AUSTIN, Texas – St. Edward's women's basketball surrendered 31 free-throw attempts and nine made 3-pointers in a 92-74 loss to Texas A&M-International.
ISABEL LANGENBERG scored 15 points off the bench to lead three Hilltoppers in double figures. Starters
BAILEY FEATHERSTONE and
JAYDA RUFFUS-MILNER combined for 26.
Texas A&M-International opened the game shooting early and often from behind the 3-point line, shooting 5-for-10 from deep in the first quarter, led by Samiyah Worrell's eight points on 3-for-3 shooting with a pair of 3-pointers to lead 28-15 after the first quarter.
Ruffus-Milner settled the Hilltoppers on offense, making quick moves from the elbow to get to the free-throw line, hitting 4-of-7, and scoring six points in a 22-point quarter for the Hilltoppers. St. Edward's shot 8-for-15 from the field in the second but struggled to contain Raiana Brown, who scored 10 points. Brown's work inside opened outside shots, and the Dustdevils hit 3-for-4 to take a 54-37 lead.
Brown scored 17 points on ten shots at the half, and TAMIU hit 19 for 32, including 8 for 14 from deep. Ruffus-Milner finished half with 10 points.
Texas A&M-International extended its lead in the third quarter by forcing ten turnovers and getting to the free-throw line, getting 10 points from Brown on 3-for-3 shooting from the field and 4-for-5 from the free-throw line.
Langenberg started the fourth quarter for the Hilltoppers and was a bright spot in the game, going off for 12 points on 5-for-7 shooting, hitting half of her four 3-point attempts. Langenberg shot confidently and on the move, providing spacing for St. Edward's.
Ruffus-Milner finished with 12 points, hitting 10-for-13 from the free-throw line. She also had five assists and four rebounds. Featherstone added 14 points, four rebounds, three assists, and two steals. Brown led all scorers with 32 points and four rebounds.
St. Edward's drops to 7-13 with the loss, including 4-10 in conference play. The Hilltoppers will travel next week to play Texas Woman's on Thursday, then UT Tyler on Saturday.
