KINGSVILLE, Texas- The Texas A&M-Kingsville women's basketball team faced off against the UT Permian Basin Falcons Saturday at the Steinke Physical Education Center where they fell short 60-77.
"I just think we ran into a team that played with a lot of confidence." said coach
Michael Madrid. "A ton of credit to UTPB and their coaching staff I thought they came in ready, prepared and energetic. They shot the ball extremely well; they got 19 offensive rebounds and we've got to do a better job. I thought collectively we weren't really in good shape we missed a lot of shots and we didn't really play our brand of basketball. Hopefully moving forward we can watch film and learn from this, we've got a lot of upperclassmen and we'll bounce back".
Sophomore
Shelby Ray was once again the scoring leader with 11 points on the day going 4-6 also having 2 rebounds and 4 assists.
Mia Rivers also had a huge impact on the day having 7 rebounds and 8 Assists with 9 points going 4-7 from the field.
TAMUK once again outshot their opponent for the seventh straight game in a row from the field going 46.9% from the field compared to the Falcons 39.1%. UTPB did however shoot 40.9% from beyond the arc as opposed to the Javelinas uncharacteristic 22.7%. The Falcons also out rebounded the Javelinas with 38, while TAMUK had 29.
The Javelinas would start the game out quick only taking eight seconds from the tip to grab their first two points of the day on a
Shelby Ray layup. They would continue to stay hot going on a 6-3 run to make it 8-3 with 6:26 left in the quarter. The Falcons however went on a 10-0 run taking the lead and putting the game at 13-8 with 4:24 left in the first.
Veyda Lake would end the run at the 3:36 point with a hook shot bringing the Javelinas within three 10-13. From that point on both squads would fight basket for basket before taking it to the second 16-20.
The second would start with the Falcons rattling off an 11-3 run that took 4 minutes and 5 seconds of game time putting the score at 31-19 with 5:39 left to go in the quarter. Two back-to-back
Janessa Payne deep balls would close the gap for the Javelinas putting the score at 25-31 with 3:31 left to go. The Javelinas would turn it on late as they would go on a 7-2 run to close out the Quarter sending it to half time 36-32
The third would all Javelinas as they came out of the locker room hitting two straight buckets accompanied by a
Rivers free throw to put TAMUK back on top 37-36 with 7:35 left to go in the third. The Falcons would go on a 17-2 run however at the 5:16 point in the third sending it to the fourth UTPB on top 43-60.
The fourth would start with the Falcons continuing the scoring until another
Payne three would start a 9-3 run for the Javelinas closing the gap to 14 with 6:58 left in the game. The Falcons would add a 6-0 run to the mix making it 72-52 with 5:00 left in the fourth. The Javelinas would finish strong putting up an 8-4 run with 4:45 left in the game but would run out of time falling to the Falcons 60-77.
The Javelinas are on the road next time out heading to Canyon, Texas to face the West Texas Lady Buffs. The game will take place at the First United Bank Center, tip off slated for 2 P.M. CST.
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