CANYON, Texas – The #20 Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M trailed by four at the half before a big third quarter propelled WT to a Lone Star Conference victory while exacting some revence over the visiting Texas A&M-Kingsville Javelinas at the First United Bank Center in Canyon.
 
THE BASICS
The Matchup: #22 West Texas A&M 76, Texas A&M-Kingsville 66
Records: West Texas A&M (21-3, 13-3 LSC), Texas A&M-Kingsville (8-15, 5-11 LSC)
Venue: First United Bank Center
Location: Canyon, Texas
Series History (Streak): Lady Buffs lead 61-9 (W1)
 
LEADING THE WAY (Statistical Leaders) 
- Points: Lexy Hightower (WT, 22 Points), Cloe Lane (TAMUK, 19 Points)
- Rebounds: Deleyah Harris (WT, 9 Rebounds), Cloe Lane (TAMUK, 9 Rebounds)
- Assists: Megan Gamble (WT, 5 Assists), Deleyah Harris (WT, 3 Assists), Lexy Hightower (WT, 3 Assists)
- Steals: Braylyn Dollar (WT, 3 Steals), Lexy Hightower (WT, 2 Steals), Nathalie Linden (WT, 2 Steals), Cloe Lane (TAMUK, 2 Steals), Rachel Tapps (TAMUK, 2 Steals)
- Blocks: Tyesha Taylor (WT, 2 Blocks)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Lady Buffs were led offensively by Lexy Hightower who went 7-of-16 from the floor and 4-of-8 from behind the arc for a game-high 22 points followed by Tyesha Taylor with 13, Deleyah Harris grabbed nine rebounds while Megan Gamble dished out five assists.
- Cloe Lane had a big afternoon for the Javelinas as she went 7-of-16 from the floor and 4-of-4 from the charity stripe to score 19 points while grabbing nine rebounds to finish just shy of a double-double, Rachel Tapps scored 11 points on the afternoon to go along with two assists and a pair of steals.
 
FIRST HALF
- The Lady Buffs finished the first half going 10-of-28 (35.7%) from the floor including 3-of-12 (25%) from deep and 5-of-9 (55.6%) from the free throw line with 15 rebounds (three offensive, 12 defensive), nine assists, eight turnovers, one block and six steals.
- Texas A&M-Kingsville went 11-fo-25 (44%) from the field in the first half including 4-of-9 (44.4%) from behind the arc and 6-of-10 (60%) from the free throw line with 19 rebounds (three offensive, 16 defensive), four assists, 11 turnovers, one block and four steals.

SECOND HALF
- WT finished the game going 24-of-52 (46.2%) from the field including 8-of-22 (36.4%) from behind the arc and 20-of-31 (64.5%) from the free throw line with 32 rebounds (five offensive, 27 defensive), 16 assists, 12 turnovers, three blocks and eight steals in the win.
- The Javelinas went 23-of-58 (39.7%) from the field including 5-of-19 (26.3%) from deep and 15-of-20 (75%) from the charity stripe with 31 rebounds (six offensive, 25 defensive), eight assists, 15 turnovers, two blocks and five steals on the afternoon.
 
UP NEXT
The Lady Buffs hit the road next weekend for Lone Star Conference action as they head to Stephenville, Texas to take on the TexAnns of Tarleton on Thursday night with tipoff set for 5:30 p.m. at Wisdom Gym.