DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Dec. 16, 2015) – Emily Spector recorded her first double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds to pace Texas Woman's University in a 76-54 win over Barry University during day one of the Bahama House Classic hosted by Embry-Riddle Saturday afternoon inside the ICI Center.
 
Kenesha Saygo scored a game-high 19 points and Cienna Rodriguez reached double figures with 10. TWU (8-3, 2-2 Lone Star) shot 50-percent from the field and a season-best 93-percent from the free throw line while tying a season-low with 12 turnovers.
 
Barry (4-6, 2-3 Sunshine State) opened the contest with a jumper and three-pointer before the Pioneers countered with buckets by Andrea Mapua and Saygo along with a pair of free throws from Alexis Nezianya to take their first lead at 6-5. A field goal in the paint by Grace Mitchell TWU up 14-11 with 1:30 remaining in the first quarter before a layup by the Buccaneers at the buzzer knotted the score at 16-all.
 
A 20-20 tie midway through the second period turned in favor of TWU as six Pioneers combined for 13 points to jump ahead 33-20 before another Barry buzzer-beater sent the teams into the locker rooms with TWU up 11.
 
Back-to-back three-pointers by Saygo and Rodriguez increased the margin to 41-26, and a Spector jumper kept it a 15-point game with less than four minutes left in the third. A six-point run whittled the Pioneer lead to 48-39, but a layup by Mitchell and three by Spector concluded the quarter with TWU leading 53-39.
 
The Bucs nailed a trio of three-pointers less than a minute into the fourth to cut the advantage to 53-48. Rodriguez came through with a three of her own, Saygo connected on two from the line, and Spector and Mapua delivered layups to increase TWU's lead to 63-50 with less than five minutes left to play. Barry hit two free throws to pull within 11 with three minutes to go, but the Pioneer defense buckled down to render the Bucs scoreless the remainder of the contest.
 
The Pioneers conclude the Bahama House Classic tomorrow with a 1 p.m. CST matchup against host team Embry-Riddle.