CANYON, Texas – The #15 Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M ran their win streak to eight games on Tuesday as strong defensive pressure for the second straight night lifted WT to a 72-38 Lone Star Conference crossover victory over the St. Edward's Hilltoppers at the First United Bank Center in Canyon.
 
Lexy Hightower led the way for the Lady Buffs as the senior went 9-of-14 from the floor and 2-of-2 from behind the arc for a game-high 20 points to go along with three rebounds, one assists, one steal and two blocks. Braylyn Dollar finished the night going 5-of-10 from the field and 3-of-3 from the charity stripe with five rebounds and two assists. 
 
The Lady Buffs went 31-of-60 (51.7%) from the floor including 4-of-11 (36.4%) from deep and 6-of-7 (85.7%) from the free throw line with 44 total rebounds (15 offensive, 29 defensive), 11 assist, 24 turnovers, 14 steals and five blocks in the win.
 
SEU was led offensively by Jazmine Jackson who went 3-of-10 from the floor and 5-of-6 from the charity stripe for a team-high 11 points to go along with three rebounds and two steals. The Hilltoppers finished the game going 14-of-56 (25%) from the field including 2-of-18 (11.1%) from deep and 8-of-14 (57.1%) from the free throw line with 29 rebounds (14 offensive, 15 defensive), four assists, 22 turnovers, nine steals and three blocks.
 
KEY MOMENTS

• The two teams struggles from the floor to start the game as they combined for nine early turnovers and just three make buckets in the first five minutes of the game
• The Lady Buffs ended the quarter on a 6-0 run highlighted by a Sienna Lenz long ball right before the buzzer to take a 12-9 lead to the second
• WT extended their run to 14 consecutive points, stretching their lead to 20-9
• Hightower moved into 2^nd place on WT's all-time made three pointers list (215) with 2:22 left in the opening half
• St. Ed's connected on just 4-of-25 field goals in the heart of the game as WT stretched their lead to 41-25
• The Lady Buffs held the Hilltoppers to just 23.5% (4-of-17) from the floor in the third quarter
• The Hilltoppers registered a 6-0 run during a WT scoring drought of over two minutes
• Hightower ran her game total to 20 points with easy layups on back-to-back possession to run the WT lead to 64-36
• The Hilltoppers ended the game on a scoring drought of 3:51 as the Lady Buffs picked up the 72-38 win 

HALFTIME REPORT
The Lady Buffs took a 34-15 lead into the locker room for halftime as they went 14-of-30 (46.7%) from the field including 2-of-5 (40%) from behind the arc and 4-of-5 (80%) from the charity stripe with 20 rebounds (seven offensive, 13 defensive), three assists, 11 turnovers, nine steals and two blocks. SEU finished the half going 6-of-27 (22.2%) from the floor including 1-of-9 (11.1%) from deep and a perfect 2-of-2 from the free throw line with 17 rebounds (seven offensive, 10 defensive), two assists, 15 turnovers, four steals and two blocks.
 
COMING UP NEXT
The Lady Buffs were schedule to hit the road for LSC crossover action at The KCB in Laredo, Texas this weekend but those contests against Texas A&M International have been postponed due to COVID-19 concerns.
 
POSTGAME NOTES

• WT moved to 9-1 all-time against the Hilltoppers including a 6-0 record in Canyon
• The Lady Buffs are now 238-33 inside of the First United Bank Center, running their home win streak to nine games
• The Lady Buffs forced 22turnovers on the night to mark the sixth time this season that WT has forced atleast 20
• WT out-rebounded the Toppers by 15 for the second straight night
• Hightower reached double-figures for the ninth time this season and the 69^th time in her career, she already the 20-point plateau for the 25^th overall time and the seventh this year