The Aggie women return to their home court this Saturday, Dec. 6 at 3 p.m. against Northern New Mexico College.—Reagan Higgins photo
Box Score Canyon, Texas—The OPSU Aggie women's basketball team looks forward to playing in front of a home crowd this weekend after suffering a 49-point loss Wednesday evening to the No. 6 team in the Nation from the Lone Star Conference, West Texas A&M University.
The Lady Buffs took a 55-31 lead going into halftime. The Aggies landed the first shot of the game, a jumper from
Kiera Waters, but WTAMU took over from that point on controlling the lead throughout the first half.
Brittany Alavinejad scored the first three-pointer of the game for the Aggies two minutes in to the second half, but the Lady Buffs still owned a 25-point lead. The Aggies were held to a 28 percent shooting percentage from the field in the second half while the home team averaged 56 percent. The Lady Buffs earned a 108-59 victory to improve their record to 5-1.
Waters led the Aggies in scoring with 18 points followed by
Tatyana Bell who scored 16, ten of which came from the line. Senior
Hannah Tatum led in rebounds with six and also grabbed three steals from the Lady Buffs. West Texas A&M's Chontiquah White already had a double-double at the half and finished as the game leader with 24 points and 16 rebounds.
OPSU Coach
Charles Terry said, "We're still trying to find ourselves, especially offensively; it's a process which is hard to work through when playing very tough teams. The improvement is there and we will get better."
As mentioned the Aggies will play at home this Saturday, Dec. 6 against Northern New Mexico College; tip-off is set for 3 p.m. in the Oscar Williams Field House. Aggie fans are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to donate to the Aggies CAN Make a Difference Food Drive benefitting Loaves and Fishes of Guymon.
