by KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Early foul trouble plagued Kansas City Women’s Basketball against UTEP as a pair of Roo starters combined for just 10 first half minutes, falling, 68-59. Sanaa’ St. Andre kept the Roos in the game with 22 first half points, finishing with a career-high 26.
KEY MOMENTS
- 1Q / 6-0 | The game got off to a slow start offensively for both sides, but a pair of St. Andre buckets followed by a Rain Green floater put the Roos up by six before UTEP responded with a run to tie it up.
- 1Q / 16-15 | St. Andre scored two quick buckets in the final 35 seconds of the quarter, finishing the first quarter with 12 points and giving the Roos a lead going into the break.
- 2Q / 20-24 | UTEP opened the quarter on a 9-2 run, but a fall-away floater by Tamia Ugass ended the Roos’ two-minute scoring drought.
- 2Q / 30-36 | After the Miners extended their lead to a game-high nine points, Machia Mullens found St. Andre for a triple with just six seconds remaining in the half.
- 3Q / 37-41 | After playing just two minutes in the first half due to foul trouble, E’Lease Stafford (Navajo) scored KC’s first seven points in the third quarter, including a triple that cut the deficit to four.
- 3Q / 41-46 | UTEP extended its lead back out to nine, but back-to-back St. Andre buckets brought the Roos within five going into the media timeout.
- 3Q / 46-54 | The Miners took a double-digit lead, but Stafford’s second three-pointer of the quarter gave Kansas City some life entering the fourth.
- 4Q / 57-61 | After UTEP opened up a 13-point lead, the Roos made a run. Ugass made a floor burn play to get a steal and Green found Stafford in transition for an and-one bucket that cut the Miner lead to four. However, UTEP would close the game on a 7-2 run to secure the victory.
- STATS TO NOTE
- After being held scoreless in the first half, Stafford led Kansas City by scoring 17 second half points.
