Vaqueros UTRGV 52, Tarleton 63 | Next Game vs GCU | Mar. 10
Staverne Joseph
52
UTRGV UTRGV 6-13,2-8 WAC
63
Winner Tarleton St. TSU 9-16,4-10 WAC
UTRGV UTRGV
6-13,2-8 WAC
52
Final
63
Tarleton St. TSU
9-16,4-10 WAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
UTRGV UTRGV 9 13 15 15 52
Tarleton St. TSU 15 11 17 20 63

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Amara Graham Surpasses 1,000-Career Points as Women's Basketball Falls at Tarleton

UTRGV Clinches Sixth Seed in WAC Tournament

STEPHENVILLE – Graduate student Amara Graham became the eighth player in program history to surpass 1,000-career points as The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros women's basketball team fell 63-52 to the Tarleton Texans on Saturday at Wisdom Gym.
 
The Vaqueros (6-13, 2-8 WAC) have clinched the sixth seed in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament and will face the No. 3 Grand Canyon on Wednesday, March 10, at 10 p.m. at Orleans Arena. 
 
UTRGV was led by redshirt junior Burcu Soysal and sophomore Sara Bershers, who scored 10 points each. Graham and sophomore Jena' Williams scored nine points each with Graham also grabbing nine rebounds with four assists. 
 
Tarleton (9-16, 4-10 WAC) got a game-high 20 points from Iyana Dorsey while Marissa Escamilla recorded a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds. 
 
UTRGV got out to the 3-0 lead early in the first quarter after a hook shot from Soysal. Tarleton answered with an 8-0 run to take the lead before a three-pointer from sophomore Tiffany McGarity stopped the run to make it 8-6. Later in the quarter Graham converted the three-point play to get the Vaqueros within 12-9 but the Texans took the 15-9 lead to end the quarter.
 
The Vaqueros came out in the second quarter with an 8-0 run of their own, which featured Graham's three-pointer that got her over the 1,000-career point mark, to take the 17-15 lead. The Texans put together another run as they scored seven straight points to regain the 22-17 lead as they took the 26-22 lead into halftime. 
 
After an bucket by the Texans to opening the second half, the Vaqueros went on a 6-0 run that was capped by a Graham layup to tie the game at 28-28. Later in the quarter, Tarleton went on a 6-0 run to get out to the 41-32 lead.
 
Bershers knocked down a three-pointer and Soysal made a layup to get the Vaqueros within 43-42 within the opening minutes of the fourth. The Texans pushed their lead to 49-42 after a layup by Dorsey and then went on a 7-2 run to put game out of reach. 

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