DENTON, Texas (Jan. 23, 2025) – Thursday night was a record night in Kitty Magee Arena for the Texas Woman's basketball team.

TWU (18-1, 11-1) recorded their second 30-point victory of the season, defeating West Texas A&M (13-6, 7-5), 87-55.
 
In the win, the Pioneers were led by Scout Huffman, who went a perfect 8-for-8 from the field – the third time this season going perfect from the field and sixth time in her career. However, it did mark the first time in her career to go in the TWU record book for highest field goal percentage in a game, as eight made shots is the minimum. She became just the third Pioneer to go a perfect 8-for-8 from the field or better and the first since 2011. 
 
Huffman finished with 18 points on the night and with those 18 points, she officially moved into seventh in points all-time in TWU program history.
 
Ashley Ingram added another record on the way to the victory, as Ingram scored 10 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and dished out a career high 10 assists to record her first career triple-double and become just the third Pioneer in program history to record a triple-double and the first Pioneer to accomplish the feat since 2005.
 
The Pioneers claimed their tenth win all-time against the Lady Buffs and third win in a row, marking the longest win streak against WT in program history. The 32-point victory also marked the largest margin of victory over the Lady Buffs in program history.
 
IMPACT PLAYERS

•  While Huffman and Ingram recorded the record-breaking nights, all the Pioneers shined in the explosive win at home. To her 18 points, Huffman also added five rebounds, three assists and three steals.
• Averee Kleinhans also finished the night in double-digits with 14 points, including a perfect 2-for-2 from the three point line and 6-of-7 from the free throw line. She also added three rebounds, two assists and two steals in the win.
• Leila Patel finished the night with an impressive 5-for-8 from the field for 11 points. She added three rebounds and two assists to her stat line.
• Gabby Elliott recorded another strong performance on the boards, grabbing five rebounds in the win.
• Adding to her triple-double stat line, Ingram also matched her career high with three blocks.

PIONEER POWER MOMENTS

• Everything was coming up TWU Maroon, as the Pioneers played connected on offense and defense to record the strong Lone Star Conference win on Thursday night.
• The Pioneers shot 50.7% from the field and a season high 53.8% from the three point line. As a team, they only missed one free throw, as they went 12-for-13 from the charity stripe.
• TWU dominated the points in the paint, finishing with 48 to WT's 16. Additionally, the Pioneers' bench proved to be a strong difference maker, as they scored 40 points in the win.
• The rebound battled heavily favored the Pioneers, as TWU out-rebounded the Lady Buffs, 44-26. TWU also grabbed 11 offensive rebounds for 17 second chance points. It marked a season-low rebounds for WT.
• The Pioneers shared the wealth, matching their season high of 25 assists in the win.
• On the defensive end, TWU held WT to shooting just 37.3% from the field and 27.3% from the three point line.
• TWU scored 23 points in three of the four quarters to lead them to victory. They scored 18 points in the final quarter of action to tie the bow on the win.
• While the first few minutes of action were back-and-forth with three ties, TWU quickly found their rhythm on the offensive end with cutting action, quick passing and smart shot selection to close the opening quarter ahead by 10 points, 23-13, after a made bucket by Gionna Carr.
• After the first quarter, the Pioneers would never trail or tie again. In the second quarter of action, TWU held WT to just 11 points – their lowest quarter of scoring on the night. TWU mounted a 9-0 run in the middle of the quarter to go ahead by 15 points after a made triple by Patel at the 4:16 mark increased the lead for the Pioneers, 34-19.
• In the final second of the third quarter, Caroline Glud Rasmussen grabbed a steal and then dished it ahead to Jada Celsur who connected on the triple to give TWU their first 20-point lead of the night, 44-24. Celsur would have the final word of the opening half off a good layup from the Ingram assist to send TWU into halftime ahead by 22, 46-24.
• The Pioneers continued their 23-point quarter streak in the third quarter, as they continued to build upon their lead. Defense translated to offense to close the quarter, as Elliott blocked a shot on defense and then pushed the ball ahead. Kleinhans dished the ball to Carr who connected to give TWU their first 30-point lead of the night, 69-38, with just nine seconds left in the third.
• Ahead by 31, TWU closed the game strong in the fourth quarter. TWU found their largest lead of the night twice in the final quarter of action at 33 – once at the 7:56 mark off a layup by Celsur and the second time off a triple by Kleinhans at the 7:02 mark.
• At the 1:40 mark, Haydn Collie hit the layup off the Ingram assist to put TWU back ahead by 29, 84-55. Then, just as she had closed three of the four quarters, Carr put the exclamation point on the win with a successful and-one to give TWU the 32-point win, 87-55.

HEAR FROM SCOUT HUFFMAN
 
Scout Huffman shared her thoughts after the game: https://youtu.be/Sfpo7kveJoI
 
NEXT UP
 
TWU will be back in action at home on Saturday, Jan. 25 at 2 p.m. against Eastern New Mexico. Following the game, the Pioneers will honor Ashley Ingram for becoming the TWU record-holder for most career points. Then, they will also host a free youth clinic after the game.