WICHITA FALLS – The No. 3 Texas A&M University-Commerce women's basketball team saw two seniors record career high point totals on the way to a 92-77 win at Midwestern State University in D.L. Ligon Coliseum on Thursday evening.
 
With the win, the Lions move to 23-0 overall and 17-0 in Lone Star Conference action. Midwestern State is now 8-13 overall and 6-11 in league play. The Lions clinch at least a share of the divisional championship with the win. The win also sets a program record 23 regular season wins.
 
The Lions complete the Texoma swing on Saturday with their sights on clinching the undisputed divisional championship. A&M-Commerce will play at Cameron at 2 p.m. Saturday in Lawton, Okla.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Alexis Bryant (Pflugerville) earned a double-double with a career-high 21 points and 10 rebounds.
- Maddison Glass (Missouri City – Hightower) scored a career-best 20 points, shooting 6-of-8 from the field and 8-of-10 at the free throw line.
- Chania Wright (DeSoto) had a career-high eight assists to go along with 13 points and three rebounds.
- Dyani Robinson (Cypress – Langham Creek) scored 12 points off the bench.
- A&M-Commerce shot 46.4 percent (32-of-69) from the floor, 63.6 percent (7-of-11) from three-point range, and 72.4 percent (21-of-29) from the free throw line.
- The Lions had a 48-29 rebounding advantage.
 
HEAD COACH JASON BURTON AFTER THE GAME
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HOW IT HAPPENED
The Lions had to fend off hot shooting from the outside by the Mustangs in the first quarter, but closed strong. MSU's Mica Schneider made four three-pointers in the frame before A&M-Commerce closed on a 7-0 run. Bryant scored eight points in the quarter and Wright hit a triple just before the buzzer to send the Lions into the second quarter with a 27-18 lead.
 
For the second straight game, the Lions roared early in the second quarter, as A&M-Commerce scored 11 of the first 13 points in the quarter. Robinson hit two three-pointers and scored eight points in the quarter. A pair of free throws by DesiRay Kernal (Newton, Kan.) at the 6:34 mark gave the Lions a 38-20 lead for their largest lead of the half.
 
MSU then went on a 12-point run with eight points from Schneider, cutting the lead down to six points. The Lions closed the half on a 9-2 run and led 47-34 at the break. A&M-Commerce shot 48.6 percent (17-of-35) in the first half and held a 26-12 rebounding edge.
 
After pushing the lead to 15 points on the first possession of the second half, the Lions conceded a nine-point run to Midwestern, cutting the lead to six points at 49-43. A&M-Commerce answered with a seven-point surge to go back ahead by double digits. MSU narrowed the deficit to as few as five points at 60-55 win the final two minutes of the third quarter, but the Lions were able to take a 64-57 lead into the last period.
 
Though the lead shrunk to five points again early in the fourth quarter, the Lions quickly re-established their dominance. Glass' personal four-point run put TAMUC up by 13 points at 77-64 with 6:42 left in the game, and the lead would not go back to single digits in the rest of the contest. The Mustangs were within 11 points at 88-77 with 1:14 to go, but Glass scored the game's final four points to put the cap on the victory.