(Tucson, AZ) The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (9-3) played a tough matchup to open the Aztec Holiday Classic on Saturday at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium.
The No. 13 ranked Aztecs took the lead after the third quarter but fell in the closing minutes to Cochise College 58-55.
The Apaches went 6 for 8 from the free throw line in the final 30 seconds of the game to maintain their lead.
The Aztecs trailed 28-18 at halftime but went on a 9-0 run in the first three minutes of the third quarter to cut Cochise’s lead to 28-27. With the score tied at 34-34, the Aztecs scored five straight points to take their biggest lead of the game at 39-34 and cap off a 21-6 run.
The Aztecs held one more lead in the fourth quarter after sophomore Rori Hoffmeyer’s (Cibola HS) basket to make it 45-43 with 4:09 left. The Apaches tied it and took the lead for good with three minutes left.
Freshman Kiley Sours-Miller finished with a team-high 14 points as she went 5 for 8 from the field to go with five rebounds, two blocks and one steal.
Hoffmeyer was the only other Pima player in double figures as she posted 13 points and eight rebounds. She was 7 for 10 from the free throw line.Freshman Kennedi Niemann added nine points.
The Aztecs will be back for the second day of the Aztec Holiday Classic on Sunday when they play Central Arizona College at 8:00 p.m. Central beat Cuyamaca College 100-49 earlier in the day.
Cochise 14 14 9 21 58
Pima 8 10 21 16 55
Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztec Athletics – Raymond Suarez
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