LAREDO, Texas - Sadie Moyer scored 14 points, while Maggie Stephenson chipped in 10, and Ngozi Obineke added a 10-rebound performance, but the Texas Woman's University basketball team (10-16, 8-14 Lone Star Conference) was unable to overcome a slow start in a 62-57, season-ending loss to Texas A&M International (11-17, 8-14) on Saturday. 

TAMIU opened as much as a 13-point (18-5) lead in the opening quarter before taking an 11-point (18-7) lead into the second. After a 3-pointer just over two minutes into the second quarter opened scoring and pushed the TAMIU lead to 14 (21-7), the Pioneers went on a 17-2 run to claim the lead at 24-23 with 1:49 remaining in the opening half. However, back-to-back 3-pointers by TAMIU sent the Dustdevils into the half with a five-point (29-24) lead. 

Twice the Pioneers were able to cut the deficit to one in the third quarter, but TAMIU pulled away and took a 10-point (46-36) lead with 1:27 to play in the third before a late layup by Stephenson cut the deficit to eight (46-38) entering the fourth. 

TWU rallied in the fourth, knotting the game with 4:18 to play on a Moyer 3-pointer, but again TAMIU answered. The Pioneers would tie the game twice in the final minutes, last at 57-57 with 1:54 to play, but TAMIU scored the game's final five points to capture the victory. 

While the Pioneers held advantage in shooting percentage (38.8 to 36.4 percent) and rebounding (42 to 20), TAMIU connected on 13 of 31 3-pointer attempts and forced 24 TWU turnovers. TWU held a 24-17 advantage in bench points, a 22-14 advantage in points in the paint, an a 9-3 advantage in second-chance points, while TAMIU held a 23-17 advantage in points off turnovers and a 15-4 advantage in fast-break points.