ALAMOSA, Colorado- The Texas A&M-Kingsville women's basketball team took to the court in the state of Colorado once again, this time inside the Plachy Hall Gym, where they defeated the Adams State Grizzlies 69-66.
"Incredible effort by our team tonight on the road against an extremely talented and well coached Adams State team." said coach
Michael Madrid. "There were so many times we could have folded but stayed true to who we are and finally settled in and made some plays down the stretch. We tested our group this week being on the road and they responded well. Looking forward to our next opportunity".
Junior
Jayde Tschritter the leading scorer of the day for the Javelinas with 19 points going 5-9 from the field and 4-7 from three. Sophomore
Shelby Ray and Junior
Mia Rivers also doing their part with Ray having 13 points and 8 rebounds, while Rivers had 12 points and 9 boards.
TAMUK outshot their opponent for the third straight game in a row going 44.0.% from the field compared to the Grizzlies 41.9%. Adams State however would outshoot the Javelinas from beyond the arc going 38.5 compared to TAMUK's 31.8%. The Javelinas also outrebounded their opponent grabbing 38 boards to the Grizzzlies 30.
The game would start off with the Javelinas trading two buckets apiece from each squad before two Tschritter free throws would put the Javelinas on top 7-6 with 7:02 left in the quarter. The Grizzlies and Javelinas would trade buckets once again before an Adams State three ball flipped the lead to the home squad and with 5:31 left in the quarter the Javelinas would trail 9-11. 1:26 game time would pass before
Veyda Lake would tie things up for the Javelinas at 11 apiece with 4:06 left to go in the first.
Aina Maynou going 1-2 from the line and
Abby Bala sinking a three would widen the Javelina lead to four with 2:31 left to go in the first. The Grizzlies would respond with 5 points of their own before the Javelinas would end the quarter on a 4-0 run putting the game at 19-16 going into the second.
The Grizzlies would begin the second on a 5-0 run retaking the lead 21-19 with 8:51 left to go in the second before TAMUK would put up five of their own restoring the lead 24-21 with 7:13 to go. An Adams State jumper and a
Shelby Ray layup would be the only scoring for a full two minutes and nine seconds of gameplay as both squads had trouble getting shots to fall. That would change however when
Alyssa O' Malley drains both from the charity stripe putting the Javelinas up 28-23 with 3:44 left in the half. The Grizzlies would respond however going on a 13-4 run to end the quarter sending the teams to the locker room with Adams State up 36-32.
The Grizzlies would come out of halftime and continue their run until two shots from Rivers were good from the line putting the game at 34-40 with 7:22 left to go in the quarter. Free throws the only things falling for the Javelinas until Tschritter drains two from the Rockies tying the game at 44 with 3:36 left to go in the third. Adams State would respond with a three of their own however going an a 13-4 run to end the quarter and send the game to the fourth 57-49.
The Grizzlies would add one more bucket to begin the fourth increasing the lead to 10 and going on a 7-4 run starting at the 9:21 mark and ending with the Grizzlies up 66-53 with 4:35 left to go in the game. The margin seemed to be too wide to overcome, but the Javelinas turned it on and combined for two deep balls, four free throws, and three more buckets capping off a 16-0 run that sent the Javelinas back to Texas with a win and 2-0 in Colorado on the season.
The Javelinas are back on the road in the Lone Star State next time out heading to San Antonio, Texas. The site of the St. Mary's Thanksgiving Classic where they will match up against the Oklahoma Baptist Bison November 24
th at 4:00 PM CST.
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