LAWTON, Okla. – Cameron University went on a 21-7 run midway through the first half to turn a close game into a blowout Saturday afternoon as the Aggies took a 75-61 win over ACU in a Lone Star Conference women's basketball game at Aggie Gym.
The loss drops the Wildcats to 3-9 on the season, while the Aggies improve to 7-7. The Wildcats will begin LSC South Division play Tuesday at 6 p.m. when they host Tarleton State at Moody Coliseum.
With the game tied 15-15 with 13:07 left in the first half, Aggies began the run that would give them the separation they would need to hold off the Wildcats. Lacy Reinke got the run started with a layup with 12:35 left in the half to put Cameron on top 17-15.
Josie Stewart would add a 3-pointer, followed by back-to-back jumpers by Sabelle Diata and a 3-pointer by Alexis Williams to give Cameron a 27-15 lead with 10:19 left in the first half. Diata would then hit a jumper, a 3-pointer and another jump over a 52-second span to push the lead to 32-19 with 9:12 left in the half. Williams hit a jumper with 8:01 left in the first half to keep Cameron's lead at 36-24.
Cameron went on another run late in the first half to turn a 9-point advantage (36-27) into a 17-point lead (44-27) with 2:08 left in the half. The Aggies settled for a 13-point halftime lead at 44-31.
The Aggies' lead never dropped below seven points the rest of the way as ACU was never able to mount a charge to overtake Cameron.
Stewart led all scorers with 20 points to go along with 10 rebounds, while Williams had 19 points and Diati had 18 points and eight rebounds.
Autumn Whitaker led the Wildcats with 16 points, while
Kelsey Smith had 15 points and six rebounds. The Wildcats did themselves no favors by shooting just 22 of 60 from the field (36.7 percent), including only 4 of 17 from the 3-point arc (23.5 percent). ACU hit a paltry 40.6 percent from the free throw line (13 of 32).
