SAN ANGELO, Texas – At the conclusion of 40 minutes of back and forth action, the Angelo State women's basketball team made it three wins in a row after defeating Eastern New Mexico 79-74 at Stephens Arena in the Junell Center Thursday evening.
 
The Rambelles improve to 17-3 on the season and 12-2 in Lone Star Conference play. The Greyhounds fall to 8-10 overall and 5-8 in LSC action.
 
40 MINUTE RUNDOWN

• The Rambelles and Greyhounds both came hot out of the gates, freshman guard Landry Morrow drained a triple to put the Belles up three, 9-6, with 6:01 to go in the first quarter.
• Another freshman, Keniah Williams made a pair of layups for the Rambelles to keep the Greyhounds at bay, still leading 13-11 with 4:03 remaining in a high scoring first frame.
• Sawyer Lloyd hit a pair of shots down the stretch as the teams stayed tight, closing out the first quarter with the Rambelles ahead just one, 19-18.
• The freshmen contributions continued as Alexandra Bednarczyk made two straight layups to begin the second, putting the Rambelles ahead 23-18 with 8:46 to play before the half.
• Madisen Honea grabbed her own miss and put in a layup to pull the Rambelles ahead by 13, 36-23 with 2:29 left in the quarter.
• Madeline Stephens would put in one more basket for the Rambelles before the break, the Rambelles leading by nine, 38-29.
• Angelo State did not score for the first three minutes of the third quarter before Lloyd hit a triple to bring the Rambelles lead back to 7, 41-34.
• The Lloyd triple was followed by two more Rambelle triples to bring lead back up to 13, 47-34, with five and a half remaining in the quarter.
• Williams made three blocks and a layup down the stretch as the Rambelles took a 57-43 lead into the fourth.
• A Stephens triple put the Rambelles ahead by 18, 64-46, with 8:32 remaining in the contest.
• The Greyhounds would chip away at the lead and were within striking distance with 5:01 to go, down only eight, 71-63.
• The Rambelles scored only two points in the next three and a half minutes as the Greyhounds came within three, 73-70, with a 1:39 remaining.
• Both teams would get to the free throw line in the final minute, as the Rambelles saw a 79-74 victory over the line.

 
GAME STATS

• Lloyd was the games leading scorer with 20 points. She earned her sixth double-double of the season as she pulled in 11 rebounds to go along with five assists.
• Stephens earned her fifth double-double of the season as she finished the contest with 18 points, 11 rebounds, and six assists.
• Tayjanna McGhee-Pleasant had 12 points and four rebounds as she struggled with foul trouble for most of the contest.
• Williams had a great game off the bench, finishing with 10 points, five rebounds, and a game high four blocks.
• The Rambelles made a season high 10 triples, shooting 41.7 percent from beyond the arc, their fourth best shooting performance of the season from deep.
• The Rambelles shot 45 percent from the field, but again struggled from the charity stripe, going 11-18, 61 percent.
• A complete performance was turned in offensively by the Blue and Gold as they registered 21 assists and had 16 points off the bench.
• ENMU did grab a slight advantage on the boards in the contest between the two top rebounding teams in the LSC, pulling down 45 to the Rambelles 42.

 
NEXT UP
The Rambelles are back at home on Saturday as Western New Mexico will be in town for another conference clash scheduled for 1 p.m. at Stephens Arena in the Junell Center.