DENVER, Colo - After a 21 - point third quarter, the Angelo State women's basketball team won its first game of the 2024-2025 campaign,59-41, against MSU Denver Friday afternoon at the Regional Challenge in Denver, Colorado.
 
With the victory the Rambelles improve to 1-0 on the season, while the Roadrunners fall to 0-1 to begin their season.
 
40 Minute Rundown

• Landry Morrow scored the first points of the 2024-2025 season after a reverse layup would find the bottom of the net.
• Freshman Majik Esquivel would open her account for the Rambelles hitting a jumper from the elbow to give the Blue and Gold a 7-0 lead with 7:50 remaining in the quarter.
• Freshman Addy Burns capped off a four-point first quarter with a layup with a second remaining in the 1st quarter.
• Landry Morrow drained a three pointer to open the scoring in the second quarter.
• A layup from Keniah Williams with 1:29 remaining would give the Rambelles a 29-22 lead going into halftime.
• A layup from Madeline Stephens started the scoring for the Rambelles in the second half.
• The Rambelles would get their first double digit lead of the contest behind a three-pointer form Madeline Stephens with 5:45 remaining.
• The Blue and Gold went on a 11-0 run to bring its lead to 20 to end the third quarter, with six of the points coming from Stephens.
• Esquivel drained her first three of the night to give the Rambelles a 53-34 lead with 6:23 remaining in the contest.
• Taylor Flores scored the last point of the contest on a free throw to give the Rambelles a 59-41 victory over the Roadrunners.

• The Rambelles led Buzzer to Buzzer.
• Stephens led the team both in points and rebounds with 13 and nine.
• Esquivel in her first collegiate game would lead the freshman in scoring with 12 points.
• Coach Alesha Ellis would play all 15 players in this contest with each player recording a point, assist, or rebound.
• 10 of the 15 players would record at least one point in the contest. 
• Four freshman Addy Burns, Majik Esquivel, Taylor Grona, and Betti Hamori would see double digit minutes.
• The Rambelles shot 41.8 percent (23-55) from the field, 31.8 percent (7-22) from deep, and 50 percent (6-12) at the charity stripe.
•  The Belles would out rebound the roadrunners 44-34 in the contest.
• Defensively, the Blue and Gold held MSU Denver to a 24.6 percent (14-57) from the field, 11 percent (2-18) at the three-point line, and 68.6 percent (11-16) from the free throw line.
• The only thing that would be a negative is the turnovers recording 27, and 21 points coming from those turnovers.

 
Next Up
The Rambelles are back in action on Sunday, Nov. 10th when they go up against Western Colorado, with tip slated for 1:00 p.m. CT at the Auraria Event Center.