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CANYON, Texas  –  A season-high 27 points from West Texas A&M senior Chontiquah White helped spark the Lady Buffs to an 80-65 victory over visiting Texas Woman's Sunday evening.  With the win, WT ran its winning streak to six games and pulled into a tie for first in the Lone Star Conference with a 6-1 record and a 15-2 record overall.  Texas Woman's fell to 12-7 and 5-3 in league play.
 
"It was more fluid in the second half today," head coach Mark Kellogg said.  "We battled and battled in the second half and we kept our head up and kept battling through it.  TWU is very good defensively and took us out of some things early in the game.  I thought we defended well tonight, too, all in all it was a good win for us with three games in five days."
 
WT capped a busy week with this win as the Lady Buffs opened the week on Wednesday with an overtime thriller at Tarleton State in an 87-86 victory and then returned home to defeat Texas A&M-Commerce yesterday 100-73 and followed just over 24 hours later with the victory over TWU.
 
WT now has six days before it travels to Eastern New Mexico for a 6:30 p.m. (CT) tip in Portales, N.M., Jan. 31.  The Lady Buffs return to the First United Bank Center Saturday, Feb. 7 versus Texas A&M-Kingsville at 2 p.m.
 
Kellogg improved to 47-5 at WT and 21-2 in Lone Star Conference play over his two years at the helm of the program.  WT now has won 27 of 29 regular season conference games dating back to the 2012-13 season.
 
White led three Lady Buffs in scoring as she was 8 of 17 from the field and 9 of 11 from the line with nine rebounds, while tying her career-high with two triples.  Senior Ariel Robertson added 14 points on 7 of 9 from the field, while junior Danielle Logan chipped in 10 points with two triples. 
 
As a team, WT shot 51.9 percent for the game as WT entered ranked No. 2 nationally in field goal percentage.  The Lady Buffs went 28 of 54 from the field and were 8 of 19 from beyond the arc, while going 16 of 24 from the line. 
 
Texas Woman's had three players in double figures, but just one starter in double digits as Erin Maxwell went 5 of 10 from the field and two free throws for 12 points.  Kenesha Saygo added 12 points and Danielle Westerfield chipped in 10 points. 
 
The Pioneers went 23 of 56 from the field for 41.1 percent.  They were 5 of 14 from beyond the arc and 14 of 19 from the line.  WT led in rebounding 39-28.
 
The Lady Buffs started fast out of the gates once again as they jumped out to a 9-0 lead with seven points, including a triple from senior Chontiquah White through the first three minutes of the game and a timeout by TWU.
 
Out of the timeout, TWU scored two quick buckets for a 9-4 score heading into the first media timeout.  WT opened the game 4 of 8, while TWU was 2 of 7.  WT struggled going over the next four minutes going just 1 of 7 from the field as it led 13-6 with 12 minutes left in the half. 
 
Junior Danielle Logan ended the drought with a triple in the corner for a 16-8 lead with 10:20 left in the half.  She then buried her second triple in transition from a nice assist from sophomore Sasha Watson for a 19-8.  Sophomore Maddison Wild scored inside for a 21-10 lead and a timeout from TWU with 9:23 remaining.
 
Two quick buckets from TWU cut the deficit to 21-14 with eight minutes left, but senior Haylee Oliver drained a triple at the other end pushing the lead back to 10 at 24-14.  White fed junior Michaela Neuhaus inside for an easy layup and a 26-14 lead at the 6:55 mark. 
 
A triple from junior Madison McLain swelled the lead to 29-16 with four minutes left in the half, but Barbara-Scott Kolb answered with a triple, the first for the Pioneers in the game, for a 29-19 score with 3:57 left.
 
After TWU pulled within seven, White scored two quick buckets for 13 points in the half and swelled the lead back to double-digits with under a minute left and led 37-26 at halftime. 
 
For the half, White led the way with 13 points on 5 of 12 from the field and 2 of 3 from the line with four rebounds as the lone player in double figures.  WT was 14 of 30 from the field for 46.7 percent and was 5 of 11 from beyond the arc, while going 4 of7 from the line.  WT held a 23-12 lead in rebounding and 9-3 on the offensive end. 
 
TWU shot 36 percent on 9 of 25 from the field.  The Pioneers were 2 of 6 from range and stayed close going 6 of 8 from the line.  Kolb led the way with eight points for TWU on 3 of 4 from the field and two triples. 
 
WT led 17-10 in points in the paint, but committed 11 turnovers in the half with a couple of offensive fouls and three shot clock violations. 
 
White had her second triple of the game for a 44-30 lead with 16:55 left for the largest lead of the game to that point.  Senior Ariel Robertson earned the "and one" for a 46-32 lead with 15:49 left as the Lady Buffs opened the second half 4 of 6 from the field, while TWU was 3 of 8.
 
McLain hit her second triple for a 51-36 lead with 13:55 left and the largest lead of the game.  It was the seventh triple of the game for the Lady Buffs.
 
Watson scored her first field goal of the game with 7:25 left and was fouled for a 67-51 lead.  She had two free throws earlier in the second half.  She scored the old fashion 3-point play out of the media timeout for a 68-51 lead which was the largest of the game. 
 
The Lady Buffs used an 8-0 run as TWU went cold going 0 of 5 from the field and 1 of 8 with five turnovers as WT built a 73-51 lead with 3:43 left.   TWU countered with a 7-1 run cutting the deficit to 74-58 with 2:16 remaining. 
 
White scored two free throws for a season-high 27 points for a 76-58 lead with two minutes left.  Later, a triple from senior Jordan Vessels gave WT a 79-59 lead which was the most points allowed against Texas Woman's this season.  The Pioneers entered the game allowing just 59.6 points per game which was second in the LSC.
 
Back-to-back triples from TWU cut the deficit to 80-65 in the closing seconds.