SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Angelo State women's basketball team fell short in overtime falling to St. Mary's, 74-64, Thursday evening inside of Bill Greehey Arena.
 
With the loss the Belles fall to 13-5 overall and 9-3 in Lone Star Conference action, the Rattlers improve to 10-7 overall and 6-5 in conference action.
 
40 Minute Rundown

• Peyton Stellato would open the scoring for the Rambelles she would knock down a jumper with 5:32 remaining in the first quarter. 
• Christin Callens went 1 of 2 from on free throws to give the Rattlers a 13-6 lead going into the second quarter of action.
• At the 7:12 marker of the second half, Majik Esquivel knocked down a three bringing the Rambelles deficit to three, 16-13.
• The Rambelles got their first lead of the contest at the 7:13 marker behind a layup from Madeline Stephens giving the Rambelles a 35-33 lead.
• Chidera Ezelio with a putback layup extended the Rambelles lead to six, giving a 41-35 lead with 4:44 remaining in the third quarter of action.
• Esquivel knocked down a layup with four seconds remaining in the quarter to give the Rambelles a 47-45 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
• In the fourth quarter it was a lot of back-and-forth action Esquivel tied the game at 58-58 with 2:32 remaining in the fourth quarter.
• Keniah Williams gave the Rambelles a 60-58 lead with 40 seconds remaining 
• The Rattlers would tie it when Iman Ivery would hit a baseline jumper to tie it at 60-60
• Williams would get an open look at the basket as time expired, but the ball would rim out sending the contest into overtime with the game tied, 60-60.
• Esquivel opened the scoring in overtime giving the Rambelles a 62-60 lead with four minutes remaining. 
• The Rattlers went on a 9-0 run to earn the 74-64 victory over the Rambelles.

 
Game Stats

• Stephens led the team with 17 points and nine rebounds.
• The Belles had three double digit scorers with Stephens leading the way with 17 points, Esquivel recorded 15 points, and Williams scored 13 points.
• The Belles had seven different leading scorers.
• The Belles shot 35 percent (27-76) from the field, 18 percent (4-22) from behind the arc, and 60 percent (6-10) from the free throw line. 
• There would be 8 different lead changes in the contest. 
• The Belles also had 32 pain points in the contest.
• The Belles won the turnover battle 15-17 scoring 12 points off of those 17 turnovers.
• The Rattlers won the rebound battle 46-40.

 
NEXT UP
The Belles will return to action on Saturday when the Belles take on St. Edward's with tipoff scheduled for 1 p.m.