Jan. 2, 2007
The University of Texas-Pan American women's basketball team dropped its first-ever meeting with the University of Kentucky by a score of 77-45 in Lexington, KY, at the Memorial Coliseum on Tuesday (Jan. 2).
The Wildcats jumped out to a quick 9-0 lead at the 17:10 mark in the first half and refused to relinquish the lead for the remainder of the contest. The Lady Broncs were able to close the lead to four points on two separate occasions, but the deficit proved to be too much for UTPA as they went into the intermission down by 10 points with the score 31-21.
The Lady Broncs shot 30.0 percent from the field on 9-of-30 shooting compared to the 32.4 percent of the Wildcats on 11-of-34 from the field.
The second half did not fair any better for UTPA as the Wildcats were able to build on their lead right out of the gate by going on a 17-6 run, capped by a pair of Samantha Mahoney free throws to make the score . Mahoney finished the game with 15 points on 5-of-11 from the field, including 2-of-6 from the three-point line while adding a pair of steals in 29 minutes.
The Wildcats had four players score in double-digits in Jennifer Humphrey, Sarah Elliott, Jenny Pfeiffer and Mahoney. Pfeiffer was a force off the bench, scoring a game-high 19 points on 5-of-12 from the field, including 4-of-9 from behind the arc and a solid 5-of-5 from the foul line while adding a trio of steals in 21 minutes from the pine.
UK's Humphrey grabbed a game-high 16 rebounds and 11 points on 5-of-8 shooting en route to notching her second consecutive double-double (points-rebounds).
The Lady Broncs were led by Tamara Vaughn (Houston, TX/Blinn College), who was the only UTPA player to score in double figures. Vaughns 11-point performance came in the form of 4-of-14 shooting from the field while going 3-of-3 from the charity stripe.
UTPA shot 29.4 percent from the field on 15-of-51 shooting compared to UK's 40.0 percent on 28-of-70 from the field. The Lady Broncs were dominated in all facets of the game, including rebounding where the Wildcats won that battle 48-34 while out scoring UTPA 18-1 in second chance points.
The Lady Broncs return to action on Saturday (Jan. 13) when they face the New Jersey Institute of Technology in their first United Basketball Conference game at the UTPA Fieldhouse with tip-off set for 2:00 p.m.
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