LAWTON, Okla. – The Cameron women's basketball would snap the three-game losing streak with a 54-43 win over Western New Mexico on Saturday inside the Aggie gym.
The win moves the Aggies to 7-8 overall, 4-5 in the Lone Star Conference, and 2-3 in the West Division.
Korie Allensworth scored a game-high 21 points to lead Cameron over the Mustangs. Kiara Lovings scored 13, Kailyn Lay recorded seven points, Katie King and LaKya Leslie added four, Lindsey Waits added three points, and Mikayla Peterson had two.
Allensworth grabbed eight rebounds, Lay and Leslie pulled in seven, King snagged five, Peterson added three, Lovings and Waits grabbed two, and Kloe Heidebrecht had one.
King dished out five assists, Lay collected three, and Allensworth, Taliyah Johnson, and Leslie added one.
King swiped five steals, Allensworth snagged four, Lay grabbed three, and Lovings and Peterson added one.
Lay had a block.
Cameron would find themselves in a 4-0 lead without either team making a shot three minutes into the game. Peterson knocked down a jumper at the six-minute mark to get the Aggies on the board. Waits hit a three off a Lay assist with just over five minutes to play in the opening quarter to give CU a 5-4 lead. WNMU was held to four shot attempts in the first quarter and held scoreless for the final five minutes, while the Black-and-Gold closed the quarter on a 10-0 run taking a 15-6 lead early.
Cameron opened the second on a 7-1 rally, building a 22-7 advantage. The Mustangs would chip away with a 7-0 run from 5:03 to play until Lovings stopped the run with a layup with 1:12 until the half, and Lay closed the scoring with a free throw to give the Aggies a 30-16 lead at the intermission.
Western would cut the gap to single digits at 35-26, four minutes into the second half, after an early 10-5 scoring advantage, but would be held without a basket the rest of the quarter. Allensworth would make a layup with just under four minutes left in the quarter to give CU an 11-point lead at 37-26.
The fourth quarter would see the most action, as both teams would score 17 points in the frame. The closest the Mustangs would get would be eight points at 40-32 after two free throws from Susi Namao. Cameron would build a 16-point lead at 54-38 before closing the game with a 54-43 win.
The Aggies will hit the road next week, traveling to UT Permian Basin on Thursday, Jan. 12, for a 5:30 pm contest, before closing out the week at Angelo State on Saturday, Jan. 14.
