COMMERCE– The Texas A&M University-Commerce women's basketball team fell 94-87 to Cameron University on Saturday. The Aggies were hot from three throughout the contest and the Lions could not overcome the fourth quarter deficit.
 
The loss brings the Lions to 14-6 on the season and 10-2 in the Lone Star Conference. The Lions still hold first place in the LSC. The Aggies improve to 8-12 on the season and 6-6 in conference play.
 
The Lions will now start a five-game road trip with a contest against Western New Mexico on Thursday. The game will be played at 6:30 p.m. CST at Drag's Court in Silver City, N.M.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Princess Davis set a career-high with 31 points in the contest. She shot 10-of-20 from the field with five threes.
- Brianna Wise had 25 points, her 10th 20+ point game of the season. She scored the final eight points for the Lions.
- Artaejah Gay moved into fourth place on the all-time scoring list after an 11-point performance.
- Jenna Price had five points and a season-high 14 rebounds. Jasmyn Eckerman had seven points and Melanie Ransom added six.
- The Aggies shot 54 percent from behind the arc in the game and shot 53 percent overall. Jamie Bonnarens led the Aggies with a game-high 32 points.
- The Lions shot 40 percent from the field and had 22 second-chance points off of 19 offensive rebounds.
- The loss is the first for the Lions in the year 2018. It broke a nine-game conference winning streak, a program record.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Aggies hit two early threes as they took a quick 6-2 lead in the first minute of the game. Gay had an early bucket on the assist from Davis. Davis also had a jumper to close the early gap. Both teams went without buckets for more than three minutes before CU scored two baskets in a row. The Aggies held a 11-4 lead midway through the quarter.
 
The Lions struggled from the field in the first quarter, missing 10 shots in a row at one point while going without points for more than four minutes. Price got to the free throw line as the Lions broke the scoreless streak. After Wise also sunk two threes, she had an offensive rebound and found Davis for a three to bring the score to 15-10 in favor of the Aggies.
 
The Lions started to battle back late in the quarter. Gay had a three-point play in the paint and another basket inside. A buzzer beating shot from the Aggies sent CU into the second quarter with a 19-15 lead.
 
The Aggies scored the first three baskets of the second quarter as they pushed their lead to double digits. The Lions scored the next four points to bring the Aggie lead back down before another 6-0 run gave CU a 12-point lead midway through the second quarter.
 
Davis had four points in a row as the Lions before Wise had a three-point play to finish the 7-0 run and cut the Aggie lead to five points. Eckerman then hit a three as the Lions continued to cut into the lead. Gay got to the foul line and Ransom scored a basket on the fast break, cutting the Aggie lead to just three points with a minute left. After an Aggie basket, Davis then hit a three to bring the lead to just two. After a failed Aggie possession, Wise got the rebound and raced down the floor. She drew contact in the lane and scored the basket, tying the game 38-all at halftime.
 
Davis led the Lions with 14 points in the first half while also dishing out three assists. Gay had 11 points and three rebounds. Wise had seven points and three assists while Price led the team with six rebounds at half. Bonnarens had 17 points to lead the Aggies at the half.
 
Eckerman scored two early baskets for the Lions as they took their first lead of the game. It was a 6-0 run for the Lions early in the second half to take a 44-40 lead. The Aggies then had a run of their own, hitting back-to-back threes to regain the lead. Bonnarens scored six unanswered as the Aggies built their lead back up to double-digits.
 
Ransom converted a three-point play as the Lions tried to battle back late. However, CU banked in a three to bring the lead back up to 10. Davis hit a late three and the Lions went into the fourth quarter trailing 63-56.
 
The Aggies continued to drain threes to start the fourth quarter and pushed their lead to 13 points early. The Lions brought the lead back down to single digits with under seven minutes to play. Davis hit a three with six minutes left to cut the lead to just six points.
 
The Lions had chances to bring the lead down farther but the Aggies played tight defense and continued to hit threes in transition. With 2:44, CU held a 15-point lead. The Lions began to foul to try and extend the game and were able to cut the Aggie lead to seven points. But that was as close as they would come and fell 94-87.