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WBB 1-26
Jimm Sosa
64
West Tex. A&M WTAMU 15-6,8-5 Lone Star
68
Winner Cameron Camer 10-10,7-7 Lone Star
West Tex. A&M WTAMU
15-6,8-5 Lone Star
64
Final
68
Cameron Camer
10-10,7-7 Lone Star
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
West Tex. A&M WTAMU 13 14 11 26 64
Cameron Camer 13 18 18 19 68

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | Chris Maple

Aggies Upset West Texas A&M

LAWTON, Okla. – Cameron used a well-balanced scoring offense to take down the Lady Buffs from West Texas A&M on Thursday evening inside the Aggie Gym.

The Aggies move to 10-10 overall, 7-7 in the Lone Star Conference, and 4-4 in the West Division.


Katie King led the Black-and-Gold with 14 points, Korie Allensworth scored 11, and Karley Miller and Alena Wilson chipped in 10 points. Kailyn Lay and Kiara Lovings scored nine, Kloe Heidebrecht added three, and LaKya Leslie had two points.


Leslie grabbed seven rebounds, Wilson pulled down six, Allensworth snagged five, Miller collected four boards, Lovings had three rebounds, King and Lay grabbed two, and Heidebrecht had one.


King had a team-high six assists, Allensworth and Miller dished out three, Lay added two, and Lovings and Wilson had one assist.


Miller grabbed four steals, King swiped three steals, Lay added two, and Allensworth and Heidebrecht had a steal.


Miller swatted a shot.

WT opened with two early baskets before Miller hit a jumper to get Cameron on the scoreboard. The Aggies would ramble off a 7-2 run to take a 9-6 lead with just over four minutes left in the opening quarter. Down the stretch, The Lady Buffs would outscore CU 7-4 to knot the score at 13-13 at the end of the first quarter.


The Black-and-Gold opened the second on a 9-3 run over the first three minutes to build a 22-16 lead. Cameron would be held scoreless over the next two minutes and 30 seconds, but WT could only make one basket during that time. During the final five minutes of the first half, both teams would score nine points, with the Aggies going into halftime leading by four points, at 31-27.

Cameron held the Lady Buffs without a basket for the first four minutes of the third quarter, extending their lead to 35-27. West Texas mounted a comeback to bring the game within a score, at 38-36, as Azia Himeur hit two free throws with 4:29 to play. CU would answer with an 11-0 run to build a double-digit lead at 49-36. WT hit a jumper in the closing seconds of the frame to cut the score to 11 points as the Black-and-Gold headed to the fourth quarter leading 49-38.

The Lady Buff started the fourth on a 7-1 run to make it a two-possession game at 50-45 with eight minutes left. The Aggies answered with their own 7-1 rally to regain an 11-point lead with just over four minutes remaining. After a 9-2 run by WT, Cameron held a 59-55 lead with 2:45 to play. West Texas would keep the pressure on the Aggies after Himeur hit a three-pointer with less than 90 seconds to play, making it a three-point game. CU closed the game by making 5-of-7 shots at the charity stripe to finish the upset bid of West Texas.

The Aggies finish their four-game homestand with Lubbock Christian on Saturday, Jan. 28, at 1:00 pm. 

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