CHICAGO – Senior
Alexandria Cliff (Manitowoc, Wis./Roncalli) set a new career-best, as the Chicago State women's basketball team fell 87-67 to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Sat. Jan 11 at home.
The senior, Manitowoc, Wis., native, poured in her career-best 23 points leading the game, while also pulling down seven rebounds and dishing two assists while playing the entire 40 minutes of action.
A close first quarter finished in favor of UTRGV, as the Vaqueros held on to a three-point, 21-18 advantage. A layup from Cliff at the 8:31 mark in the second from
Tyeshia Bowers (Flint, Mich./Southwestern), gave CSU its only lead of the game, 22-21.
A Bowers jumper at the 6:48 mark knotted the game before UTRGV went on a 11-5 run to take a 37-31 lead into the intermission.
Trailing ten after 30-minutes of action, the Vaqueros used a 27 fourth-quarter effort to secure the 87-67 victory.
Trailing Cliff's efforts,
Ines Mata Boix (Madrid, Spain/), who also played all 40 minutes of the game, earned a double-double with 13 points and 16 rebounds, with two assists and a block.
Bethany Carstens (Kenai, Alaska/Nikiski) (13) and Bowers (10) also finished in double-figures with three and five assists, respectively.
Up Next
The Cougars hit the road for a two-game road series at Grand Canyon (Jan. 16) in Phoenix, Ariz, and CSU Bakersfield (Jan. 18) in Bakersfield, Calif.
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