Box Score

HOUSTON, Texas – A second-half rally by the Bobcats fell short on Thursday evening, as the Texas State women's basketball team fell on the road to Rice by a score of 74-61. Texas State outscored the Owls 43-40 in the second half and came within five with 3:14 left in the game.

The Bobcats (1-6) started in control of the game, quickly building up a 9-0 lead through the first three minutes. Rice's Jessica Kuster, however, snapped the Bobcat run and proceeded to lead the Owls on a 24-2 run with 7:15 remaining in the half.

Rice (5-5) built up a 16-point, 34-18 lead going into the locker rooms. Ayriel Anderson highlighted the Texas State offense in the first half, totaling nine points for the Bobcats.

Out of the intermission, the Owls scored the first four points en route to building up a 20-point lead on the Bobcats. Texas State answered the Owls second half start with six straight, setting the tone for the remainder of the game.

After cutting the Rice lead to 12 on several occasions in the second half, the Bobcats once again found themselves down 16 with 8:18 remaining. The Bobcats then used a 16-5 run during the next five minutes, capped by lay-up by Erin Peoples, to make it a 60-55 game in favor of the Owls.

Rice's Elena Gumbs snapped the Bobcat streak with a three with 2:41 left, putting an end to the Bobcats second-half rally.

Texas State finished the second half shooting 46.9 percent (15-for-32) from the floor and 84.6 percent (11-for-13) from the charity stripe. The Bobcats tied a season-low 11 committed turnovers.

Anderson led the Bobcats with a season-high 17 points, going 3-for-6 from long range in the game. Freshman Correy Moyer contributed a season-high 10 points off of the bench for Texas State and senior Ashley Ezeh recorded her 50^th career double-digit scoring game with 12 points.

Texas State will now take 10 days off of competition before playing host to the Houston Cougars on Dec. 15 at Strahan Coliseum. Tip-off in San Marcos is scheduled for 2 p.m.