(Tucson, AZ) The Pima Community College women’s basketball team (12-3, 4-1 in ACCAC) opened 2026 with a victory on Saturday against Chandler-Gilbert Community College (8-6, 1-3).
The No. 5 ranked Aztecs put together a double digit run in the first quarter and maintained their advantage in a 73-42 win over the Coyotes at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium.
Chandler-Gilbert scored the first points of the game but the Aztecs went on a 15-2 run and held the Coyotes scoreless for almost six minutes, and without a field goal for eight minutes as Pima went up 18-6 after the opening stanza.
The Coyotes cut Pima’s lead to 10 points at 23-13 in the second quarter but the Aztecs scored eight straight and used a 10-2 run to go up 33-15 at halftime.
The Aztecs took their biggest lead in the fourth quarter after freshman Lucy Fisher’s (Mesquite HS) basket made it 68-34 with 3:51 left.
Sophomore Kiley Sours-Miller (Dream City Christian) scored a game-high 17 points and completed the double-double by adding 13 rebounds. She also had two blocks.
Fisher also closed it out with a double-double of 13 points and 13 rebounds to go with two assists and two steals.
Sophomore Melicia Nelson (Window Rock HS) was also a starter in double figures as she added 10 points after going 4 for 5 from the field. She posted seven rebounds, seven assists and three steals.
The bench production of sophomore Cassie Coolidge (Sahuaro HS) and Gabriella Sanchez (Tucson Magnet HS) provided a spark in the second half. Coolidge scored all 10 of her points in the second half as she went 3 for 3 from the field and 2 for 2 from beyond the arc. Sanchez also scored 10 points as she was 3 for 5 from the field, adding five rebounds and one block.
The Aztecs shot 40.7 percent from the field (24-59). They outrebounded the Coyotes 53-30 for the game.
The Aztecs will be back at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium on Wednesday when they host rival Mesa Community College. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m.
Press Release courtesy of Pima Aztec Athletics – Raymond Suarez
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