SILVER CITY, N.M. (Women's Basketball) – Coming off a gruesome eye injury, senior Meesha Wade posted 17 points and seven rebounds and Kaylee Kana added 13 points, nine rebounds and three assists in Texas A&M University-Kingsville's (12-13, 7-12 LSC) 75-67 loss to Western New Mexico University (5-21, 1-18 LSC) Thursday evening in Drag's Court.
 
A dominating second period (21-11) put the Javelinas in front 40-30 but the Mustangs, despite being outscored 17-0 by the TAMUK second unit, scored 27 points in the third period and Jordan Gutierrez provided much of the offense, concluding her evening with 36 points and 10 rebounds. All in all, WNMU featured three players in double figures.
 
Kaylin Roher tied for fifth place on the school's all-time three-pointers made list after hitting a triple and finishing with nine points, eight rebounds, four assists and two steals. Angelica Wilson pulled down 10 rebounds off the bench.
 
NEXT UP
A&M-Kingsville ends the regular season with a showdown with Eastern New Mexico University. The Greyhounds fell to Angelo State University Thursday.
 
THE GAME

• Saturday, Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. CT: Texas A&M-Kingsville (12-13, 7-12 LSC) at #RV/18 Eastern New Mexico (20-6, 16-3 LSC)
• Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=150886
• Audio: http://mixlr.com/kelvin-queliz/events/wbb-at-eastern-new-mexico/

 

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ABOUT THE GREYHOUNDS
Receiving votes in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Division II poll and ranked No. 18 in the Division II Media Poll sponsored by Sports Information Directors of America (D2SIDA), Eastern was riding a four-game win streak prior to Thursday. Already clinching a share of the regular season title, the Greyhounds are 10-2 in Portales, N.M. Kassandra Harris leads the club with 11.9 points per game and Mikaehla Connor adds 11.5 per contest. Daeshi McCants (9.5), Brandi Gomez (8.2) and Johna McClelland (7.8) surpass the 7.0 points per game mark. McCants is pulling down a team-high 6.2 rebounds and Harris adds 6.0. Connor is dishing out 3.3 assists per game to lead ENMU.
 
SOCIAL MEDIA
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