Aggies hit the century mark
Brown, Baylor romp past Oklahoma State
LAS CRUCES — Tamera William scored 20 points as New Mexico State shot 64 percent from the field in its 100-63 women’s basketball rout of Chicago State 100-63 Saturday at the Pan Am Center.
While the Aggies (10-6, 2-0 Western Athletic Conference) had six double-figure scorers, Chicago State (0-16, 0-2) dressed and played only six players, period. Chicago State guard Cailin Nix had a game-high 22 points. The visitors trailed only 27-20 after one period, but faded after halftime. NMSU outscored them 42-23 in the second half.
”Chicago State played really hard but just wore out at the end because of their limited bench, which is understandable,” said NMSU coach Mark Trakh. “We have to improve in some areas but I was impressed with the win tonight.”
William was 4-of-5 on 3-point tries, and the Aggies shot 9-of-17 from behind the circle.
Tyler Ellis scored 15 points for the Aggies, whose depth advantage was most obvious from the inside numbers: NMSU outrebounded the visitors 38-17 and outscored them in the paint 54-28.
Next up for the Aggies is a Thursday night game at Grand Canyon in Phoenix.
MWC
SAN DIEGO STATE 84, BOISE STATE 77: In San Diego, Lexy Thorderson made 6 of 9 3-point attempts to score 20 points and push the Aztecs (7-7, 2-1) past the Broncos (12-3, 2-2).
UNLV 55, UTAH STATE 53 (OT): In Las Vegas, Nev., Dakota Gonzalez’s tip-in with 11 seconds left and Brooke Johnson’s subsequent steal and free throw gave the Rebels (10-5, 1-2) an overtime win over the Aggies (8-6, 1-2).
FRESNO STATE 88, SAN JOSE STATE 74: In Fresno, Calif., Bego Faz Davalos delivered 20 points and 19 rebounds as the Bulldogs (9-6, 2-2) beat the Spartans (4-11, 1-2). Jasmine Smith had a doubledouble for San Jose State with 16 points and 14 rebounds.
COLORADO STATE 72, AIR FORCE 35: In Air Force Academy, Colo., Elin Gustavsson led four Rams in double-figure scoring as CSU (11-5, 2-1) stifled the Falcons (2-11, 0-3).
State
ENMU 60, TEXAS WOMAN’S 49: In Denton Texas, junior point guard Jasmine Hotchkins scored 13 of her career 16 points in the first half as Eastern New Mexico (10-3, 6-0 Lone Star) rallied from a seven-point deficit to defeat Texas Woman’s University. The win snapped a six-game skid in the series and gave ENMU its first 6-0 start in league play since the 1998-99 season. Eastern is also 4-0 on the road in league play.
SOUTH DAKOTA MINES 71, NMHU 46: In Rapid City, S.D., the Hardrockers (6-9, 4-6 RMAC) scored 26 points off 18 turnovers by the Cowgirls (2-11, 1-8). Kaelin Shaffer led Highlands with 14 points.
Top 25
(2) BAYLOR 86, OKLAHOMA STATE 50: In Stillwater, Okla., Kalani Brown had 17 points and nine rebounds and Alexis Jones added 15 points and seven rebounds to help the Lady Bears (15-1, 4-0 Big 12) beat the Cowgirls (12-3, 2-2).
Lauren Cox had 13 points and nine rebounds as Baylor won its 13th straight game.
Karli Wheeler scored 15 points for Oklahoma State.
Lady Bears held Big 12 leading scorer Kaylee Jensen to barely half her average. Jensen had been getting 20.1 points, but finished with 11. Her conference-topping rebound total took a slight dip — she came in averaging 10.4 and had nine.
(3) MARYLAND 96, NORTHWESTERN 65: In College Park, Md., Brionna Jones had 15 points and 13 rebounds, Shatori WalkerKimbrough scored 18 points and the Terrapins (15-1, 3-0 Big Ten) routed the Wildcats (13-4, 2-2).
(11) OHIO STATE 96, MICHIGAN 87: In Columbus, Ohio, Kelsey Mitchell scored 26 points and the Buckeyes (14-4, 4-0 Big Ten) survived a record-breaking day by Katelynn Flaherty of the Wolverines (13-3, 2-1).
(15) TEXAS 83, TCU 54: In Austin, Texas, Joyner Holmes had 18 points, Kelsey Lang grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds, and the Longhorns (10-4, 4-0 Big 12) routed the Horned Frogs (9-7, 0-4).
(22) SOUTH FLORIDA 84, TULSA 68: In Tampa, Fla., Kitija Laksa scored 37 points to lead the Bulls (13-1, 2-0 American) over the Hurricane (5-11 1-2).
(25) KANSAS STATE 68, TEXAS TECH 54: In Manhattan, Kan., freshman Eternati Willock scored nine of her season-high 13 points in the first half to help the Wildcats (12-4, 1-2 Big 12) beat the Lady Raiders (10-5, 2-2).