Box Score Mesa State Mavericks (5-2, 2-1) defeated visiting Western New Mexico University (0-6, 0-3) 76-59 Friday night at Brownson Arena.
MSC had four player register double digits led by Katrina Selsor's team high 18 points. Sharaya Selsor and Kelsey Sigl each finished with 15 points and Katie Brady (Cupp) added 10. Katrina and Sigl tallied nine rebounds each as the Mavericks out-rebounded the Mustangs 51-28.
The Mavericks led by as many as 21 points in the first half (35-14) when the Mustangs went on a 21-4 run in the last 6:27 of the half to pull to within four points (39-35) at intermission.
MSC opened the second half with a 13-6 run to take a 52-41 lead and held a double digit lead the remainder of contest. The Mavs largest lead was 25 points with 4:09 remaining in the game. MSC outscored WNMU 37-24 in the second half.
Mesa State shot 50 percent (31-62) from the field and connected on 4-of-9 treys. Western New Mexico shot 35.6 percent (21-59) from the floor and hit 7-of-22 from beyond the arc. The Mustangs were led by Morgan Wohltman's game high 20 points, 18 coming from the 3-point line (6-14).
The two teams combined for 48 turnovers (MSC-26, WNMU-22) resulting in 23 points for the visiting Mustangs and 22 for the Mavericks.
MSC will host New Mexico Highlands Saturday night. Tip-off is set for 5 p.m.
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