DENTON, Texas- The Texas A&M-Kingsville Women's Basketball Team faced off Thursday in Denton, Texas where they fell to the Texas Woman's Pioneers 54-64.
"I'm proud of how we played tonight." said coach
Michael Madrid. "TWU is an extremely well coached team with talented players and we didn't defend Ingram like we hoped. 27 fouls led to them shooting 33 free throws and we committed 26 turnovers. Hard to beat anyone when you spend a majority of your time beating yourself. We will learn from this and be ready for our next opportunity".
Sophomore
Aina Maynou was the bright spot for the Javelinas with 11 points 1 rebounds and 1 Assist on the Evening.
TAMUK outshot their opponent in multiple categories on the afternoon as they ended the game with a FG% of 42.9% as opposed to the Pioneers 36.0%. The Javelinas also outshot their opponent from three 30.0% to 14.3%, the difference came in the free throw percentage where TAMUK shot a 75.0% to TWU's 78.8%
The Javelinas would have a slow start as the Pioneers would come out and rattle off a 6-0 run putting the score at 0-6 with 7:43 left to go in the quarter.
Shelby Ray would put a stop to the run with a three pointer to cut the lead in half with 6:24 left in the quarter. The Pioneers however would battle back and put up four of their own via a layup and two free throws increasing the lead making it 3-10 with 5:04 left in the first. Both squads would go bucket for bucket until the 1:21 marker where
Georgia Ohiaeri would shrink the lead to five 9-14 with 1:21 left to go. Nothing would fall for either squad as the score would remain 3-10 going into the second.
The second saw a continuation of the first as the Pioneers started out the gates with a 6-3 run putting the score at 12-20 Texas Woman's up with 7:24 left in the quarter. A pair of
Shelby Ray free throws and a
Aina Maynou three would bring the Javelinas closer making it 18-23 with 5:01 left before half. At the 4:45 marker TWU sank a free throw then for the next two minutes and 57 seconds not a single shot would fall for either squad. Both Teams would trade layups before the Javelinas gained a bit of momentum heading into the locker room on a 4-0 run putting the score at 24-26 heading into halftime.
Coming out of the locker room it would be
Veyda Lake getting the scoring going for the Javelinas after a Pioneer layup and free throw cutting the lead down to three 26-29 with 8:21 left in the third.
Mia Rivers would make a layup to put the Javelinas within one before the Pioneers would go on a 3-0 run all supplied by free throws.
Aina Maynou would cut it back to one however draining a three with 4:11 to go making it 31-32.
Georgia Ohiaeri would put up a layup to take the lead for the Javelinas with 3:07 left in the quarter. TWU however would end the quarter on a 9-0 run supplied by four free throws, a three, and a layup sending things to the final quarter 33-41.
The fourth would start off trading points as the Pioneers were able to put up three with a free throw and a layup, but
Alyssa O' Malley would immediately get it back as she drained one from deep putting things at 36-44 with 9:02 left in the quarter. More back and forth by both squads until
Maynou would sink a three cutting the lead from 10 to seven 43-50 with 6:05 left in the gane. The Pioneers would go on a 5-2 run before the Javelinas were able to put a couple of baskets together going on a 4-0 run of their own putting the score at 49-55 with 3:42 left. The Pioneers would respond however going on a 6-2 run putting things at 51-61 with 1:07 left in the game. The Javelinas would go down fighting as they would sink three last free throws before ultimately dropping the game to the Pioneers 54-64.
The Javelinas are back out on the road next time out Saturday January 20
th, in Tyler, Texas where they will matchup against the UT-Tyler Patriots in the Louise Herrington Patriot Center tip off slated for 1:00 P.M.
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