St. Mary’s Hands UT-Pan American Women’s Basketball 13th Straight Loss, 63-44
EDINBURG – Shannon Wesley and Paola Vasquez posted double-doubles, leading the St. Mary’s Rattlers to a convincing 63-44 win over the University of Texas-Pan American in women’s basketball action Wednesday night at the UTPA Fieldhouse.
Wesley, a junior from Houston, led the Rattlers with 13 points and 18 rebounds in just 27 minutes of play. Vasquez, a junior from El Paso, had 12 points and 10 rebounds. As a team the Rattlers dominated the boards, outrebounding the smaller Lady Broncs, 57-37, including a 25-11 edge on the offensive boards. Fola Stephens also hit double figures for the Rattlers with 12 points.
For the Lady Broncs Cheveron Terry had 12 points and Alexandra Gravel had 11 points.
The visitors wasted little time in running out to quick 12-2 lead behind a pair of offensive put-backs by Vasquez. The Lady Broncs made a strong run midway through the first half, outscoring the Lady Rattlers 15-6 to tie the game at 20-20 with 3:47 left. But the Rattlers went on a 12-0 run to finish the first half and led 32-20 at the break. The Lady Broncs never cut the lead to single digits in the second half.
St. Mary’s improved to 9-4 with the win, while the Lady Broncs dropped their 13th straight game and fell to 1-15 on the season. The Lady Broncs return to action on Jan. 13th at Houston Baptist at 5:30 p.m. in Houston. The Lady Rattlers will travel to Fort Worth to take on Texas Wesleyan University at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 10th.
St. Mary's Rattlers at UT-Pan American
Lady Broncs
UTPA Fieldhouse
January 5, 2000
St. Mary's (9-4)
No. Name FG FGA 3FG 3FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 40 Shelly Blomer, f 0 10 0 7 2 2 2 1 3 0 2 2 5 0 0 24 52 Shannon Wesley, f 3 6 0 0 7 8 8 10 18 3 13 1 1 0 1 27 54 Paola Vasquez, c 6 11 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 3 12 0 1 4 3 31 11 Fola Stephens, g 5 14 2 6 0 0 1 3 4 2 12 2 1 0 0 29 32 April Jordan, g 3 8 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 7 1 1 0 2 21 10 Jennifer Cook 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14 Amber South 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 1 0 0 17 20 Kellie Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 22 Brandi McClellan 0 5 0 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 24 Kristen Harsh 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 13 44 Jannell Bennett 3 10 1 6 0 0 2 1 3 0 7 3 0 0 1 15 50 Latosha Wilson 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 9 Team 4 4 8 Totals 24 72 4 24 11 15 25 32 57 15 63 11 14 4 9 200
Total FG% 1st Half: 12-35 .343 2nd Half: 12-37 .324 Game: .333 Deadball 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-11 .182 2nd Half: 2-13 .154 Game: .167 Rebounds F Throw% 1st Half: 6-8 .750 2nd Half: 5-7 .714 Game: .733 1
UT-Pan American (1-15)
No. Name FG FGA 3FG 3FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 05 Alexandra Gravel, f 4 15 3 11 0 0 0 1 1 2 11 2 3 0 1 23 21 Rachel Friedeck, f 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 6 6 0 4 0 1 1 0 28 42 Erin Buttery, c 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 22 Cheveron Terry, g 5 7 2 3 0 0 1 4 5 0 12 2 3 0 1 27 23 Valdez, Lea, g 3 9 2 6 1 2 2 3 5 5 9 1 4 0 0 24 11 Ashere' Thigpen 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 13 Alexis Williams 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 3 2 0 0 19 14 Radiajah Sinnette 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 20 Michelle Smith 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 0 2 23 33 Naima Williams 2 6 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 3 4 0 2 0 0 23 Team 1 7 8 Totals 18 56 7 21 1 7 11 26 37 16 44 10 16 2 5 200
Total FG% 1st Half: 9-28 .321 2nd Half: 9-28 .321 Game: .321 Deadball 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-9 .222 2nd Half: 5-12 .417 Game: .333 Rebounds F Throw% 1st Half: 0-1 .000 2nd Half: 1-6 .167 Game: .143 1
Officials: Ronnie Pflughaubt, Alan Brumley, Frank Rios
Technical Fouls: None Attendance: 186
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Final St. Mary's 32 31 63 UTPA 20 24 44