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TWU BASKETBALL
LOSES TO EASTERN NEW MEXICO
Pioneers Return Home For Final Home Games
PORTALES,
N.M. – The Texas Woman’s University
basketball team was down by only five points (23-18) at
the half, but suffered a 51-38 loss on the road at Eastern
New Mexico Saturday afternoon.
Senior Daphne
Lyons (Flower Mound, TX) led the Pioneer offense
with 13 points. Junior Lauri Engleman (Jewett,
TX) added 10, all in the first half, and tied
a career-high with seven rebounds in the game.
The
Zias came out for the second half on a tear with a 20-4 run
over the half’s first 12 minutes. TWU senior Lacey
Pemberton (Hawkins, TX) then scored four quick points
and the Pioneers tallied another six unanswered points over
the next 2:44 of play to cut the deficit to 15 points. TWU
could not get any closer than 13 points when Lyons hit the
game’s final shot with :15 on the clock.
“I’m
pleased because this may have been the best effort we’ve
shown in a long time,” said TWU head coach Devin
Gabbard. “Our execution just fell apart
on two big stretches, at the end of the first half and the
beginning of the second half, but not our effort. Our effort
was good the entire game.”
The
Pioneers (2-20, 1-8 LSC) return home for their final two
regular season home games on February 19 and 21. TWU will
recognize its three seniors, Lyons, Pemberton and Julie
Prescher (Valley View, TX), during the February
21 Senior Night game with Angelo State. Tip-off is 7:30 p.m.
at Kitty Magee Arena.
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