The WNMU women's basketball team went 5 for 6 from the floor in overtime to take the 92-80 win over Regis University Thursday night. The Mustangs are now even in conference (2-2) and 2-8 overall.
Regis drops to 8-6 overall and 2-3 in the RMAC.
Audra Major (Socorro, NM, Socorro High School, Midland Community College) had her fourth 17-plus point game in a row. She finished with 20 points and 15 rebounds. Sophomore
Shatwa Morris (Las Cruces, NM, Mayfield High School) came off the bench for the Mustangs and also produced 20 points. In addition, she chipped in with nine assists, seven rebounds, and four steals in her 33 minutes of play.
Krystal Davis (Fort Worth, TX, North Crowley High School, South Plains Junior College) followed Major and Morris with 17 points, and
Lonnie Sanchez (Scottsdale, AZ, St. Mary's High School, Central Arizona College) rounded out the WNMU double digit figures with 10 points.
The Mustangs did not start the night out very well. After four WNMU turnovers in the first two minutes, the Regis Rangers jumped out to a 7-0 lead. Davis finally silenced the home team with one of her three three-pointers of the night.
The Rangers had a three-point lead, 11-8, with 15:10 left in the first half, but the Mustangs strung together a 9-0 run over the next four minutes to jump ahead by six. The remainder of the first 20 minutes went back and forth and finished with a Ranger two-point lead, 33-31, despite WNMU's Davis finishing the scoring with another three.
The second half saw nine ties and four lead changes. The eighth tie came with 2:22 left in regulation when Regis' Salina Kuiper hit a layup to knot things up at 72. Kuiper drained another layup 50 seconds later to go up by two.
WNMU's Morris showed her speed and drove the lane just five seconds later to post a layup of her own and tie the game. Neither team produced quality shots in the final minute, which forced overtime.
In the extra five minutes, Major started the Mustang scoring frenzy with a layup 16 seconds into overtime. Morris then hit three consecutive layups to jump ahead by six, 82-76, with three minutes left to play.
Needing a big defensive stop, WNMU had to hold off the Rangers after two straight offensive rebounds, and they did.
The Rangers were forced to foul and send the purple and gold to the line. WNMU hit 8 of 12 charity shots in the final minute to earn the victory.
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