HOUSTON – The UTSA women's basketball team closed out the regular-season in an 86-48 loss to Rice at Tudor Fieldhouse Saturday afternoon.
Elyssa Coleman scored 15 points but it wasn't enough to overcome 14 3-pointers from the Owls.
Rice scored the first points of the game with a 3-pointer. Lapraisjah Johnson put UTSA on the board with a free throw, but the Owls went on a 4-0 run to extend the lead to six, 7-1. Queen Ulabo broke the scoring drought with a layup at the 6:22 mark as the Roadrunners trailed 7-3. Rice hit a scoring drought as UTSA hit a 6-0 run to tie the game 9-9 with 2:26 remaining. The Owls then went on a scoring surge to regain the lead (17-11). Elyssa Coleman hit a last-minute layup to trail 17-13 at the end of the first.
The first three minutes of the second quarter started as a battle for the ball as the teams went back and forth scoring to make it a two-point game, 21-19, at the 7:01 mark. Rice hit a 3-pointer to push the lead back to four, but Coleman made a shot and drew a foul to bring the Roadrunners back within two, 24-22 with 6:24 remaining. The Owls went on another 6-0 run to lead 30-22 until Deborah Nwakamma started a 5-3 run to trail by six. A Rice 3-pointer with 24 seconds left made it a nine point spread (36-27) at the half.
The Owls came out of the locker room on a 15-2 run to lead 51-29 at the 8:12 mark. Jadyn Pimentel made a layup with 7:11 as UTSA trailed 51-31. Rice then hit another run to push the lead once more. Both teams hit short scoring runs in the final minutes of the quarter as the Owls led 68-40 going to the fourth.
40-68
Rice continued its momentum in the final 10 minutes, scoring 10 consecutive points to open the quarter. Ulabo broke the drought and the remainder of the game was a battle for the basket.
The Roadrunners return to action March 8 at the conference tournament.
Notes
- UTSA finished the regular season 6-22 overall and 3-14 in conference
- Starters: Elyssa Coleman, Jadyn Pimentel, Queen Ulabo, Lapraisjah Johnson, Chantel Govan
- Coleman led the team with 15 points and Johnson put up six boards
-UTSA-