Going into the Feb. 2 match-up against Texas A&M Kingsville, the WTAMU Lady Buffs were on a two-game losing streak.
The Lady Buffs took out a week of frustration on the Hoggies as they routed them 84-44 on the road in Kingsville.
TAMUK held its only lead of the contest at the 19:22 mark of the first half when they were leading 3-2. At the 14:29 mark, the Lady Buffs were leading 12-10 and from that moment on the rout was on. WT used a 12-0 run to blow the game wide open and take a 24-10 with 9:10 left before halftime. Things didn’t get much better for the Hoggies as they only scored eight points the rest of the half. The Lady Buffs went into the locker room for halftime leading 39-18.
When the second half started it looked as though Kingsville might try and mount a comeback as they opened with a 7-2 run that made it a 41-25 game at the 17:11 mark. However, the Lady Buffs countered with an 11-0 run of their own which seemingly put the contest out of reach. At that point the game was 52-27 with 14:08 remaining in the game. WT kept up the offensive attack and poured it on throughout the rest of the contest. The Lady Buffs came away with a convincing 84-44 victory over Kingsville.
Leading the scoring on the night for the Lady Buffs was freshman Ariel Robertson with a career-high 21 points followed by fellow freshman Lacee Logan who also had a career-high with 14 points. Junior Aly Sherman chipped in 14 points while recording a new career-high of seven rebounds. Junior Jamie Simmons scored 11 points on the night as well. A couple of other freshman also recorded career-highs in points on the night. Jordan Vessels tallied four points with Kenisha Harris getting five points.
The Lady Buffs overall record now stands at 12-8 with a 5-2 record in LSC play. Kingsville falls to 3-16 overall with a 1-6 record in LSC play.