AUSTIN– The Texas A&M University-Commerce women's basketball team got a 71-64 road win against St. Edward's on Saturday. The Lions broke out of their shooting slump in the game, shooting 42 percent from the field.

The win brings the Lions to 2-2 on the season while the Hilltoppers fall to 2-2 on the year.
 
The Lions return to action on Wednesday with a home game against LeTourneau University. The game will begin at 2 p.m. at the Field House. Admission to the game will be free of charge as part of Fan Appreciation Day.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Brianna Wise scored a career-high 25 points in the contest, including hitting all five of her three-pointers. She also had five rebounds.
- Artaejah Gay scored a season-high 19 points, hitting two threes. She also made all seven of her free throws. Gay had four blocks, moving into fifth all-time in blocks in program history.
- Princess Davis scored 14 points and dished out a season-high five assists. She moved into 8th all-time in assists in program history.
- Melanie Ransom had five points and grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds. Alex Nance and Jocelyn Pierce had three points apiece.
- Jenna Price had two points, two assists and six rebounds. Lauren Parker and Jasmyn Eckerman had two rebounds apiece.
- The Lions shot 42 percent from the field, including 50 percent from three. The Lions also shot 83 percent from the free throw line.
- A&M-Commerce had five three-point plays in the game.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Lions got off to a quick start. Wise hit a three pointer and then Price had a fast break layup on an assist from Ransom, giving the Lions a quick 5-0 lead. After a bucket from SEU, Wise and Gay hit consecutive threes to give A&M-Commerce an 11-2 lead after three minutes of play. Davis got off to a good start as the facilitator, assisting on each triple in the early stages.
 
The Hilltoppers got back into the game with a run of their own, scoring 10 points in a row. The Lions missed seven baskets in a row on the run and had multiple turnovers to let SEU back into the game. Gay hit a late three to give the Lions a 15-14 lead at the end of the first quarter.
 
Davis had two quick layups early in the second quarter as the Lions again took a four-point lead. But the Hilltoppers kept the game close, again drawing a pair of Lion turnovers to tie the game at 23.
 
The Lions then had another run, scoring 11 points in a row. Ransom had a layup and drew a foul after an offensive rebound, scoring on a three-point play. Wise also had a three-point play to bring the Lions lead back up to eight points. Pierce had yet another three-point play as the Lions built their lead to 34-23, their largest of the first half. The Lions took that lead into halftime.
 
Gay led the Lions with 10 first-half points. Wise had nine points and four rebounds. Davis had four rebounds and four assists. The Lions shot 48 percent in the first half and held St. Edward's to just 25.8 percent from the field. Both teams had turnover problems, with a combined 27 giveaways in the first half.
 
The turnover woes continued for the Lions to start the second half. Two early takeaways by the Hilltoppers led to layups to cut into the Lion lead. After a Wise three, SEU had two threes of their own to cut the lead to 37-33. Wise was on fire from behind the arc, hitting consecutive threes to bring the Lion lead back up to 10 points. She also had two free throws to end the quarter and the Lions led 45-35 after three quarters.
 
The Hilltoppers cut into the Lion lead early in the fourth, scoring the first five points of the quarter. A three and a three-point play from SEU tied the game at 48 with seven minutes left to play.
 
After four free throws from Wise, Davis scored on another three-point play to give A&M-Commerce the 55-52 lead with five minutes to play. Gay had five late points in the quarter as she made two free throws and then scored a three-point play to keep the Lion lead at five with three minutes to play.
 
After a few possessions of neither team scoring, Davis hit a jumper with a minute and a half remaining to give the Lions a 62-55 lead. After SEU missed another shot, they were forced to foul to try and extend the game. The Hilltoppers sent Davis to the line twice and she made three of her four attempts. Gay added two more free throws and the Hilltoppers ran out of time, as the Lions left with the seven-point win.