SAN MARCOS, Texas – Senior Jaeda Reed scored a career-high 19 points Monday night in the Texas State women's basketball team's 69-57 setback to UTEP.
 
The Lawton, Oklahoma native converted 8-of-9 shots from the field and went 3-for-5 at the free throw line. She also grabbed seven rebounds, blocked a shot and recorded a steal.
 
With the loss, the Bobcats drop to 4-3 on the year while the Miners are now 6-1.
 
UTEP jumper out to an 8-0 lead before Jo'Nah Johnson knocked down the first of her two three-pointers in the contest. Ja'Kayla Bowie added a fastbreak layup to cut the deficit to three.
 
Down by 13, Kennedy Taylor converted a charity stripe attempt and Reed put back a missed free throw to make it a 10-point game to close out the first quarter.
 
Reed made three layups to make it a 25-19 contest with 7:21 left in the second quarter. The Miners would go on a 9-0 run to extend their advantage back to double-digits. A layup by Tianna Eaton with just over a minute left in the half would be the final basket as TXST went into the break down by 12.
 
Three points from Reed and a fastbreak layup courtesy of Taylor to start the third pulled the Bobcats to within 40-33. That would be as close as they would get as UTEP went on a 14-3 run over a near six-minute span.
 
Bowie nearly recorded a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds. Taylor added 12 points, four rebounds and two steals on the night.
 
Next up for Texas State is the final home game in the calendar year on Thursday against Dartmouth. The matinee contest will see tipoff at 1 p.m.