KINGSVILLE, Texas- The Texas A&M-Kingsville Women's Basketball Team would host the Texas Woman's Pioneers on senior night, honoring
Mia Rivers,
Georgia Ohiaeri,
Jayde Tschritter, and
Janessa Payne where they would play a hard-fought game ultimately coming up short 59-62.
"Anytime you play a really quality team, obviously the best team in the conference at this point in time you have to be on point so to speak." said coach
Michael Madrid. " I thought the third quarter really changed the momentum in a lot of ways. We came out pretty flat going 2 for 11 from the field, gave up a bunch of stuff defensively that we hadn't given up in the first half, and at the end of the day that quarter kind of is the difference in the game. But continue to be proud of our team, proud of our effort, we continue to play hard, we continue to defend but we just have to get more disciplined in the things that we do. Hopefully we can learn from this, move forward and continue to grow".
Sophomore
Shelby Ray led the scoring this time for the Javelinas with 18 Points also grabbing 8 boards, 3 blocks and 2 assists. Right behind her with 11 points, 3 rebounds and 1 steal on the night was
Aina Maynou, and rounding out the double digits was
Georgia Ohiaeri with 10 points a rebound and an assist to her line.
Mia Rivers also had a great day again close to a triple double having 9 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds, 5 steals and 1 block.
The Javelinas led in a couple of categories on the day, such as Steals (8-6) and blocks (5-2) defensively, and 3PT% (26.1% - 9.1%) on the offensive side of things. However fell to the Pioneers in others such as FG% (35.5%-36.4%), and FT% (81.8%-84.0%). Both squads dished the ball out well but the Pioneers just past the Javelinas with 17 assists to the Javelinas 16.
The game would start out slow for both squads as it would take a full 2 minutes and 5 seconds to get any points on the board. The Pioneers would be the first out the gates at the 7:55 point with a free throw followed immediately by the Javelinas first bucket being a
Georgia Ohiaeri layup. The Pioneers would respond with a layup of their own having an early 3-2 lead with 7:30 left in the quarter. A minute and thirty-three seconds would go by as
Mia Rivers would drive in for a layup putting the Javelinas back in front 4-3. The pioneers would go on a 6-0 run taking a minute and fourteen to do so, putting the score at 9-4 TWU with 4:52 left in the first. The Javelinas would then go on a 6-0 run of their own seeing buckets from
Aina Maynou,
Shelby Ray, and
Alyssa O' Malley taking the lead 10-9 with 1:48 left. The pioneers would retake the lead with a jumper before the Javelinas would go back to back with a
Veyda Lake hook shot and a
Mia Rivers buzzer beater layup sending things into the second, Javelinas up 14-11.
The second would see the Pioneers go on a 6-0 run right out the gates taking the lead 17-12 with 8:03 left in the second. The Javelinas would then go on a 9-4 run consisting of nothing but threes.
Ray would drain a deep ball as well as make three from the foul line and
Georgia Ohiaeri would cap of the run with a deep ball of her own putting the Javelinas on top 25-21 with 4:46 on the clock. A minute and eight seconds would pass before the pioneers would make a pair from the free throw line, the Javelinas would respond with a 7-0 run consistent of an
Ohiaeri layup,
Ray layup and
Maynou deep ball, putting the Javelinas on top with 32-23 with 2:12 left in the half.
Janessa Payne would add a jumper to make it an eight point lead heading into the half with the Javelinas up 34-26.
Coming out of the locker room, it would be the Pioneers who scored first as they would go on a 6-1 run lasting 2 minutes and 29 seconds putting the game within 3 Javelinas still on top 35-32 with 7:20 left in the third. A
Ray layup would stop the run putting the Javelina lead at 5, but the Pioneers would respond with a layup on their own cutting the lead to 3. It would be 1 minute and 11 seconds of game time before either squad would score, but it would be
Rivers with a free throw going one for two from the line putting the score 38-34 TAMUK with 5:38 left. The Pioneers would then go on an 11-3 run lasting a full 2 minutes and 50 seconds retaking the lead 45-41 with 2:06 left in the quarter. Both squads would trade free throws sending it to the fourth 47-43 TWU on top.
The fourth would start with the Javelinas scoring first via a
Rivers layup followed by a minute and 25 seconds where the court would go cold as neither team could find a bucket. Both teams would trade free throws before the back-and-forth battle would begin. Both squads would go shot for shot evening the run to 7-7 putting the score at 58-54 TWU with 2:34 left to go in the game. A full 2:26 would pass before
Maynou would hit a three putting the Javelinas within one, 31 seconds left in the game. Lay-ups would be traded making it a one score game still with 7 seconds to go, TWU would be sent to the free throw line to make it a three point lead.
Jayde Tschritter would make one last buzzer beater attempt that would not go allowing the Pioneers to sneak away with it 62-59
The Javelinas will be back out on the road next time out facing off against the Midwestern State Mustangs Thursday February 22
nd, at the D.L. Ligon Coliseum in Wichita Falls, Texas, tip off slated for 5:30 P.M.
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