RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros women's basketball team hit a season-high 12 3-pointers to score a season-high 82 points and beat the Abilene Christian University Wildcats 82-62 on Saturday at the UTRGV Fieldhouse.
Graduate student
Taylor Muff led the Vaqueros (9-14, 5-6 WAC) with 20 points, seven rebounds and three assists. Sophomore
Halie Jones scored a season-high 19 points while hitting a season-high five 3-pointers and grabbing six rebounds. Freshman
KaCee Kyle posted her first-career double-double with 13 points and a program record-tying 15 assists. Graduate student
Iva Belosevic scored 13 points with five rebounds, two steals and two blocks.
Jamie Bonnarens led the Wildcats (14-8, 6-5 WAC) with 20 points, four rebounds and two steals.
The Wildcats led 7-3 in the opening minutes. That's when a Jones jumper and 3-pointers by Belosevic and Jones fueled an 11-0 run to give the Vaqueros a 16-7 lead.
The Wildcats responded with an 18-0 run to go up 25-16 early in the second quarter. Over the final eight minutes, though, Jones scored eight points, hitting two of the Vaqueros' four 3-pointers, to power a 22-7 run to give the Vaqueros a 38-32 halftime lead.
The Wildcats pulled to within four in the opening seconds of the third quarter before a 3 by sophomore
Sara Bersherssparked a 12-3 run to put the Vaqueros up 50-37.
The Vaqueros extended their lead to 58-44 late in the quarter on a pair of Kyle free throws.
Then, with the score 60-51 early in the fourth, Jones and Muff hit back-to-back 3-pointers as part of an 8-0 run to push the game out of reach.
UTRGV hosts Seattle U on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the UTRGV Fieldhouse. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at
UTRGVTickets.com. The party starts in the Schlotzsky's Vaquero Village at 6 p.m. Those unable to attend the game in person can watch in the United States on
ESPN+ or internationally on the
WAC Digital Network.
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