DENVER, Colorado - The Angelo State women's basketball team improved to 2-0 after defeating Western Colorado 57-54 at the Regional Challenge Sunday afternoon at the Auraria Event Center in Denver, Colorado.
 
The Rambelles improve to 2-0 on the season with the victory, while the Mountaineers fall to 0-2.
 
40 Minute Rundown

• Madeline Stephens opened the scoring for the Rambelles at the 5:58 marker in the first quarter.
• A six-point first quarter from Stephens would help the Rambelles tie the game 12-12 going into the second quarter.
• Stephens and Madi Lumsden would get two quick buckets to start the second quarter, pulling the Belles ahead by four, 16-12.
• Back-to-back threes from the freshman Addy Burns and Taylor Grona would give the Belles a 22-16 lead with 2:30 remaining in the first half.
• A layup from Briley Merket would give the Rambelles a 26-21 lead going into halftime.
• Brooklyn Seymour from Western Colorado would hit a and one to the tie the game 26-26 at the 8:39 marker remaining in the third quarter.
• Grona knocked down her second three of the contest to give the Rambelles a 29-26 lead at the 7:33 marker in the third quarter.
• The Rambelles would get their first double-digit lead of the contest behind a layup from Burns, giving the Rambelles 40-30 lead with 1:15 remaining in the third.
• A layup from Ivey Scmidt from Western Colorado would bring the game within one point, 55-54, with 11 seconds remaining in the game.
• Burns would get fouled on the inbound pass and would knock down both free throws to give the Rambelles a 57-54 victory for the teams second win of the year.

 
GAME STATS

• Stephens would be the leading scorer for the Belles recording 14 points.
• Burns would score 13 points in her second career game.
• The Belles would have ten different players that would score a point in the contest.
• Four freshman Burns, Grona, Majik Esquivel, and Betti Hamori would all see double digit minutes in the game.
• The Rambelles shot 39.6 percent (21-53) from the field, 37.5 percent (6-16) from behind the arc, and 52.9 percent (9-17) from the free throw line.
• The Belles would be out rebounded 38-33.
• The Belles would win the turnover battle recording 17 turnovers compared to the Mountaineers 18 scoring 17 points from those turnovers.
• Defensively, the Blue and Gold held Western Colorado to 32 percent (17-53) from the field, 24 percent (6-25) from deep, and 66.7 percent (14-21) from the charity stripe.
• The Belles would dominate the paint scoring 28 of their 57 points from the paint. 
• The Rambelles bench would be heavily involved in the offense scoring 35 points to help the Rambelles come out victorious.

 
NEXT UP
The Rambelles return to action on Thursday Nov. 21st when they host Adams State inside the Junell Center/Stephens Arena in the first home game of the season.