CANYON, Texas – Cameron women's basketball team fell to West Texas A&M 81-48 Sunday afternoon in Canyon, Texas, inside the First United Bank Center.
The Aggies drop to 6-7 overall, 3-4 in the Lone Star Conference, and 1-2 in the West Division. Cameron will return home to host Eastern New Mexico and Western New Mexico this week. ENMU will visit Lawton on Thursday for a contest starting at 5:30 pm, while WNMU will come to the Aggie Gym on Saturday with the tip set for 1:00 pm.
Katie King recorded a team-high 16 points, Kailyn Lay and Karley Miller scored six, Korie Allensworth added five points, Mikayla Peterson and Alena Wilson chipped in four, LaKya Leslie recorded three, and Alannah Gillespie and Taliyah Johnson scored two points.
Lay led the Black-and-Gold with seven rebounds, Peterson grabbed five, Allensworth, Leslie and Miller hauled in three, King, Lindsey Waits and Wilson snagged two boards, and Gillespie and Johnson added one.
Allensworth dished out two assists, and Gillespie, King, Lay, Peterson, and Wilson recorded one.
King grabbed three steals, and Johnson and Kiara Lovings swiped one.
Cameron saw themselves in a 7-0 hole to open the game before chipping away throughout the quarter to cut the score to three points at 18-15.
Leslie knocked down a three-pointer on the opening possession to knot the score at 18-18. After that basket, the Aggies would only make one more shot from the floor, a three from King at the 3:12 mark. In the quarter, CU shot 2-of-14 from the floor, 2-for-6 from deep, for 14.3 percent. The Lady Buffs would take advantage, building a 15-point lead heading into halftime with the score at 38-23.
In the second half, Cameron would score 25 points combined, while WT recorded that in the third quarter. King would be the Aggies leading scoring for the second quarter of the game with five points.
The Black-and-Gold would score 14 points in the final quarter to the Lady Buffs' 18. West Texas won the battle of the glass pulling down 43 rebounds to 34 for Cameron. The Aggies hit all five free throws, King shot 3-for-3 and Lay was 2-of-2.
