RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros women's basketball team fell to the Utah Valley University Wolverines 62-54 on Friday at the UTRGV Fieldhouse.
Graduate student
Amara Graham led the Vaqueros (5-11, 1-6 WAC) with 24 points on 8-of-11 shooting, including a career-high tying 4-of-5 from behind the arc. Sophomore
Sara Bershers scored nine points with eight rebounds, four assists and one block.
Josie Williams led the Wolverines (9-5, 7-4 WAC) with 15 points and five rebounds.
Shay Fano scored 14 points with 11 rebounds and three steals.
Maria Carvalho finished with 10 points, seven rebounds and three steals.
Junior
Burcu Soysal and Graham hit jumpers to give the Vaqueros a 4-2 lead. The Vaqueros still led at 9-8 on a Soysal three before the Wolverines scored five-straight points to take a 13-9 lead early in the second.
That's when Graham took over, hitting two jumpers, a layup, two free throws and a three to power a 16-6 run that put the Vaqueros up 25-19.
The Wolverines scored the final three points of the half, starting a 25-10 run that put the Wolverines up 44-35.
The Wolverines extended their lead to 10 at 50-40 at the end of the quarter and 54-43 early in the fourth.
The Vaqueros pulled to within 57-50 with 4:09 remaining on a layup by senior
Iva Belosevic, but that's as close as they got.
UTRGV and Utah Valley complete the series on Saturday at 3 p.m. at the UTRGV Fieldhouse. This will be UTRGV's final home game. Graham, a graduating senior, will be honored in a special ceremony before tip-off.
UTRGV Athletics is capping capacity at the UTRGV Fieldhouse at 255 fans made up of current UTRGV students, season ticket holders, corporate partners, and families of student-athletes and coaches. Doors open at 2 p.m.
For more information about game day, visit
GoUTRGV.com/game-day.
Fans can also watch for free online at
WACDigitalNetwork.com.
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