After a slow start to the season, the Lady Buffs hit their stride with a sweep on the road this weekend, taking on the University of Incarnate Word on Dec. 1 and Texas A&M-Kingsville on Dec. 2.
The Lady Buffs started out in San Antonio to take on University of the Incarnate Word for their first Lone Star Conference game of the season. The team had some troubles to overcome in the game after going to the locker room for the break down 22-20. The Lady Buffs made four of their six free throws in the first half but 10 turnovers would be their downfall going into the break.
The team would return to the court fired up and ready to play during the second half. It would be Devin Griffin’s seven point run at the 7:31 mark that really turned the corner for the team with the score sitting at 45-38 after her run.
Both teams continued to find the basket for the last five minutes of the game but Kenisha Harris would secure the WT win by scoring the game’s final six points. The scoreboard would show the final tally as 61-51 in favor of the Lady Buffs.
Devin Griffin would lead WTAMU in points with 16 with Ashley Leven scoring 14 points and a team-high eight rebounds. Kenisha Harris would dominate the top of the leaderboard with seven rebounds, seven assists, and four steals on the night.
The Lady Buffs would use their Friday night momentum going into Saturday’s game in Kingsville against Texas A&M-Kingsville in another LSC match up.
WT got off to an early start with 12-0 and 21-0 runs in the first half to gain a comfortable lead for the rest of the game. Devin Griffin made her way on the scoreboard early by starting the 12-0 run with two free throws and a lay-up. Ashley Leven scored off of another layup to take the score up to 19-6.
TAMUK would pull within eight points after the 12-0 run but WT wouldn’t give up any advantage, scoring 21 points in a little over five minutes before the Javelinas could find the basket again. Even with the Javelinas breaking up the run, the Lady Buffs would take a 54-20 lead into the break.
WT would continue its roll right out of the break as Joni Unruh scored off a jumper with Chon White scoring soon after to give WT a 42-point lead. Both sides saw the ball go into their baskets multiple times, with TAMUK outscoring the Lady Buffs 42-36 in the second half but that wouldn’t stop WT from winning the game 90-62.
Devin Griffin led the scoring with a career-high 26 points with Kenisha Harris and Ashley Leven following with 13 points each. WT’s shooting percentage for the game was .508 from the field with a 3-out of-7 success from beyond the three-point line. The team also converted .692 percent of its free throws, seeing players at the line 39 times.
WT returns home Dec. 10 to take on Texas Woman’s at the First United Bank Center at 4 p.m.
