueros and Kansas City went back-and-forth the rest of the way. After a three-point play by Agustus gave UTRGV the 56-54 lead, Kansas City scored the final six points to close out the game. 
 
The Vaqueros will be back in action on Saturday when it faces Chicago State at 12 p.m. at the Jones Convocation Center.  

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