RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros women's basketball team fell to the defending Western Athletic Conference Champion California Baptist University Lancers 94-78 on Saturday at the UTRGV Fieldhouse.
Graduate student
Taylor Muff led the Vaqueros (10-15, 6-7 WAC) with 22 points while going 4-for-5 from behind the arc with eight rebounds, three assists and two steals. Freshman
KaCee Kyle scored a career-high 18 points while hitting a trio of 3-pointers with five assists. Sophomore
Halie Jones scored nine points with six rebounds. Sophomore
Sara Bershers finished with seven points.
Ane Olaeta led the Lancers (18-5, 9-3 WAC) with 15 points and eight assists.
Sydney Palma scored 14 points with nine assists.
Caitlyn Harper scored 14 points with two steals.
Britney Thomas scored 13 points with eight rebounds and four assists.
Trinity San Antonio scored 12 points.
Georgia Dale and
Nicole Avila-Ambrosi each finished with 10 points.
Muff scored the Vaqueros' first 13 points, making a layup to tie the game at 2, a 3 to give the Vaqueros a 5-4 lead, a 3 to bring the Vaqueros within 11-8, and a 3 and a jumper to bring the Vaqueros within 14-13.
Muff finished with 16 points on 4-of-4 shooting from behind the arc in the first quarter, with her final basket shrinking the deficit to 24-22.
Kyle took over the role of unstoppable scorer in the second quarter, scoring 14 points while hitting a trio of 3-pointers.
Kyle's first 3 brought the Vaqueros within 28-25. Her second 3 made the score 34-32. Then, after a 9-0 run by the Lancers, Kyle converted a 3-point play to help the Vaqueros climb to within 43-35.
In the closing minutes of the quarter, Kyle made a jumper to make the score 45-39 and then she knocked down a 3-pointer to make the score 49-42.
After getting held scoreless in the first half, Bershers scored seven points in the third quarter, opening up the period with a 3-point play to bring the Vaqueros within 51-45.
The Vaqueros got as close as four four times, including 63-59 on a Muff jumper at the 4:26 mark. The Lancers, however, closed the quarter by scoring 12 of the final 14 points as part of a 24-6 run to take an 87-65 lead and push the game out of reach.
UTRGV visits Seattle U on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Fans can watch in the United States on
ESPN+ or internationally on the
WAC Digital Network.
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