SILVER CITY, New Mexico – After struggling from the field and trailing for the majority of the game, the Angelo State women's basketball team completed an 11-point comeback to down Western New Mexico 54-50 in Silver City Friday evening.
 
 
The Rambelles improve to 10-2 on the season and are now 5-1 in Lone Star Conference action. The Mustangs fall to 2-7 on the year and remain winless, 0-5, in conference play.
 
 
40 MINUTE RUNDOWN

• Brighton Adams and Madeline Stephens scored the first two buckets for the Rambelles as the teams were knotted 4-4 in a slow developing first quarter.
• Tayjanna McGhee-Pleasant scored four points down the stretch, but the Mustangs took a 12-11 advantage into the second frame.
• WNMU came out hot in the second quarter, scoring 10 of the first 12 points to jolt ahead 22-13 with 6:26 before the break.
• The Rambelles battled their way back into the contest behind five points from McGhee-Pleasant and a layup from Sawyer Lloyd to go into the half down six, 26-20.
• The Mustangs again came out hot to start the third, extending their lead to 11, 35-24 with 6:49 still remaining in the third.
• Briley Merket and Alexandra Bednarczyk both provided some valuable points off the bench as the Rambelles pulled back within seven, trailing 37-30 with 3:20 left in the quarter.
• A Merket triple pulled the Rambelles within four, 39-35, but the Mustangs outscored the Blue and Gold 6-2 in the last 1:26 to take a 45-37 lead heading into the fourth.
• Free throw makes by McGhee-Pleasant and Merket pulled the Rambelles back within four, 45-41 with just over eight minutes remaining.
• The Mustangs would fight back and bring their lead back to nine before the Rambelles scored seven straight to pull within two,50-48, with 3:43 to go.
• Stephens tied the game up with 2:17 to go and pulled the Rambelles ahead for the first time since the first quarter after hitting a pair of free throws with 33 second remaining.
• Stephens would hit two final free throws as the Rambelles would escape Silver City with a 54-50 victory.

 
 
GAME STATS

• McGhee-Pleasant led all scorers with 19 points and a season-high 17 rebounds in her fourth double-double of the season.
• Lloyd had 11 points, Stephens and Merket both had 10 to round out the double-digit scorers for the Rambelles.
• Merket set her new career high with her 10 points off the bench.
• Both teams struggled from the field, the Rambelles shot 31 percent from the field while the Mustangs were just ahead of them shooting 32 percent on 21-65 shooting.
• The Mustangs cleaned up the glass, outrebounding the Rambelles 47-42 in the contest.
• The Rambelles trailed for 29:45 seconds of the contest and only led for 2:34 in the victory.
• The Rambelles continued to force play good defense, forcing the Mustangs into 19 turnovers, led by four steals from Adams.

 
 
NEXT UP
The Rambelles stay in New Mexico for a New Year's Day matchup with Eastern New Mexico on Sunday, Jan. 1^st at 2 p.m. central time.