AUSTIN, Texas – After an efficient afternoon shooting the basketball, the Angelo State women's basketball team earned with number 16 on the season, defeating St. Edward's 63-51 Saturday afternoon in Austin.
 
The Rambelles improve to 16-3 on the season and move to 11-2 in Lone Star Conference action. The Hilltoppers drop to .500 on the season and are now 10-10 overall and 6-6 in LSC play.
 
40 MINUTE RUNDOWN

• Aicha Ndir, making her first start of the season, put the Rambelles up by three, 9-6 with 5:46 to go in the first quarter.
• Tayjanna McGhee-Pleasant hit a triple with 2:32 before the first quarter ended to put the Rambelles ahead by seven, 17-10.
• Ndir scored four points down the stretch, giving the Rambelles a 21-10 lead heading into quarter number two.
• A triple from Landry Morrow and another bucket from McGhee-Pleasant put the Rambelles ahead by 15, 26-11, with 8:15 before the half.
• The Hilltoppers defense would allow the Rambelles only four points over the next six minutes, giving themselves an avenue back into the contest, trailing 30-21 with 2:34 to go in the second.
• The Rambelles would take a seven-point lead into the break, leading 32-25 after shooting 48 percent from the field in the first 20 minutes.
• Sawyer Lloyd put the Rambelles back up by 12, 39-27, after hitting a pull up jumper with 7:20 remaining in the third.
• The teams would combine for only nine points in the final seven minutes, with the Rambelles taking a 43-32 advantage into the fourth.
• Morrow hit another triple to keep the lead at 14 with 7:32 to go on an assist from Lloyd, her ninth on the afternoon.
• The Hilltoppers were kept at bay down the stretch and the Rambelles came away with a 63-51 victory and a 2-0 weekend on the road.

 
GAME STATS

• Lloyd led all scorers with 16 points on 7-14 shooting. The exercise science major had a season high nine assists and seven rebounds as well.
• McGhee-Pleasant had 12 and Morrow tied her career high with 10 points off the bench to round out the double-digit scorers.
• Madeline Stephens had eight points and eight boards on the afternoon in Austin.
• Ndir set a new career high, scoring seven points against the Hilltoppers.
• The Rambelles shot 46.4 percent from the field and a season best 50 percent from three-point range.
• The Blue and Gold dominated the glass, outrebounding SEU 37-27.
• This, the Rambelles 16^th victory, surpasses their total from last season in just their 19^th game with nine regular season games still to play.

 
NEXT UP
The Rambelles are back home at Stephens Arena in the Junell Center next week as they matchup with Eastern New Mexico for the second time this season on January 26^th at 5:30 p.m.