HOUSTON – Fifty-eight combined points from Mia Deck, Ahmya Boyce, and Jordyn Newsome helped the Texas A&M University-Commerce women's basketball team roll to a 78-63 win over the Houston Christian Huskies on Saturday afternoon at Sharp Gym.

The Lions snapped a four-game losing streak and moved to 7-10 in Southland Conference play, with one game left in the regular season, while improving to 12-15 overall. The Huskies are 6-22 on the season and 1-16 in conference play. The Lions took the season series over the Huskies and are now 4-0 all-time in the series.
 
Entering the final game of the regular season, A&M-Commerce is in a four-way tie for fifth with New Orleans, Nicholls, and Northwestern State. A win on Wednesday in the season finale over the Lady Demons ensures the Lions the No. 5 seed in the Southland tournament.
 
The Huskies led 14-9 in the first quarter, leading by as much as six in the quarter, but the Lions scored the final four points of the first quarter and the first point of the second to trail 21-20.
 
Back-to-back three-pointers from the Huskies put them by six, but the Lions answered with an 8-0 run to re-take the lead. Deck (Frisco – Lone Star) hit a jumper at the 5:43 mark of the second to put the Lions up 33-32 and A&M-Commerce did not trail again in the game.
 
The Lions ended the first half with a lead as big as seven in the second quarter. A&M-Commerce outscored HCU, 19-11, in the third quarter to lead by 14 entering the fourth quarter. A&M-Commerce's largest lead in the game was 21 points and it came via a jumper from Deck at the 2:15 mark of the fourth quarter.
 
Deck went 11 for 25 from the field, hitting four shots from distance for her career-best 27 points and totaled a double-double with 13 rebounds. Boyce (Newport News, Va.) totaled 18 points, seven assists, and five steals, while Newsome (Irving – MacArthur) scored 13 with five rebounds, two assists, and two steals. A&M-Commerce used just seven players in the game, but all seven scored.
 
A&M-Commerce shot 64 percent in the first quarter, 50 percent in the third quarter, and 47 percent in the game.
 
For the Huskies, N'Denasija Collins scored 19, Tove Caesar added 14, and Enya Maguire totaled 13.

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