UTRGV Women’s Basketball wins Third in a Row

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RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros women’s basketball team won its third-straight game, beating the Texas A&M International Dustdevils 72-56 on Saturday at the UTRGV Fieldhouse.

Graduate student Desirea Buerge led the Vaqueros (5-3) with a career-high 17 points, four rebounds, and a career-high five steals. Junior Trelynn Tyler scored 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting with four assists and two steals. Junior Zhane Templeton finished with 13 points.

Patrycja Jaworska led the Dustdevils with 20 points. Nicole Heyn scored 11 points.

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The Vaqueros trailed 24-10 early in the second quarter. That’s when the Vaqueros lit on fire, hitting 10 of their next 14 shots to go on a 24-5 run and take a 34-29 lead. Buerge scored 10 points during the run while Templeton added seven. Templeton gave the Vaqueros the lead twice during the run, first at 27-26 with a layup and then at 32-29 with a three.

Up 36-33 at the half, Tyler got the Vaqueros off to a good start in the third quarter with back-to-back layups to spark a 12-2 run that made the score 50-35.

The Dustdevils responded with a 12-5 run to pull within 55-47 at the start of the fourth, but a three by freshman Halie Jones and layups by senior Megan Johnson and Buerge allowed the Vaqueros to go on a 7-2 run to take a 62-49 lead and push the game out of reach.

UTRGV closes out the home stand on Thursday at 7 p.m. against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi as part of the South Texas Showdown, presented by Navy Army Community Credit Union. The first 200 fans in attendance will receive #BeatCorpus t-shirts. Current UTRGV students get free general admission with a valid UTRGV student ID. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online at UTRGVTickets.com. Fans purchasing their tickets online prior to game day can save up to $2 per ticket. The party starts at Vaquero Village at 5:30.

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