(Tucson, AZ) The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (16-6, 11-4 in ACCAC) won its fourth straight game on Saturday in a hard-fought battle against Scottsdale Community College (11-8, 7-7).
The No. 17 ranked Aztecs rallied to force overtime and went on to a 69-66 win over the Artichokes.
After leading for much of the game, the Aztecs found themselves trailing 60-56 with1:06 left in regulation as the Artichokes used a 7-0 run to take the lead. Freshman Rylei Waugh went coast-to-coast to score on a layup to cut the deficit to two points as the Aztecs called timeout with 59.8 seconds left. The Aztecs got the ball back after a Scottsdale miss and Waugh again drove the lane and scored to tie it at 60-60. After a Scottsdale turnover, the Aztecs had a final chance with 3.4 second left but Waugh missed her shot, and the game went to overtime.
Waugh and freshman Gabby Lopez (Bisbee HS) scored all of Pima’s nine points in the extra period. The Aztecs went 5 for 6 from the foul line.
The Aztecs and the Artichokes were tied at 11-11 after the first quarter but Pima went on an 11-2 run in the second quarter that was capped by freshman Rori Hoffmeyer’s (Cibola HS) three-point play to make it 22-13. Pima led 27-17 at the break.
The Aztecs held their biggest lead of the game at 34-23 after Waugh’s three-pointer with 8:06 remaining in the third quarter.
Waugh finished with a game-high 27 points as she went 11 for 19 from the field. She also had four rebounds, two assists and two steals.
Sophomore Dominique Acosta (Nogales HS) posted a double-double of 13 points and 11 rebounds while Lopez finished with 10 points, three rebounds, three steals, two blocks and one assist.
Hoffmeyer added seven points and seven rebounds.
The Aztecs finished just 2 for 10 from three-point range and got out-rebounded 54-41.
The Aztecs will be back on the road on Wednesday for an ACCAC conference matchup at South Mountain Community College. Tipoff is at 5:30 p.m.
Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztec Athletics – Raymond Suarez
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